Catheter stripping venous 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

$13,290.00

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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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$13,290.00

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.

$300.00 with Texas Athletic Network vs $11,961.00 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 ↓ -98%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -96%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STAR $948.00 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $948.00 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00 ↓ -93%
Texas Health Network MCD $1,423.35 ↓ -89%
Amerigroup MGMCD $1,525.02 ↓ -89%
United MGMCD $1,558.48 ↓ -88%
Molina Healthcare STAR $1,597.64 ↓ -88%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $1,597.64 ↓ -88%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $1,597.64 ↓ -88%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $1,597.64 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $1,626.69 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $1,626.69 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $1,626.69 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $1,626.69 ↓ -88%
Humana MCD $1,815.50 ↓ -86%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $1,833.50 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $1,860.60 ↓ -86%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $2,115.00 ↓ -84%
Aetna QHPExchange $2,156.00 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $2,206.14 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $2,232.72 ↓ -83%
Cigna CSN $2,428.00 ↓ -82%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,631.00 ↓ -80%
Aetna NBPOS $2,864.00 ↓ -78%
Aetna NBHMO $2,864.00 ↓ -78%
Aetna COMMPOS $3,044.00 ↓ -77%
Aetna COMMHMO $3,044.00 ↓ -77%
Aetna NBPPO $3,108.00 ↓ -77%
Cigna PPO $3,128.00 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $3,149.73 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $3,149.73 ↓ -76%
WellMed MGMCR $3,187.73 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $3,189.60 ↓ -76%
Aetna COMMPPO $3,303.00 ↓ -75%
Aetna OONPOS $3,582.00 ↓ -73%
Aetna OONHMO $3,582.00 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASAPOS $3,870.00 ↓ -71%
Aetna ASAHMO $3,870.00 ↓ -71%
Aetna OONPPO $3,886.00 ↓ -71%
United SmallGroup $4,183.00 ↓ -69%
Aetna ASAPPO $4,197.00 ↓ -68%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $4,340.00 ↓ -67%
BCBS Traditional $4,651.50 ↓ -65%
Humana PPO $4,690.00 ↓ -65%
Humana HMO $4,690.00 ↓ -65%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $4,822.03 ↓ -64%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $4,988.00 ↓ -62%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $5,316.00 ↓ -60%
BCBS BAV $5,431.71 ↓ -59%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $5,714.70 ↓ -57%
BCBS HMO $5,736.55 ↓ -57%
Curative Administrators COMM $5,849.00 ↓ -56%
United AllPayerAppendix $5,976.00 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $5,980.50 ↓ -55%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $6,077.00 ↓ -54%
BCBS EPOSOA $6,318.52 ↓ -52%
BCBS PPO $6,872.77 ↓ -48%
Coventry National First Health COMM $7,083.57 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $7,309.50 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $7,309.50 ↓ -45%
Triumph COMM $7,974.00 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $7,974.00 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $7,974.00 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $7,974.00 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $8,638.50 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $9,967.50 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $10,632.00 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $10,897.80 ↓ -18%
Oscar HIX $11,153.00 ↓ -16%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $11,296.50 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $11,296.50 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $11,296.50 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $11,961.00 ↓ -10%

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Catheter stripping venous at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $1,664.95 $1,284.39 – $4,757.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $1,664.95 $1,284.39 – $4,757.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $1,558.48 – $5,681.12
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $1,452.40 – $4,822.03
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $3,193.94 $1,452.40 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $3,276.43 $71.00 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $3,193.94 $71.00 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $3,193.94 $1,452.40 – $7,896.23

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