Blood Transfusion at HCA HOUSTON WEST

12141 RICHMOND AVENUE, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1275580938

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 2026

$2,852.00

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.

$2,852.00

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.

$30.12 with Texas Health Network vs $2,566.80 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 $30.12 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $32.27 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $32.98 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $33.80 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $33.80 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $33.80 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $33.80 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $34.42 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $34.42 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $34.42 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $34.42 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $38.41 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $38.80 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $158.26 ↓ -94%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $158.26 ↓ -94%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $158.26 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $171.12 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $171.12 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $171.12 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $171.12 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $171.12 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $252.77 ↓ -91%
BCBS BAV $278.33 ↓ -90%
BCBS PPO $295.48 ↓ -90%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -89%
BCBS EPOSOA $309.49 ↓ -89%
BCBS HMO $323.49 ↓ -89%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $399.28 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $422.10 ↓ -85%
WellMed MGMCR $445.40 ↓ -84%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $456.32 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $479.14 ↓ -83%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $541.88 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $556.14 ↓ -81%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -79%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $684.48 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $727.26 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $778.60 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBPPO $886.97 ↓ -69%
Aetna NBHMO $886.97 ↓ -69%
Aetna NBPOS $886.97 ↓ -69%
Aetna COMMHMO $944.01 ↓ -67%
Aetna COMMPPO $944.01 ↓ -67%
Aetna COMMPOS $944.01 ↓ -67%
Humana HMO $944.87 ↓ -67%
Humana PPO $944.87 ↓ -67%
BCBS Traditional $998.20 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $998.20 ↓ -65%
Aetna OONPOS $1,106.58 ↓ -61%
Aetna OONPPO $1,106.58 ↓ -61%
Aetna OONHMO $1,106.58 ↓ -61%
United SmallGroup $1,120.00 ↓ -61%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,140.80 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,140.80 ↓ -60%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,194.99 ↓ -58%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,194.99 ↓ -58%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,194.99 ↓ -58%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,226.36 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,283.40 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $1,283.40 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $1,283.40 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,477.34 ↓ -48%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,568.60 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,568.60 ↓ -45%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,600.00 ↓ -44%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,702.00 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $1,711.20 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,711.20 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,711.20 ↓ -40%
Triumph COMM $1,711.20 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $1,853.80 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $2,139.00 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $2,281.60 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,338.64 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $2,424.20 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $2,424.20 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $2,424.20 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $2,566.80 ↓ -10%

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Blood Transfusion at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $726.60 $560.52 – $2,076.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $726.60 $560.52 – $2,076.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $3,069.00 $32.27 – $445.40
Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital Houston $602.50 $51.11 – $2,956.00
Houston Methodist Hospital Houston $905.50 $51.11 – $2,956.00
Houston Methodist West Hospital Houston $602.50 $51.11 – $2,956.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $3,726.00 $32.27 – $445.40
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $3,775.85 $43.76 – $4,826.69

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