Brain flow imaging only 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

$7,353.00

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.

$7,353.00

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.

$161.76 with Texas Health Network vs $6,617.70 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 $161.76 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $165.06 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $165.06 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $165.06 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $165.06 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $171.41 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $171.41 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $171.41 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $171.41 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $174.84 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $181.57 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $181.57 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $181.57 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $181.57 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $185.12 ↓ -97%
Humana MCD $206.32 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $292.41 ↓ -96%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -96%
BCBS BAV $315.67 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $441.18 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $441.18 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $441.18 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $441.18 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $441.18 ↓ -94%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -93%
BCBS HMO $564.88 ↓ -92%
BCBS EPOSOA $586.47 ↓ -92%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -92%
BCBS PPO $606.41 ↓ -92%
Aetna QHPExchange $905.25 ↓ -88%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $929.86 ↓ -87%
United SmallGroup $1,101.15 ↓ -85%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,101.15 ↓ -85%
Aetna NBPOS $1,203.16 ↓ -84%
Aetna NBPPO $1,203.16 ↓ -84%
Aetna NBHMO $1,203.16 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,220.60 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $1,235.30 ↓ -83%
Aetna COMMPOS $1,279.88 ↓ -83%
Aetna COMMHMO $1,279.88 ↓ -83%
Aetna COMMPPO $1,279.88 ↓ -83%
Aetna OONHMO $1,504.91 ↓ -80%
Aetna OONPOS $1,504.91 ↓ -80%
Aetna OONPPO $1,504.91 ↓ -80%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,626.38 ↓ -78%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,626.38 ↓ -78%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,626.38 ↓ -78%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $1,764.72 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,875.02 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $2,007.37 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $2,346.34 ↓ -68%
Humana PPO $2,346.34 ↓ -68%
Imagine Health PPO $2,573.55 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $2,573.55 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2,941.20 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $2,941.20 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $3,161.79 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $3,308.85 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $3,308.85 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $3,308.85 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $3,919.15 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $4,044.15 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $4,044.15 ↓ -45%
Triumph COMM $4,411.80 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $4,411.80 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $4,411.80 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $4,411.80 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $4,779.45 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $5,514.75 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $5,882.40 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $6,029.46 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $6,250.05 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $6,250.05 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $6,250.05 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $6,617.70 ↓ -10%

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Brain flow imaging only at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $232.75 $73.15 – $665.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $232.75 $53.20 – $665.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $3,966.50 $165.06 – $905.25
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $171.41 – $905.25
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $472.92 $160.05 – $1,338.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $907.45 $186.78 – $1,361.17
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $952.82 $160.05 – $1,338.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $472.92 $160.05 – $1,338.97

All Texas hospitals for this procedure →