Collar cerv ascend 172 reg at HCA HOUSTON WEST
12141 RICHMOND AVENUE, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1275580938
$709.00
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.
$709.00
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.
$42.54 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,245.75 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.
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 | CHIP | $42.54 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $42.54 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $42.54 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $42.54 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $42.54 | ↓ -94% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $92.17 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $92.17 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $92.17 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $92.17 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $99.26 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $99.26 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | CSN | $104.93 | ↓ -85% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $113.44 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $115.57 | ↓ -84% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $117.69 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $119.11 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS | BAV | $127.62 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna | PPO | $134.71 | ↓ -81% |
| Oscar | MGMCR | $158.72 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS | HMO | $159.53 | ↓ -77% |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $161.15 | ↓ -77% |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $161.96 | ↓ -77% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $161.96 | ↓ -77% |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $161.96 | ↓ -77% |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS | $161.96 | ↓ -77% |
| Kelsey Seybold | MGMCR | $161.96 | ↓ -77% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $161.96 | ↓ -77% |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $161.96 | ↓ -77% |
| Renaissance IPA Radiology | COMM | $161.96 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $161.96 | ↓ -77% |
| Renaissance IPA Radiology | MCR | $161.96 | ↓ -77% |
| Amerigroup | DualEligible | $161.96 | ↓ -77% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRHMO | $161.96 | ↓ -77% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRPPO | $161.96 | ↓ -77% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRSNP | $161.96 | ↓ -77% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | PFFS | $161.96 | ↓ -77% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MMP | $161.96 | ↓ -77% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $161.96 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $161.96 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $163.07 | ↓ -77% |
| Aetna | MCR | $163.34 | ↓ -77% |
| Van Lang IPA | MCR | $163.58 | ↓ -77% |
| United | MCR | $165.20 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS | PPO | $165.91 | ↓ -77% |
| WellCare | PPO | $166.82 | ↓ -76% |
| WellCare | SNP | $166.82 | ↓ -76% |
| Integranet Amerigroup IPA | MCR | $166.82 | ↓ -76% |
| WellCare | PFFS | $166.82 | ↓ -76% |
| WellCare | MCRHMO | $166.82 | ↓ -76% |
| WellCare | POS | $166.82 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $168.03 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $168.03 | ↓ -76% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPPO | $170.06 | ↓ -76% |
| American Health Plan | MGMCR | $170.06 | ↓ -76% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPOS | $170.06 | ↓ -76% |
| ProCare Advantage | MGMCR | $170.06 | ↓ -76% |
| Shared Health | MGMCR | $170.06 | ↓ -76% |
| Superior Health Plan | DualEligible | $170.06 | ↓ -76% |
| Superior Health Plan | PFFS | $170.06 | ↓ -76% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRHMO | $170.06 | ↓ -76% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRSNP | $170.06 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $170.16 | ↓ -76% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PPO | $171.68 | ↓ -76% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PFFS | $171.68 | ↓ -76% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | MCRHMO | $171.68 | ↓ -76% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | POS | $171.68 | ↓ -76% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | SNP | $171.68 | ↓ -76% |
| Molina | MGMCR | $176.54 | ↓ -75% |
| Universal Healthcare Group | MCR | $194.35 | ↓ -73% |
| Verda Health Plan | MCR | $210.55 | ↓ -70% |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $234.84 | ↓ -67% |
| Community Health Choice | HIX | $234.84 | ↓ -67% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $248.15 | ↓ -65% |
| Superior | EPO | $251.04 | ↓ -65% |
| Superior | HMO | $251.04 | ↓ -65% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $304.87 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $319.05 | ↓ -55% |
| Corvel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $320.68 | ↓ -55% |
| OMNI Healthcare | WORKERSCOMP | $340.12 | ↓ -52% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $348.21 | ↓ -51% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $377.90 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $389.95 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $389.95 | ↓ -45% |
| Triumph | COMM | $425.40 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $425.40 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $425.40 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $425.40 | ↓ -40% |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $531.75 | ↓ -25% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $567.20 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $581.38 | ↓ -18% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $602.65 | ↓ -15% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $602.65 | ↓ -15% |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $602.65 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $638.10 | ↓ -10% |
| Humana | HMO | $1,245.75 | ↑ +76% |
| Humana | PPO | $1,245.75 | ↑ +76% |
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Collar cerv ascend 172 reg at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | $191.00 | $158.72 – $348.21 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $158.72 – $348.21 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $543.09 | not published |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $114.63 | $83.45 – $589.50 |
| St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital | College Station | $114.63 | $131.00 – $556.75 |
| St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital | Navasota | $114.63 | $131.00 – $727.05 |
| Covenant Medical Center | Lubbock | $543.09 | $161.96 – $170.87 |
| St. Joseph Health Burleson Hospital | Caldwell | $114.63 | $131.00 – $589.50 |