Assay of procainamide w/metab 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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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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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.

$13.79 with Texas Health Network vs $223.76 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 $13.79
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $14.07
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $14.07
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $14.07
Amerigroup MGMCD $14.07
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $14.07
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $14.07
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $14.07
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $14.07
United MGMCD $14.35
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $15.20
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $15.48
Molina Healthcare CHIP $15.48
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $15.48
Molina Healthcare STAR $15.48
Oscar MGMCR $16.41
WellMed MGMCR $16.67
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $16.75
Amerigroup DualEligible $16.75
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $16.75
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $16.75
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $16.75
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $16.75
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $16.75
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $16.75
United SmallGroup $16.75
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $16.75
CHC Harris Health Indigent $16.75
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $16.75
BCBS MCRPPO $16.75
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $16.75
Devoted Health MGMCR $16.75
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $16.75
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $16.75
United AllPayerAppendix $16.75
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $16.75
Aetna MCR $16.89
Van Lang IPA MCR $16.92
United MCR $17.09
WellCare PFFS $17.25
WellCare MCRHMO $17.25
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $17.25
WellCare POS $17.25
WellCare SNP $17.25
WellCare PPO $17.25
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $17.59
Humana MCD $17.59
American Health Plan MGMCR $17.59
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $17.59
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $17.59
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $17.59
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $17.59
Superior Health Plan PFFS $17.59
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $17.59
Shared Health MGMCR $17.59
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $17.76
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $17.76
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $17.76
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $17.76
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $17.76
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $18.13
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $18.13
Molina MGMCR $18.26
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $20.10
Verda Health Plan MCR $21.78
Superior ValueHMO $24.29
Community Health Choice HIX $24.29
Superior HMO $25.96
Superior EPO $25.96
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $33.16
BCBS MyBlueHealth $33.84
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $35.18
Molina Healthcare HIX $36.01
BCBS BAV $37.35
BCBS HMO $46.73
Oscar HIX $48.41
BCBS EPOSOA $50.08
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $50.25
BCBS PPO $53.43
Aetna QHPExchange $61.36
Cigna CSN $68.28
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $73.96
Aetna NBHMO $81.60
Aetna NBPOS $81.60
Aetna NBPPO $81.60
Aetna COMMHMO $86.69
Aetna COMMPOS $86.69
Aetna COMMPPO $86.69
Cigna PPO $88.00
Aetna OONPPO $101.84
Aetna OONPOS $101.84
Aetna OONHMO $101.84
Aetna ASAHMO $110.11
Aetna ASAPPO $110.11
Aetna ASAPOS $110.11
Humana HMO $223.76
Humana PPO $223.76
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Assay of procainamide w/metab at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $42.70 $12.06 – $122.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $42.70 $12.06 – $122.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $160.85 $10.00 – $201.06
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $118.20 $12.00 – $177.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $118.20 $12.00 – $147.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $160.85 $10.00 – $201.06
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $118.20 $12.00 – $177.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $118.20 $8.00 – $177.30

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