Assay malate dehydrogenase at HCA HOUSTON WEST
12141 RICHMOND AVENUE, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1275580938
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Cash price 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 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.
$6.07 with Texas Health Network vs $98.46 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Texas Health Network | MCD | $6.07 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $6.19 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $6.19 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $6.19 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $6.19 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $6.19 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $6.19 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $6.19 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $6.19 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $6.31 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $6.69 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $6.81 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $6.81 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $6.81 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $6.81 | — |
| Oscar | MGMCR | $7.22 | — |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $7.33 | — |
| Renaissance IPA Radiology | COMM | $7.37 | — |
| Amerigroup | DualEligible | $7.37 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRSNP | $7.37 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRPPO | $7.37 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRHMO | $7.37 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $7.37 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS | $7.37 | — |
| Renaissance IPA Radiology | MCR | $7.37 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $7.37 | — |
| Kelsey Seybold | MGMCR | $7.37 | — |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $7.37 | — |
| BCBS | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $7.37 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $7.37 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MMP | $7.37 | — |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $7.37 | — |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $7.37 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | PFFS | $7.37 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $7.37 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $7.37 | — |
| Aetna | MCR | $7.43 | — |
| Van Lang IPA | MCR | $7.44 | — |
| United | MCR | $7.52 | — |
| WellCare | PFFS | $7.59 | — |
| WellCare | MCRHMO | $7.59 | — |
| Integranet Amerigroup IPA | MCR | $7.59 | — |
| WellCare | POS | $7.59 | — |
| WellCare | SNP | $7.59 | — |
| WellCare | PPO | $7.59 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPPO | $7.74 | — |
| Humana | MCD | $7.74 | — |
| American Health Plan | MGMCR | $7.74 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | DualEligible | $7.74 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRHMO | $7.74 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPOS | $7.74 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRSNP | $7.74 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | PFFS | $7.74 | — |
| ProCare Advantage | MGMCR | $7.74 | — |
| Shared Health | MGMCR | $7.74 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PFFS | $7.81 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PPO | $7.81 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | POS | $7.81 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | SNP | $7.81 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | MCRHMO | $7.81 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $7.98 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $7.98 | — |
| Molina | MGMCR | $8.03 | — |
| Universal Healthcare Group | MCR | $8.84 | — |
| Verda Health Plan | MCR | $9.58 | — |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $10.69 | — |
| Community Health Choice | HIX | $10.69 | — |
| Superior | HMO | $11.42 | — |
| Superior | EPO | $11.42 | — |
| Corvel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $14.59 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $14.89 | — |
| OMNI Healthcare | WORKERSCOMP | $15.48 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $15.85 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $16.44 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $20.56 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $21.30 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $22.04 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $22.11 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $23.51 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $26.99 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $30.66 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $33.21 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $35.90 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $35.90 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $35.90 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $38.14 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $38.14 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $38.14 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $39.51 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $44.80 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $44.80 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $44.80 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $48.44 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $48.44 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $48.44 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $98.46 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $98.46 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $6.19 – $30.66 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $6.19 – $30.66 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $10.92 | $2.25 – $17.69 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $10.92 | $6.19 – $17.69 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $10.92 | $6.62 – $17.69 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $10.92 | $6.19 – $17.69 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $10.92 | $6.19 – $17.69 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST | Waco | $10.92 | $6.01 – $17.69 |