Change ureter stent percut 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

$15,215.00

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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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$15,215.00

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 $13,693.50 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 ↓ -97%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -96%
Texas Health Network MCD $639.74 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup MGMCD $685.44 ↓ -95%
United MGMCD $700.49 ↓ -95%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $718.08 ↓ -95%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $718.08 ↓ -95%
Molina Healthcare STAR $718.08 ↓ -95%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $718.08 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $731.14 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $731.14 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $731.14 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $731.14 ↓ -95%
Humana MCD $816.00 ↓ -95%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $824.10 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $948.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $948.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00 ↓ -94%
Aetna QHPExchange $1,430.00 ↓ -91%
Aetna NBHMO $1,899.00 ↓ -88%
Aetna NBPOS $1,899.00 ↓ -88%
Aetna COMMHMO $2,017.00 ↓ -87%
Aetna COMMPOS $2,017.00 ↓ -87%
WellMed MGMCR $2,110.41 ↓ -86%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $2,115.00 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $2,130.10 ↓ -86%
Aetna NBPPO $2,181.00 ↓ -86%
Aetna COMMPPO $2,317.00 ↓ -85%
Aetna OONHMO $2,374.00 ↓ -84%
Aetna OONPOS $2,374.00 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $2,525.69 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $2,556.12 ↓ -83%
Aetna ASAPOS $2,564.00 ↓ -83%
Aetna ASAHMO $2,564.00 ↓ -83%
Aetna OONPPO $2,727.00 ↓ -82%
Cigna CSN $2,915.00 ↓ -81%
Aetna ASAPPO $2,947.00 ↓ -81%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $3,041.00 ↓ -80%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $3,082.50 ↓ -80%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $3,158.00 ↓ -79%
BCBS BAV $3,472.24 ↓ -77%
United SmallGroup $3,500.00 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $3,605.95 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $3,605.95 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $3,651.60 ↓ -76%
BCBS HMO $3,667.11 ↓ -76%
Cigna PPO $3,755.00 ↓ -75%
BCBS EPOSOA $4,039.13 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $4,052.00 ↓ -73%
BCBS PPO $4,393.44 ↓ -71%
Humana HMO $4,690.00 ↓ -69%
Humana PPO $4,690.00 ↓ -69%
Curative Administrators COMM $4,807.00 ↓ -68%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $4,995.00 ↓ -67%
United AllPayerAppendix $5,000.00 ↓ -67%
BCBS Traditional $5,325.25 ↓ -65%
Oscar HIX $5,571.00 ↓ -63%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $6,086.00 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $6,542.45 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $6,846.75 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $8,109.60 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $8,368.25 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $8,368.25 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $9,129.00 ↓ -40%
Triumph COMM $9,129.00 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $9,129.00 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $9,129.00 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $9,889.75 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $11,411.25 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $12,172.00 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $12,476.30 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $12,932.75 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $12,932.75 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $12,932.75 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $13,693.50 ↓ -10%

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Change ureter stent percut at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $1,379.00 $1,063.80 – $3,940.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $1,379.00 $1,063.80 – $3,940.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $700.49 – $3,631.68
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $652.80 – $3,082.50
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,775.26 $652.80 – $5,045.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $3,219.94 $71.00 – $5,045.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,787.87 $71.00 – $5,045.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,775.26 $652.80 – $5,045.72

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