Cath stripping venous s&i 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.

$313.97 with BCBS vs $2,732.95 with Humana — 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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $313.97
BCBS BAV $338.94
BCBS HMO $606.53
BCBS EPOSOA $629.72
BCBS PPO $651.12
Aetna QHPExchange $1,294.15
Aetna NBPPO $1,720.05
Aetna NBHMO $1,720.05
Aetna NBPOS $1,720.05
Aetna COMMHMO $1,829.73
Aetna COMMPPO $1,829.73
Aetna COMMPOS $1,829.73
Aetna OONHMO $2,151.44
Aetna OONPOS $2,151.44
Aetna OONPPO $2,151.44
Aetna ASAHMO $2,325.09
Aetna ASAPPO $2,325.09
Aetna ASAPOS $2,325.09
Humana PPO $2,732.95
Humana HMO $2,732.95

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Cath stripping venous s&i at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $3,728.90 $100.00 – $10,654.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $3,728.90 $100.00 – $10,654.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $2,604.39 $313.97 – $2,732.95
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $313.97 – $2,732.95
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $682.34 $193.33 – $966.65
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $812.65 $167.27 – $1,218.98
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $572.69 $114.54 – $715.86
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $682.34 $181.96 – $966.65

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