Chromatography at HCA HOUSTON WEST
12141 RICHMOND AVENUE, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1275580938
$230.00
Cash price 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.
$230.00
Gross charge 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.
$13.80 with Superior Health Plan vs $241.18 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $13.80 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $13.80 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $13.80 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $13.80 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $13.80 | ↓ -94% |
| Texas Health Network | MCD | $14.87 | ↓ -94% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $15.17 | ↓ -93% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $15.17 | ↓ -93% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $15.17 | ↓ -93% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $15.17 | ↓ -93% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $15.17 | ↓ -93% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $15.17 | ↓ -93% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $15.17 | ↓ -93% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $15.17 | ↓ -93% |
| United | MGMCD | $15.47 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $16.38 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $16.69 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $16.69 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $16.69 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $16.69 | ↓ -93% |
| Oscar | MGMCR | $17.70 | ↓ -92% |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $17.97 | ↓ -92% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRPPO | $18.06 | ↓ -92% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $18.06 | ↓ -92% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $18.06 | ↓ -92% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MMP | $18.06 | ↓ -92% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | PFFS | $18.06 | ↓ -92% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRSNP | $18.06 | ↓ -92% |
| Renaissance IPA Radiology | COMM | $18.06 | ↓ -92% |
| Kelsey Seybold | MGMCR | $18.06 | ↓ -92% |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS | $18.06 | ↓ -92% |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $18.06 | ↓ -92% |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $18.06 | ↓ -92% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRHMO | $18.06 | ↓ -92% |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $18.06 | ↓ -92% |
| Amerigroup | DualEligible | $18.06 | ↓ -92% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $18.06 | ↓ -92% |
| United | SmallGroup | $18.06 | ↓ -92% |
| Renaissance IPA Radiology | MCR | $18.06 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $18.06 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $18.06 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | MCR | $18.21 | ↓ -92% |
| Van Lang IPA | MCR | $18.24 | ↓ -92% |
| United | MCR | $18.42 | ↓ -92% |
| WellCare | MCRHMO | $18.60 | ↓ -92% |
| WellCare | PPO | $18.60 | ↓ -92% |
| WellCare | POS | $18.60 | ↓ -92% |
| WellCare | SNP | $18.60 | ↓ -92% |
| Integranet Amerigroup IPA | MCR | $18.60 | ↓ -92% |
| WellCare | PFFS | $18.60 | ↓ -92% |
| ProCare Advantage | MGMCR | $18.96 | ↓ -92% |
| Shared Health | MGMCR | $18.96 | ↓ -92% |
| Superior Health Plan | DualEligible | $18.96 | ↓ -92% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRHMO | $18.96 | ↓ -92% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPOS | $18.96 | ↓ -92% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPPO | $18.96 | ↓ -92% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRSNP | $18.96 | ↓ -92% |
| Superior Health Plan | PFFS | $18.96 | ↓ -92% |
| American Health Plan | MGMCR | $18.96 | ↓ -92% |
| Humana | MCD | $18.96 | ↓ -92% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | SNP | $19.14 | ↓ -92% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PPO | $19.14 | ↓ -92% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | POS | $19.14 | ↓ -92% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | MCRHMO | $19.14 | ↓ -92% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PFFS | $19.14 | ↓ -92% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $19.55 | ↓ -92% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $19.55 | ↓ -92% |
| Molina | MGMCR | $19.69 | ↓ -91% |
| Universal Healthcare Group | MCR | $21.67 | ↓ -91% |
| Verda Health Plan | MCR | $23.48 | ↓ -90% |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $26.19 | ↓ -89% |
| Community Health Choice | HIX | $26.19 | ↓ -89% |
| Superior | EPO | $27.99 | ↓ -88% |
| Superior | HMO | $27.99 | ↓ -88% |
| Corvel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $35.76 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $36.48 | ↓ -84% |
| OMNI Healthcare | WORKERSCOMP | $37.93 | ↓ -84% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $38.18 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $38.64 | ↓ -83% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $38.83 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS | BAV | $40.27 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS | HMO | $50.39 | ↓ -78% |
| Oscar | HIX | $52.19 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $54.00 | ↓ -77% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $54.17 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $55.20 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS | PPO | $57.61 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $62.79 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $66.18 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | CSN | $73.87 | ↓ -68% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $80.01 | ↓ -65% |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $80.50 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $80.50 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $88.01 | ↓ -62% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $88.01 | ↓ -62% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $88.01 | ↓ -62% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $93.50 | ↓ -59% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $93.50 | ↓ -59% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $93.50 | ↓ -59% |
| Cigna | PPO | $95.19 | ↓ -59% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $98.90 | ↓ -57% |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $103.50 | ↓ -55% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $103.50 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $103.50 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $109.84 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $109.84 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $109.84 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $118.76 | ↓ -48% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $118.76 | ↓ -48% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $118.76 | ↓ -48% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $122.59 | ↓ -47% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $126.50 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $126.50 | ↓ -45% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $138.00 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $138.00 | ↓ -40% |
| Triumph | COMM | $138.00 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $138.00 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $149.50 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $172.50 | ↓ -25% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $184.00 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $188.60 | ↓ -18% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $195.50 | ↓ -15% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $195.50 | ↓ -15% |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $195.50 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $207.00 | ↓ -10% |
| Humana | HMO | $241.18 | ↑ +5% |
| Humana | PPO | $241.18 | ↑ +5% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
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Chromatography at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $133.20 | $15.17 – $73.87 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | $217.02 | $15.17 – $73.87 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $197.07 | $10.00 – $43.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $197.07 | $7.06 – $51.42 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $197.07 | $12.00 – $43.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $197.07 | $10.00 – $43.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $197.07 | $12.00 – $51.42 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $197.07 | $8.00 – $51.42 |