C-peptide 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

$455.00

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.

$455.00

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.

$17.13 with Texas Health Network vs $409.50 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 $17.13 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $17.48 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $17.48 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $17.48 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $17.48 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $17.48 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup MGMCD $17.48 ↓ -96%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $17.48 ↓ -96%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $17.48 ↓ -96%
United MGMCD $17.83 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $18.88 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $19.23 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $19.23 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare STAR $19.23 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $19.23 ↓ -96%
Oscar MGMCR $20.39 ↓ -96%
WellMed MGMCR $20.71 ↓ -95%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $20.81 ↓ -95%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $20.81 ↓ -95%
Devoted Health MGMCR $20.81 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $20.81 ↓ -95%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $20.81 ↓ -95%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $20.81 ↓ -95%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $20.81 ↓ -95%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $20.81 ↓ -95%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $20.81 ↓ -95%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $20.81 ↓ -95%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $20.81 ↓ -95%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $20.81 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup DualEligible $20.81 ↓ -95%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $20.81 ↓ -95%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $20.81 ↓ -95%
United SmallGroup $20.81 ↓ -95%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $20.81 ↓ -95%
BCBS MCRPPO $20.81 ↓ -95%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $20.81 ↓ -95%
Aetna MCR $20.99 ↓ -95%
Van Lang IPA MCR $21.02 ↓ -95%
United MCR $21.23 ↓ -95%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $21.43 ↓ -95%
WellCare PPO $21.43 ↓ -95%
WellCare SNP $21.43 ↓ -95%
WellCare POS $21.43 ↓ -95%
WellCare MCRHMO $21.43 ↓ -95%
WellCare PFFS $21.43 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $21.85 ↓ -95%
Humana MCD $21.85 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $21.85 ↓ -95%
American Health Plan MGMCR $21.85 ↓ -95%
Shared Health MGMCR $21.85 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $21.85 ↓ -95%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $21.85 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $21.85 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $21.85 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $21.85 ↓ -95%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $22.06 ↓ -95%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $22.06 ↓ -95%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $22.06 ↓ -95%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $22.06 ↓ -95%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $22.06 ↓ -95%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $22.52 ↓ -95%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $22.52 ↓ -95%
Molina MGMCR $22.68 ↓ -95%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $24.97 ↓ -95%
Verda Health Plan MCR $27.05 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $27.30 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $27.30 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $27.30 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $27.30 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $27.30 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice HIX $30.17 ↓ -93%
Superior ValueHMO $30.17 ↓ -93%
Superior HMO $32.26 ↓ -93%
Superior EPO $32.26 ↓ -93%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $41.20 ↓ -91%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $42.04 ↓ -91%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $43.70 ↓ -90%
Molina Healthcare HIX $44.74 ↓ -90%
BCBS BAV $46.41 ↓ -90%
BCBS HMO $58.06 ↓ -87%
Oscar HIX $60.14 ↓ -87%
BCBS EPOSOA $62.22 ↓ -86%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $62.45 ↓ -86%
BCBS PPO $66.38 ↓ -85%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $75.53 ↓ -83%
Aetna QHPExchange $76.25 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $76.44 ↓ -83%
Cigna CSN $85.04 ↓ -81%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $92.11 ↓ -80%
Aetna NBHMO $101.41 ↓ -78%
Aetna NBPOS $101.41 ↓ -78%
Aetna NBPPO $101.41 ↓ -78%
Aetna COMMHMO $107.73 ↓ -76%
Aetna COMMPPO $107.73 ↓ -76%
Aetna COMMPOS $107.73 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $109.20 ↓ -76%
Cigna PPO $109.59 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $124.22 ↓ -73%
Aetna OONPOS $126.56 ↓ -72%
Aetna OONPPO $126.56 ↓ -72%
Aetna OONHMO $126.56 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASAPPO $136.84 ↓ -70%
Aetna ASAHMO $136.84 ↓ -70%
Aetna ASAPOS $136.84 ↓ -70%
BCBS Traditional $159.25 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $159.25 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $195.65 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $204.75 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $204.75 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $204.75 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $242.51 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $250.25 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $250.25 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $273.00 ↓ -40%
Triumph COMM $273.00 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $273.00 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $273.00 ↓ -40%
Humana PPO $278.07 ↓ -39%
Humana HMO $278.07 ↓ -39%
Coastal Comp COMM $295.75 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $341.25 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $364.00 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $373.10 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $386.75 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $386.75 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $386.75 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $409.50 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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