Antibody htlv/hiv confirm test at HCA HOUSTON WEST

12141 RICHMOND AVENUE, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1275580938

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published May 14, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

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Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

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Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$15.92 with Texas Health Network vs $258.60 with Humana — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Texas Health Network MCD $15.92
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $16.25
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $16.25
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $16.25
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $16.25
Amerigroup MGMCD $16.25
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $16.25
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $16.25
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $16.25
United MGMCD $16.57
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $17.55
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $17.88
Molina Healthcare CHIP $17.88
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $17.88
Molina Healthcare STAR $17.88
Oscar MGMCR $18.96
WellMed MGMCR $19.25
United SmallGroup $19.35
Amerigroup DualEligible $19.35
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $19.35
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $19.35
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $19.35
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $19.35
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $19.35
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $19.35
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $19.35
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $19.35
CHC Harris Health Indigent $19.35
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $19.35
BCBS MCRPPO $19.35
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $19.35
Devoted Health MGMCR $19.35
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $19.35
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $19.35
United AllPayerAppendix $19.35
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $19.35
Aetna MCR $19.51
Van Lang IPA MCR $19.54
United MCR $19.74
WellCare PPO $19.93
WellCare PFFS $19.93
WellCare MCRHMO $19.93
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $19.93
WellCare SNP $19.93
WellCare POS $19.93
Humana MCD $20.31
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $20.32
American Health Plan MGMCR $20.32
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $20.32
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $20.32
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $20.32
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $20.32
Superior Health Plan PFFS $20.32
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $20.32
Shared Health MGMCR $20.32
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $20.51
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $20.51
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $20.51
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $20.51
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $20.51
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $20.94
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $20.94
Molina MGMCR $21.09
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $23.22
Verda Health Plan MCR $25.16
Superior ValueHMO $28.06
Community Health Choice HIX $28.06
Superior HMO $29.99
Superior EPO $29.99
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $38.31
BCBS MyBlueHealth $39.09
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $40.64
Molina Healthcare HIX $41.60
BCBS BAV $43.15
BCBS HMO $53.99
Oscar HIX $55.92
BCBS EPOSOA $57.86
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $58.08
BCBS PPO $61.73
Aetna QHPExchange $70.90
Cigna CSN $79.46
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $86.06
Aetna NBHMO $94.29
Aetna NBPOS $94.29
Aetna NBPPO $94.29
Aetna COMMHMO $100.18
Aetna COMMPOS $100.18
Aetna COMMPPO $100.18
Cigna PPO $102.39
Aetna OONPPO $117.68
Aetna OONPOS $117.68
Aetna OONHMO $117.68
Aetna ASAHMO $127.24
Aetna ASAPPO $127.24
Aetna ASAPOS $127.24
Humana HMO $258.60
Humana PPO $258.60
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