Catecholamines,fractionated, urine 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

$996.00

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.

$996.00

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.

$22.47 with Texas Health Network vs $896.40 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 $22.47 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $22.93 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $22.93 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $22.93 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $22.93 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $22.93 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $22.93 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $22.93 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $22.93 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $23.39 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $24.76 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $25.22 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $25.22 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $25.22 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STAR $25.22 ↓ -97%
Oscar MGMCR $26.75 ↓ -97%
WellMed MGMCR $27.16 ↓ -97%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $27.30 ↓ -97%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $27.30 ↓ -97%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $27.30 ↓ -97%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $27.30 ↓ -97%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $27.30 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MGMCR $27.30 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $27.30 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRPPO $27.30 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $27.30 ↓ -97%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $27.30 ↓ -97%
United SmallGroup $27.30 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup DualEligible $27.30 ↓ -97%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $27.30 ↓ -97%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $27.30 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $27.30 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $27.30 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $27.30 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $27.30 ↓ -97%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $27.30 ↓ -97%
Aetna MCR $27.53 ↓ -97%
Van Lang IPA MCR $27.57 ↓ -97%
United MCR $27.85 ↓ -97%
WellCare SNP $28.12 ↓ -97%
WellCare POS $28.12 ↓ -97%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $28.12 ↓ -97%
WellCare PPO $28.12 ↓ -97%
WellCare PFFS $28.12 ↓ -97%
WellCare MCRHMO $28.12 ↓ -97%
Humana MCD $28.66 ↓ -97%
American Health Plan MGMCR $28.67 ↓ -97%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $28.67 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $28.67 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $28.67 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $28.67 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $28.67 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $28.67 ↓ -97%
Shared Health MGMCR $28.67 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $28.67 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $28.94 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $28.94 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $28.94 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $28.94 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $28.94 ↓ -97%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $29.55 ↓ -97%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $29.55 ↓ -97%
Molina MGMCR $29.76 ↓ -97%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $32.76 ↓ -97%
Verda Health Plan MCR $35.49 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice HIX $39.59 ↓ -96%
Superior ValueHMO $39.59 ↓ -96%
Superior HMO $42.32 ↓ -96%
Superior EPO $42.32 ↓ -96%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $54.05 ↓ -95%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $55.15 ↓ -94%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $57.33 ↓ -94%
Molina Healthcare HIX $58.70 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $59.76 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $59.76 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $59.76 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $59.76 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $59.76 ↓ -94%
BCBS BAV $60.88 ↓ -94%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $66.34 ↓ -93%
BCBS HMO $76.17 ↓ -92%
Oscar HIX $78.90 ↓ -92%
BCBS EPOSOA $81.63 ↓ -92%
BCBS PPO $87.09 ↓ -91%
Aetna QHPExchange $100.02 ↓ -90%
Cigna CSN $112.93 ↓ -89%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $122.32 ↓ -88%
Aetna NBHMO $133.01 ↓ -87%
Aetna NBPOS $133.01 ↓ -87%
Aetna NBPPO $133.01 ↓ -87%
Aetna COMMPOS $141.31 ↓ -86%
Aetna COMMHMO $141.31 ↓ -86%
Aetna COMMPPO $141.31 ↓ -86%
Cigna PPO $145.53 ↓ -85%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $165.34 ↓ -83%
Aetna OONPPO $166.00 ↓ -83%
Aetna OONPOS $166.00 ↓ -83%
Aetna OONHMO $166.00 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $167.33 ↓ -83%
Aetna ASAHMO $179.49 ↓ -82%
Aetna ASAPOS $179.49 ↓ -82%
Aetna ASAPPO $179.49 ↓ -82%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $239.04 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $271.91 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $295.39 ↓ -70%
Humana HMO $295.39 ↓ -70%
Imagine Health PPO $348.60 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $348.60 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $428.28 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $448.20 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $448.20 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $448.20 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $530.87 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $547.80 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $547.80 ↓ -45%
Triumph COMM $597.60 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $597.60 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $597.60 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $597.60 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $647.40 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $747.00 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $796.80 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $816.72 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $846.60 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $846.60 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $846.60 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $896.40 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Catecholamines,fractionated, urine at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $22.93 – $112.93
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $156.26 $10.00 – $195.32
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $135.88 $12.00 – $203.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $135.88 $12.00 – $169.84
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $156.26 $10.00 – $195.32
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $135.88 $12.00 – $203.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $135.88 $8.00 – $203.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $135.88 $12.00 – $203.81

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