Application multi layer compression below knee (both sides) 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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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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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.

$23.04 with Superior Health Plan vs $2,358.00 with Oscar — 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 STARPLUS $23.04
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $23.04
Superior Health Plan CHIP $23.04
Superior Health Plan STAR $23.04
Superior Health Plan STARKids $23.04
Texas Health Network MCD $50.71
Amerigroup MGMCD $53.76
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $53.76
Cigna CSN $56.83
Molina Healthcare CHIP $56.93
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $56.93
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $56.93
Molina Healthcare STAR $56.93
United MGMCD $60.61
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $61.44
BCBS MyBlueHealth $62.59
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $63.26
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $63.26
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $63.26
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $63.26
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $63.74
United OptionsPPO $64.51
Humana MCD $64.69
BCBS BAV $69.12
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $71.30
Cigna PPO $72.96
BCBS HMO $86.40
BCBS EPOSOA $88.32
BCBS PPO $89.86
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $91.01
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $91.01
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $92.16
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $97.92
Aetna QHPExchange $101.76
Evry Health BroadNetwork $104.83
Humana PPO $122.53
Humana HMO $122.53
Aetna NBPPO $123.26
Aetna NBHMO $123.26
Aetna NBPOS $123.26
Aetna COMMPOS $131.33
Aetna COMMHMO $131.33
Aetna COMMPPO $131.33
Imagine Health PPO $134.40
BCBS Traditional $134.40
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $153.60
Curative Administrators COMM $153.60
Aetna OONPOS $153.98
Aetna OONPPO $153.98
Aetna OONHMO $153.98
WellMed MGMCR $164.06
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $165.12
Aetna ASAPPO $166.27
Aetna ASAHMO $166.27
Aetna ASAPOS $166.27
Averde Health Commercial $172.80
United GlobalAppendix $172.80
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $172.80
Coventry National First Health COMM $204.67
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $211.20
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $211.20
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $230.40
Triumph COMM $230.40
Independent Medical System COMM $230.40
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $230.40
Coastal Comp COMM $249.60
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $288.00
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $307.20
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $314.88
Physicians, INC COMM $326.40
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $326.40
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $326.40
Affiliated PPO COMM $345.60
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00
United SmallGroup $1,120.00
United AllPayerAppendix $1,600.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,702.00
Oscar HIX $2,358.00

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Application multi layer compression below knee (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $359.10 $277.02 – $1,026.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $359.10 $277.02 – $1,026.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $56.93 – $487.93
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $51.75 – $487.93
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $673.45 $84.48 – $4,826.69
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $491.36 $51.75 – $614.20
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $458.33 $55.37 – $687.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $431.32 $51.75 – $539.14

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