Cid ext controller repl 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.

$1,500.80 with Oscar vs $11,779.75 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
Oscar MGMCR $1,500.80
WellMed MGMCR $1,523.77
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $1,531.43
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $1,531.43
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $1,531.43
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $1,531.43
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $1,531.43
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $1,531.43
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $1,531.43
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $1,531.43
Devoted Health MGMCR $1,531.43
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $1,531.43
Amerigroup DualEligible $1,531.43
BCBS MCRPPO $1,531.43
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $1,531.43
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $1,531.43
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $1,531.43
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,531.43
CHC Harris Health Indigent $1,531.43
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $1,531.43
Aetna MCR $1,544.45
Van Lang IPA MCR $1,546.74
United MCR $1,562.06
WellCare PFFS $1,577.37
WellCare PPO $1,577.37
WellCare SNP $1,577.37
WellCare POS $1,577.37
WellCare MCRHMO $1,577.37
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $1,577.37
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $1,608.00
Superior Health Plan PFFS $1,608.00
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $1,608.00
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $1,608.00
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $1,608.00
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $1,608.00
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $1,608.00
American Health Plan MGMCR $1,608.00
Shared Health MGMCR $1,608.00
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $1,623.32
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $1,623.32
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $1,623.32
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $1,623.32
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $1,623.32
Molina MGMCR $1,669.26
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $1,837.72
Verda Health Plan MCR $1,990.86
Superior ValueHMO $2,220.57
Community Health Choice HIX $2,220.57
Superior EPO $2,373.72
Superior HMO $2,373.72
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $3,032.23
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $3,216.00
Molina Healthcare HIX $3,292.57
Humana PPO $11,779.75
Humana HMO $11,779.75

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Cid ext controller repl at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $1,500.80 – $3,292.57
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $1,500.80 – $3,292.57
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $3,194.70 $657.58 – $4,792.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $3,194.70 $638.94 – $4,259.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $3,194.70 $1,025.50 – $4,792.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $3,194.70 $1,650.60 – $4,792.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $3,194.70 $1,064.90 – $4,792.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $3,194.70 $638.94 – $4,259.60

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