Assay of procainamide 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

$1,014.00

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.

$1,014.00

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.

$49.39 with Texas Health Network vs $912.60 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 $49.39 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $50.40 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $50.40 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $50.40 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $50.40 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $50.40 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup MGMCD $50.40 ↓ -95%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $50.40 ↓ -95%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $50.40 ↓ -95%
United MGMCD $51.41 ↓ -95%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $54.43 ↓ -95%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $55.44 ↓ -95%
Molina Healthcare STAR $55.44 ↓ -95%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $55.44 ↓ -95%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $55.44 ↓ -95%
Oscar MGMCR $58.80 ↓ -94%
WellMed MGMCR $59.70 ↓ -94%
United AllPayerAppendix $60.00 ↓ -94%
Devoted Health MGMCR $60.00 ↓ -94%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $60.00 ↓ -94%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $60.00 ↓ -94%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $60.00 ↓ -94%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $60.00 ↓ -94%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $60.00 ↓ -94%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $60.00 ↓ -94%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $60.00 ↓ -94%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $60.00 ↓ -94%
BCBS MCRPPO $60.00 ↓ -94%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $60.00 ↓ -94%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $60.00 ↓ -94%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $60.00 ↓ -94%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $60.00 ↓ -94%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $60.00 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup DualEligible $60.00 ↓ -94%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $60.00 ↓ -94%
United SmallGroup $60.00 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $60.51 ↓ -94%
Van Lang IPA MCR $60.60 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $60.84 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $60.84 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $60.84 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $60.84 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $60.84 ↓ -94%
United MCR $61.20 ↓ -94%
WellCare SNP $61.80 ↓ -94%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $61.80 ↓ -94%
WellCare PPO $61.80 ↓ -94%
WellCare PFFS $61.80 ↓ -94%
WellCare MCRHMO $61.80 ↓ -94%
WellCare POS $61.80 ↓ -94%
Humana MCD $63.00 ↓ -94%
Shared Health MGMCR $63.00 ↓ -94%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $63.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $63.00 ↓ -94%
American Health Plan MGMCR $63.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $63.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $63.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $63.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $63.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $63.00 ↓ -94%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $63.60 ↓ -94%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $63.60 ↓ -94%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $63.60 ↓ -94%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $63.60 ↓ -94%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $63.60 ↓ -94%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $64.94 ↓ -94%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $64.94 ↓ -94%
Molina MGMCR $65.40 ↓ -94%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $72.00 ↓ -93%
Verda Health Plan MCR $78.00 ↓ -92%
Community Health Choice HIX $87.00 ↓ -91%
Superior ValueHMO $87.00 ↓ -91%
Superior EPO $93.00 ↓ -91%
Superior HMO $93.00 ↓ -91%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $118.80 ↓ -88%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $121.20 ↓ -88%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $126.00 ↓ -88%
Molina Healthcare HIX $129.00 ↓ -87%
BCBS BAV $133.80 ↓ -87%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $145.80 ↓ -86%
BCBS HMO $167.40 ↓ -83%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $168.32 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $170.35 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $173.40 ↓ -83%
BCBS EPOSOA $179.40 ↓ -82%
BCBS PPO $191.40 ↓ -81%
Aetna QHPExchange $219.79 ↓ -78%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $243.36 ↓ -76%
Cigna CSN $246.72 ↓ -76%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $267.24 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $276.82 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBPPO $292.30 ↓ -71%
Aetna NBHMO $292.30 ↓ -71%
Aetna NBPOS $292.30 ↓ -71%
Aetna COMMPPO $310.54 ↓ -69%
Aetna COMMPOS $310.54 ↓ -69%
Aetna COMMHMO $310.54 ↓ -69%
Cigna PPO $317.95 ↓ -69%
BCBS Traditional $354.90 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $354.90 ↓ -65%
Aetna OONPPO $364.80 ↓ -64%
Aetna OONHMO $364.80 ↓ -64%
Aetna OONPOS $364.80 ↓ -64%
Aetna ASAPPO $394.44 ↓ -61%
Aetna ASAPOS $394.44 ↓ -61%
Aetna ASAHMO $394.44 ↓ -61%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $436.02 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $456.30 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $456.30 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $456.30 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $540.46 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $557.70 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $557.70 ↓ -45%
Triumph COMM $608.40 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $608.40 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $608.40 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $608.40 ↓ -40%
Humana PPO $649.20 ↓ -36%
Humana HMO $649.20 ↓ -36%
Coastal Comp COMM $659.10 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $760.50 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $811.20 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $831.48 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $861.90 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $861.90 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $861.90 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $912.60 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Assay of procainamide at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $452.35 $50.40 – $246.72
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $50.40 – $246.72
Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital Houston not published $60.00 – $249.60
Houston Methodist Hospital Houston not published $60.00 – $249.60
Houston Methodist West Hospital Houston not published $60.00 – $249.60
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $139.90 $10.00 – $174.87
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $114.91 $12.00 – $172.36
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $114.91 $12.00 – $144.00

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