Antibody id rbc panel 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

$246.00

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.

$246.00

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.

$14.76 with Superior Health Plan vs $904.08 with BCBS — 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
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $14.76 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $14.76 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $14.76 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $14.76 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $14.76 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $31.98 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $31.98 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $31.98 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $31.98 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $34.44 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $34.44 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $40.84 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $41.33 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $47.97 ↓ -81%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $58.30 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $58.30 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $59.04 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $62.73 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $67.16 ↓ -73%
Imagine Health PPO $86.10 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $86.10 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $98.40 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $105.78 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $110.70 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $110.70 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $110.70 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $131.12 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $135.30 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $135.30 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $147.60 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $147.60 ↓ -40%
Triumph COMM $147.60 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $147.60 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $159.90 ↓ -35%
Aetna QHPExchange $164.36 ↓ -33%
Cigna CSN $174.24 ↓ -29%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $184.50 ↓ -25%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $188.73 ↓ -23%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $196.80 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $201.72 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $209.10 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $209.10 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $209.10 ↓ -15%
Aetna NBHMO $218.58 ↓ -11%
Aetna NBPPO $218.58 ↓ -11%
Aetna NBPOS $218.58 ↓ -11%
Affiliated PPO COMM $221.40 ↓ -10%
Cigna PPO $224.54 ↓ -9%
Aetna COMMHMO $232.22 ↓ -6%
Aetna COMMPPO $232.22 ↓ -6%
Aetna COMMPOS $232.22 ↓ -6%
Aetna OONHMO $272.80 ↑ +11%
Aetna OONPPO $272.80 ↑ +11%
Aetna OONPOS $272.80 ↑ +11%
United SmallGroup $291.26 ↑ +18%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $291.26 ↑ +18%
United AllPayerAppendix $291.26 ↑ +18%
Aetna ASAHMO $294.97 ↑ +20%
Aetna ASAPPO $294.97 ↑ +20%
Aetna ASAPOS $294.97 ↑ +20%
Humana PPO $463.96 ↑ +89%
Humana HMO $463.96 ↑ +89%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $572.49 ↑ +133%
BCBS BAV $632.00 ↑ +157%
BCBS HMO $790.71 ↑ +221%
BCBS EPOSOA $847.40 ↑ +244%
BCBS PPO $904.08 ↑ +268%
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