Cardiac perf spect sgl/ef/wm rst/strs 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

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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.

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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.

$300.00 with Texas Athletic Network vs $9,657.90 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 Athletic Network Premier $300.00
Texas Health Network MCD $309.44
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $315.75
Amerigroup MGMCD $315.75
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $315.75
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $315.75
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $334.46
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $334.46
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $334.46
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $334.46
United MGMCD $341.15
Molina Healthcare STAR $347.33
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $347.33
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $347.33
Molina Healthcare CHIP $347.33
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $361.22
Humana MCD $394.69
BCBS MyBlueHealth $498.56
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
BCBS BAV $538.21
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00
Superior Health Plan STAR $643.86
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $643.86
Superior Health Plan STARKids $643.86
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $643.86
Superior Health Plan CHIP $643.86
BCBS HMO $963.12
BCBS EPOSOA $999.94
BCBS PPO $1,033.94
Aetna QHPExchange $1,538.34
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,781.35
United OptionsPPO $1,802.81
Aetna NBPOS $2,044.60
Aetna NBHMO $2,044.60
Aetna NBPPO $2,044.60
Aetna COMMPPO $2,174.97
Aetna COMMHMO $2,174.97
Aetna COMMPOS $2,174.97
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $2,481.29
Aetna OONPPO $2,557.39
Aetna OONHMO $2,557.39
Aetna OONPOS $2,557.39
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $2,575.44
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,736.41
Aetna ASAHMO $2,763.80
Aetna ASAPPO $2,763.80
Aetna ASAPOS $2,763.80
Evry Health BroadNetwork $2,929.56
United AllPayerAppendix $2,938.37
United SmallGroup $2,938.37
Humana PPO $3,424.26
Humana HMO $3,424.26
Imagine Health PPO $3,755.85
BCBS Traditional $3,755.85
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $4,292.40
Curative Administrators COMM $4,292.40
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $4,614.33
United GlobalAppendix $4,828.95
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $4,828.95
Averde Health Commercial $4,828.95
Coventry National First Health COMM $5,719.62
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $5,902.05
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $5,902.05
Triumph COMM $6,438.60
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $6,438.60
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $6,438.60
Independent Medical System COMM $6,438.60
Coastal Comp COMM $6,975.15
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $8,048.25
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $8,584.80
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $8,799.42
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $9,121.35
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $9,121.35
Physicians, INC COMM $9,121.35
Affiliated PPO COMM $9,657.90

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Cardiac perf spect sgl/ef/wm rst/strs at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $16,883.73 $334.46 – $1,538.34
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $4,048.10 $315.75 – $11,566.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $4,048.10 $315.75 – $11,566.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $18,876.20 $315.75 – $1,538.34
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $3,064.87 $306.74 – $3,831.08
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $3,104.72 $639.05 – $4,657.08
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $3,699.01 $306.74 – $4,623.76
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $3,064.87 $306.74 – $3,831.08

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