Consultation/report referred material w/preparation of slides 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

$455.00

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.

$455.00

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.

$27.30 with Superior Health Plan vs $409.50 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $27.30 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $27.30 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $27.30 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $27.30 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $27.30 ↓ -94%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $49.76 ↓ -89%
United AllPayerAppendix $49.76 ↓ -89%
United SmallGroup $49.76 ↓ -89%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $59.15 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $59.15 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $59.15 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $59.15 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $63.70 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $63.70 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $75.53 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $76.44 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $88.72 ↓ -81%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $99.93 ↓ -78%
Aetna QHPExchange $102.91 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $107.83 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $107.83 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $109.20 ↓ -76%
BCBS BAV $110.32 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $116.03 ↓ -74%
Cigna CSN $116.82 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $124.22 ↓ -73%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $126.54 ↓ -72%
Aetna NBHMO $136.85 ↓ -70%
Aetna NBPPO $136.85 ↓ -70%
Aetna NBPOS $136.85 ↓ -70%
BCBS HMO $138.02 ↓ -70%
Aetna COMMHMO $145.39 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMPPO $145.39 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMPOS $145.39 ↓ -68%
BCBS EPOSOA $147.92 ↓ -67%
Cigna PPO $150.55 ↓ -67%
BCBS PPO $157.81 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $159.25 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $159.25 ↓ -65%
Aetna OONHMO $170.80 ↓ -62%
Aetna OONPOS $170.80 ↓ -62%
Aetna OONPPO $170.80 ↓ -62%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $182.00 ↓ -60%
Aetna ASAPOS $184.68 ↓ -59%
Aetna ASAPPO $184.68 ↓ -59%
Aetna ASAHMO $184.68 ↓ -59%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $195.65 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $204.75 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $204.75 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $204.75 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $242.51 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $250.25 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $250.25 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $273.00 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $273.00 ↓ -40%
Triumph COMM $273.00 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $273.00 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $295.75 ↓ -35%
Humana HMO $339.21 ↓ -25%
Humana PPO $339.21 ↓ -25%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $341.25 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $364.00 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $373.10 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $386.75 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $386.75 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $386.75 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $409.50 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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