Artery x-rays arms/legs 75716-26 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.

$159.79 with Texas Health Network vs $15,903.00 with Affiliated PPO — 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 $159.79
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $162.39
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $162.39
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $162.39
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $162.39
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $163.05
Amerigroup MGMCD $163.05
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $163.05
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $163.05
United MGMCD $165.64
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $175.38
Molina Healthcare CHIP $179.36
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $179.36
Molina Healthcare STAR $179.36
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $179.36
Humana MCD $203.81
Cigna CSN $260.47
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $281.89
Cigna PPO $335.09
Aetna QHPExchange $427.70
Aetna NBPPO $568.46
Aetna NBPOS $568.46
Aetna NBHMO $568.46
Aetna COMMPOS $604.70
Aetna COMMPPO $604.70
Aetna COMMHMO $604.70
Aetna OONPOS $711.03
Aetna OONHMO $711.03
Aetna OONPPO $711.03
Aetna ASAHMO $768.42
Aetna ASAPPO $768.42
Aetna ASAPOS $768.42
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1,060.20
Superior Health Plan STAR $1,060.20
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1,060.20
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1,060.20
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $1,060.20
Humana PPO $1,732.54
Humana HMO $1,732.54
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $2,933.22
United OptionsPPO $2,968.56
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $4,240.80
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $4,505.85
Evry Health BroadNetwork $4,823.91
BCBS MyBlueHealth $4,877.45
BCBS BAV $5,265.43
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5,437.15
BCBS Traditional $6,184.50
Imagine Health PPO $6,184.50
United SmallGroup $6,438.74
United AllPayerAppendix $6,438.74
Curative Administrators COMM $7,068.00
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $7,068.00
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $7,598.10
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $7,951.50
Averde Health Commercial $7,951.50
United GlobalAppendix $7,951.50
Coventry National First Health COMM $9,418.11
BCBS HMO $9,422.35
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $9,718.50
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $9,718.50
BCBS EPOSOA $9,782.62
BCBS PPO $10,115.17
Triumph COMM $10,602.00
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $10,602.00
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $10,602.00
Independent Medical System COMM $10,602.00
Coastal Comp COMM $11,485.50
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $13,252.50
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $14,136.00
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $14,489.40
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $15,019.50
Physicians, INC COMM $15,019.50
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $15,019.50
Affiliated PPO COMM $15,903.00

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Artery x-rays arms/legs 75716-26 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $3,127.95 $162.39 – $8,937.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $3,127.95 $140.00 – $8,937.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $162.39 – $4,877.45
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $162.39 – $4,877.45
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $3,570.38 $163.05 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $4,442.19 $914.35 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $5,479.80 $163.05 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $3,570.38 $163.05 – $7,896.23

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