Apl(pml-rara) quant - sendout 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.

$170.66 with Texas Health Network vs $2,769.27 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 $170.66
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $174.14
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $174.14
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $174.14
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $174.14
Amerigroup MGMCD $174.14
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $174.14
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $174.14
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $174.14
United MGMCD $177.62
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $188.07
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $191.55
Molina Healthcare CHIP $191.55
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $191.55
Molina Healthcare STAR $191.55
Oscar MGMCR $203.16
WellMed MGMCR $206.27
United SmallGroup $207.31
Amerigroup DualEligible $207.31
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $207.31
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $207.31
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $207.31
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $207.31
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $207.31
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $207.31
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $207.31
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $207.31
CHC Harris Health Indigent $207.31
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $207.31
BCBS MCRPPO $207.31
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $207.31
Devoted Health MGMCR $207.31
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $207.31
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $207.31
United AllPayerAppendix $207.31
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.31
Aetna MCR $209.07
Van Lang IPA MCR $209.38
United MCR $211.46
WellCare SNP $213.53
WellCare PPO $213.53
WellCare PFFS $213.53
WellCare MCRHMO $213.53
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $213.53
WellCare POS $213.53
Humana MCD $217.67
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $217.68
American Health Plan MGMCR $217.68
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $217.68
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $217.68
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $217.68
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $217.68
Superior Health Plan PFFS $217.68
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $217.68
Shared Health MGMCR $217.68
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $219.75
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $219.75
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $219.75
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $219.75
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $219.75
Molina MGMCR $225.97
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $248.77
Verda Health Plan MCR $269.50
Superior ValueHMO $300.60
Community Health Choice HIX $300.60
Superior HMO $321.33
Superior EPO $321.33
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $410.47
BCBS MyBlueHealth $418.77
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $435.35
Molina Healthcare HIX $445.72
BCBS BAV $462.30
BCBS HMO $578.39
Oscar HIX $599.13
BCBS EPOSOA $619.86
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $621.93
BCBS PPO $661.32
Aetna QHPExchange $759.44
Cigna CSN $853.10
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $924.02
Aetna NBPPO $1,009.96
Aetna NBHMO $1,009.96
Aetna NBPOS $1,009.96
Aetna COMMPOS $1,072.98
Aetna COMMHMO $1,072.98
Aetna COMMPPO $1,072.98
Cigna PPO $1,099.37
Aetna OONHMO $1,260.48
Aetna OONPOS $1,260.48
Aetna OONPPO $1,260.48
Aetna ASAPPO $1,362.89
Aetna ASAPOS $1,362.89
Aetna ASAHMO $1,362.89
Humana PPO $2,769.27
Humana HMO $2,769.27
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Apl(pml-rara) quant - sendout at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $174.14 – $853.10
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $174.14 – $853.10
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $673.04 $10.00 – $613.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $650.81 $12.00 – $735.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $567.00 $12.00 – $613.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $673.04 $10.00 – $613.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $650.81 $12.00 – $735.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $650.81 $8.00 – $735.75

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