C-reactive protein high sensitivity 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

$688.00

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.

$688.00

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.

$10.66 with Texas Health Network vs $619.20 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 $10.66 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $10.88 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $10.88 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $10.88 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $10.88 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $10.88 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $10.88 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $10.88 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $10.88 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $11.10 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $11.75 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $11.97 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $11.97 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $11.97 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $11.97 ↓ -98%
Oscar MGMCR $12.69 ↓ -98%
WellMed MGMCR $12.89 ↓ -98%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $12.95 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $12.95 ↓ -98%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $12.95 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $12.95 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $12.95 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $12.95 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $12.95 ↓ -98%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $12.95 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $12.95 ↓ -98%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $12.95 ↓ -98%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $12.95 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $12.95 ↓ -98%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $12.95 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup DualEligible $12.95 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $12.95 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MGMCR $12.95 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $12.95 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $12.95 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $12.95 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $13.06 ↓ -98%
Van Lang IPA MCR $13.08 ↓ -98%
United MCR $13.21 ↓ -98%
WellCare PFFS $13.34 ↓ -98%
WellCare MCRHMO $13.34 ↓ -98%
WellCare POS $13.34 ↓ -98%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $13.34 ↓ -98%
WellCare SNP $13.34 ↓ -98%
WellCare PPO $13.34 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $13.60 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $13.60 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan MGMCR $13.60 ↓ -98%
Shared Health MGMCR $13.60 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $13.60 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $13.60 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $13.60 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $13.60 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $13.60 ↓ -98%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $13.60 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $13.73 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $13.73 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $13.73 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $13.73 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $13.73 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $14.02 ↓ -98%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $14.02 ↓ -98%
Molina MGMCR $14.12 ↓ -98%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $15.54 ↓ -98%
Verda Health Plan MCR $16.84 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice HIX $18.78 ↓ -97%
Superior ValueHMO $18.78 ↓ -97%
Superior HMO $20.07 ↓ -97%
Superior EPO $20.07 ↓ -97%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $25.64 ↓ -96%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $26.16 ↓ -96%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $27.20 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare HIX $27.84 ↓ -96%
BCBS BAV $28.88 ↓ -96%
BCBS HMO $36.13 ↓ -95%
Oscar HIX $37.43 ↓ -95%
BCBS EPOSOA $38.72 ↓ -94%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $38.83 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $41.28 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $41.28 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $41.28 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $41.28 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $41.28 ↓ -94%
BCBS PPO $41.31 ↓ -94%
Aetna QHPExchange $47.43 ↓ -93%
Cigna CSN $52.96 ↓ -92%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $57.36 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBPOS $63.07 ↓ -91%
Aetna NBPPO $63.07 ↓ -91%
Aetna NBHMO $63.07 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMMHMO $67.01 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMMPPO $67.01 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMMPOS $67.01 ↓ -90%
Cigna PPO $68.24 ↓ -90%
Aetna OONHMO $78.72 ↓ -89%
Aetna OONPPO $78.72 ↓ -89%
Aetna OONPOS $78.72 ↓ -89%
Aetna ASAPPO $85.12 ↓ -88%
Aetna ASAHMO $85.12 ↓ -88%
Aetna ASAPOS $85.12 ↓ -88%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $114.21 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $115.58 ↓ -83%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $165.12 ↓ -76%
Humana HMO $172.90 ↓ -75%
Humana PPO $172.90 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $187.82 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $240.80 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $240.80 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $295.84 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $309.60 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $309.60 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $309.60 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $366.70 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $378.40 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $378.40 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $412.80 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $412.80 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $412.80 ↓ -40%
Triumph COMM $412.80 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $447.20 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $516.00 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $550.40 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $564.16 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $584.80 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $584.80 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $584.80 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $619.20 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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