Bronchial challenge at HCA HOUSTON WEST
12141 RICHMOND AVENUE, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1275580938
$2,870.00
Cash price 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.
$2,870.00
Gross charge 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.
$73.36 with BCBS vs $2,583.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $73.36 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | BAV | $80.88 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | HMO | $101.26 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $113.80 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | PPO | $126.03 | ↓ -96% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $172.20 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $172.20 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $172.20 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $172.20 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $172.20 | ↓ -94% |
| Humana | PPO | $295.51 | ↓ -90% |
| Humana | HMO | $295.51 | ↓ -90% |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | ↓ -90% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $373.10 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $373.10 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $373.10 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $373.10 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $401.80 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $401.80 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | CSN | $424.76 | ↓ -85% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $459.20 | ↓ -84% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $476.42 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $482.16 | ↓ -83% |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | ↓ -83% |
| Cigna | PPO | $545.30 | ↓ -81% |
| Oscar | HIX | $559.65 | ↓ -81% |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | ↓ -79% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $680.19 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $680.19 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $688.80 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $731.85 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $760.55 | ↓ -74% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $783.51 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $921.27 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $921.27 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $921.27 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $981.54 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $981.54 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $981.54 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,004.50 | ↓ -65% |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $1,004.50 | ↓ -65% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,148.00 | ↓ -60% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $1,148.00 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $1,150.87 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $1,150.87 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $1,150.87 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $1,234.10 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $1,242.71 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $1,242.71 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $1,242.71 | ↓ -57% |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $1,291.50 | ↓ -55% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $1,291.50 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $1,291.50 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $1,529.71 | ↓ -47% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $1,578.50 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $1,578.50 | ↓ -45% |
| Triumph | COMM | $1,722.00 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $1,722.00 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $1,722.00 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $1,722.00 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $1,865.50 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $2,152.50 | ↓ -25% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $2,296.00 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $2,353.40 | ↓ -18% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $2,439.50 | ↓ -15% |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $2,439.50 | ↓ -15% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $2,439.50 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $2,583.00 | ↓ -10% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Bronchial challenge at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $73.36 – $295.51 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $73.36 – $295.51 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $979.35 | $96.24 – $1,224.19 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,135.26 | $94.68 – $1,702.89 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,105.33 | $94.68 – $1,381.66 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $979.35 | $73.36 – $1,224.19 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,135.26 | $115.68 – $1,702.89 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,135.26 | $586.55 – $1,702.89 |