Bone marrow imaging mult 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.

$170.92 with Texas Health Network vs $3,314.94 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 $170.92
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $174.41
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $174.41
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $174.41
Amerigroup MGMCD $174.41
Molina Healthcare CHIP $191.85
Molina Healthcare STAR $191.85
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $191.85
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $191.85
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $211.18
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $211.18
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $211.18
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $211.18
United MGMCD $215.40
Humana MCD $218.01
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $228.07
BCBS MyBlueHealth $334.28
BCBS BAV $360.87
BCBS HMO $645.76
BCBS EPOSOA $670.45
BCBS PPO $693.24
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $716.53
United SmallGroup $848.52
United AllPayerAppendix $848.52
Aetna QHPExchange $893.28
Aetna NBHMO $1,187.26
Aetna NBPOS $1,187.26
Aetna NBPPO $1,187.26
Aetna COMMPOS $1,262.96
Aetna COMMHMO $1,262.96
Aetna COMMPPO $1,262.96
Aetna OONPPO $1,485.02
Aetna OONPOS $1,485.02
Aetna OONHMO $1,485.02
Aetna ASAPPO $1,604.88
Aetna ASAPOS $1,604.88
Aetna ASAHMO $1,604.88
Humana HMO $3,314.94
Humana PPO $3,314.94

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Bone marrow imaging mult at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $340.20 $106.92 – $972.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $340.20 $77.76 – $972.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $191.85 – $893.28
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $174.41 – $893.28
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $367.06 $169.08 – $1,021.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $762.31 $156.91 – $1,143.46
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,010.08 $169.08 – $1,262.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $367.06 $169.08 – $1,021.72

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