Computed tomographic angiography head and neck with contrast at HCA HOUSTON WEST
12141 RICHMOND AVENUE, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1275580938
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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.
$677.22 with United vs $34,172.10 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.
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 |
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| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $677.22 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $712.86 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $801.97 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $801.97 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $883.95 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $1,343.74 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,411.46 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,475.62 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $2,278.14 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $2,278.14 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $2,278.14 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $2,278.14 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $2,278.14 | — |
| Aetna | MCR | $2,517.34 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $4,935.97 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $4,935.97 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $4,935.97 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $4,935.97 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $5,315.66 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $5,315.66 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $5,619.41 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $6,075.04 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $6,302.85 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $6,378.79 | — |
| Superior | HMO | $6,644.57 | — |
| Superior | EPO | $6,644.57 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $7,214.11 | — |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $7,517.86 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $8,998.65 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $8,998.65 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $9,112.56 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $10,061.78 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $10,251.63 | — |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $11,390.70 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $12,188.05 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $12,188.05 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $12,188.05 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $12,985.40 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $12,985.40 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $12,985.40 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $13,289.15 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $15,187.60 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $15,225.57 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $15,225.57 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $15,225.57 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $16,326.67 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $16,440.58 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $16,440.58 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $16,440.58 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $17,086.05 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $17,086.05 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $20,237.48 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $20,882.95 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $20,882.95 | — |
| Triumph | COMM | $22,781.40 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $22,781.40 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $22,781.40 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $22,781.40 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $24,679.85 | — |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $28,476.75 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $30,375.20 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $31,134.58 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $32,273.65 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $32,273.65 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $32,273.65 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $34,172.10 | — |
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Computed tomographic angiography head and neck with contrast at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $677.22 – $677.22 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $677.22 – $677.22 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $7,050.71 | $332.94 – $8,813.39 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $4,762.80 | $480.54 – $7,144.20 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $4,762.80 | $332.94 – $5,953.50 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $7,050.71 | $332.94 – $8,813.39 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $4,762.80 | $332.94 – $7,144.20 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $4,762.80 | $356.43 – $7,144.20 |