Bundled special stain group 2 at HCA HOUSTON WEST
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.
$20.52 with Superior Health Plan vs $602.35 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.
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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| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $20.52 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $20.52 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $20.52 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $20.52 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $20.52 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $33.84 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $33.84 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $33.84 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $44.46 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $44.46 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $44.46 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $44.46 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $47.88 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $47.88 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $56.77 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $57.46 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $66.69 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $67.53 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $74.55 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $81.05 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $81.05 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $82.08 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $87.21 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $93.27 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $93.37 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $99.96 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $106.64 | — |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $119.70 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $119.70 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $136.80 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $147.06 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $153.90 | — |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $153.90 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $153.90 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $182.29 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $188.10 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $188.10 | — |
| Triumph | COMM | $205.20 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $205.20 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $205.20 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $205.20 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $222.30 | — |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $256.50 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $264.62 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $273.60 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $280.44 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $290.70 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $290.70 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $290.70 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $291.06 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $307.80 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $315.26 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $351.91 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $351.91 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $351.91 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $373.87 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $373.87 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $373.87 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $375.09 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $439.20 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $439.20 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $439.20 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $474.88 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $474.88 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $474.88 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $602.35 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $602.35 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
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Bundled special stain group 2 at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $187.25 | $40.12 – $535.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $187.25 | $47.70 – $535.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $33.84 – $602.35 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $33.84 – $602.35 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $238.37 | $128.71 – $128.71 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $306.90 | $35.00 – $287.35 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $306.90 | $36.00 – $265.73 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $306.90 | $34.41 – $215.07 |