Cath plc art ang/grft lt/rt hr 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 $43,651.80 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 Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $2,795.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $2,795.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $2,795.00
Superior Health Plan STAR $2,795.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $2,795.00
BCBS MyBlueHealth $5,357.91
Imagine Health PPO $6,299.00
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $6,305.26
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $6,305.26
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $6,305.26
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $6,305.26
United SmallGroup $6,650.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $6,765.00
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $6,790.28
Amerigroup MGMCD $6,790.28
BCBS BAV $6,925.38
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $8,051.33
United OptionsPPO $8,148.34
Humana HMO $8,619.00
Humana PPO $8,619.00
Aetna QHPExchange $9,064.00
United AllPayerAppendix $9,500.00
BCBS HMO $9,604.33
Cigna CSN $10,120.00
BCBS EPOSOA $10,259.82
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $10,342.00
Oscar HIX $10,843.00
BCBS PPO $10,915.31
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $10,964.00
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $11,494.97
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $11,494.97
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $11,640.48
Aetna NBPOS $12,039.00
Aetna NBHMO $12,039.00
Aetna NBPPO $12,039.00
Aetna COMMPOS $12,794.00
Aetna COMMHMO $12,794.00
Aetna COMMPPO $12,794.00
Cigna PPO $13,036.00
Aetna OONHMO $15,050.00
Aetna OONPOS $15,050.00
Aetna OONPPO $15,050.00
Aetna ASAPPO $16,261.00
Aetna ASAHMO $16,261.00
Aetna ASAPOS $16,261.00
Evry Health BroadNetwork $16,640.00
BCBS Traditional $16,975.70
Curative Administrators COMM $17,384.00
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $19,400.80
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $20,855.86
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $21,825.90
United GlobalAppendix $21,825.90
Coventry National First Health COMM $25,851.57
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $26,676.10
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $26,676.10
Triumph COMM $29,101.20
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $29,101.20
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $29,101.20
Independent Medical System COMM $29,101.20
Coastal Comp COMM $31,526.30
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $36,376.50
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $38,801.60
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $39,771.64
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $41,226.70
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $41,226.70
Physicians, INC COMM $41,226.70
Affiliated PPO COMM $43,651.80

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Cath plc art ang/grft lt/rt hr at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $11,317.60 $3,556.96 – $32,336.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $11,317.60 $2,586.88 – $32,336.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $6,298.39 – $6,298.39
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $6,298.39 – $6,298.39
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $19,223.40 $3,093.86 – $24,029.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $20,734.76 $4,267.91 – $31,102.15
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $17,502.49 $3,093.86 – $21,878.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $19,223.40 $3,093.86 – $24,029.25

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