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12141 RICHMOND AVENUE, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1275580938
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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.
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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.
$300.00 with Texas Athletic Network vs $43,890.00 with Curative Administrators — 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 |
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| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $543.79 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $543.79 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $543.79 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $543.79 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $585.62 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $585.62 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $619.08 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $669.28 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $681.83 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $694.38 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $702.74 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $752.94 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $794.77 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $941.17 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $962.09 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $978.82 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $991.37 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $991.37 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $1,003.92 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $1,108.49 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $1,342.74 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $1,342.74 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $1,342.74 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $1,430.59 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $1,430.59 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $1,430.59 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,464.05 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $1,673.20 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $1,677.38 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $1,677.38 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $1,677.38 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $1,798.69 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $1,811.24 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $1,811.24 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $1,811.24 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $1,882.35 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $2,229.54 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $2,300.65 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $2,300.65 | — |
| Triumph | COMM | $2,509.80 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $2,509.80 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $2,509.80 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $2,509.80 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $2,718.95 | — |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $3,137.25 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $3,346.40 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $3,430.06 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $3,555.55 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $3,555.55 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $3,555.55 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $3,764.70 | — |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $5,000.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $5,591.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $5,591.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $5,591.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $5,591.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $5,591.00 | — |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $7,874.00 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $8,798.00 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $10,106.00 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $10,106.00 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $15,400.00 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $17,742.00 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $21,231.00 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $22,000.00 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $29,288.00 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $37,284.00 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $43,890.00 | — |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $10,799.87 | $12,065.71 – $12,065.71 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $6,157.90 | $4,750.38 – $17,594.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $6,157.90 | $4,750.38 – $17,594.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | $8,936.89 | $10,241.14 – $10,241.14 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $5,557.78 | $1,574.70 – $18,500.61 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $3,958.33 | $814.76 – $18,500.61 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $4,251.46 | $850.29 – $18,500.61 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $5,557.78 | $1,482.08 – $18,500.61 |