Contrast baths charges at HCA HOUSTON WEST
12141 RICHMOND AVENUE, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1275580938
$262.00
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.
$262.00
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.
$13.88 with Oscar vs $600.00 with Texas Athletic Network — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oscar | MGMCR | $13.88 | ↓ -95% |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $14.09 | ↓ -95% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $14.16 | ↓ -95% |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $14.16 | ↓ -95% |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS | $14.16 | ↓ -95% |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $14.16 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $14.16 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $14.16 | ↓ -95% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $14.16 | ↓ -95% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MMP | $14.16 | ↓ -95% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | PFFS | $14.16 | ↓ -95% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRSNP | $14.16 | ↓ -95% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRPPO | $14.16 | ↓ -95% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRHMO | $14.16 | ↓ -95% |
| Renaissance IPA Radiology | MCR | $14.16 | ↓ -95% |
| Renaissance IPA Radiology | COMM | $14.16 | ↓ -95% |
| Amerigroup | DualEligible | $14.16 | ↓ -95% |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $14.16 | ↓ -95% |
| Kelsey Seybold | MGMCR | $14.16 | ↓ -95% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $14.16 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | MCR | $14.28 | ↓ -95% |
| Van Lang IPA | MCR | $14.30 | ↓ -95% |
| United | MCR | $14.44 | ↓ -94% |
| WellCare | MCRHMO | $14.58 | ↓ -94% |
| WellCare | PPO | $14.58 | ↓ -94% |
| WellCare | SNP | $14.58 | ↓ -94% |
| WellCare | POS | $14.58 | ↓ -94% |
| Integranet Amerigroup IPA | MCR | $14.58 | ↓ -94% |
| WellCare | PFFS | $14.58 | ↓ -94% |
| Shared Health | MGMCR | $14.87 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | DualEligible | $14.87 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRHMO | $14.87 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPOS | $14.87 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPPO | $14.87 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRSNP | $14.87 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | PFFS | $14.87 | ↓ -94% |
| ProCare Advantage | MGMCR | $14.87 | ↓ -94% |
| American Health Plan | MGMCR | $14.87 | ↓ -94% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | POS | $15.01 | ↓ -94% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PFFS | $15.01 | ↓ -94% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | MCRHMO | $15.01 | ↓ -94% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | SNP | $15.01 | ↓ -94% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PPO | $15.01 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | MGMCR | $15.43 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $15.72 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $15.72 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $15.72 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $15.72 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $15.72 | ↓ -94% |
| Universal Healthcare Group | MCR | $16.99 | ↓ -94% |
| Verda Health Plan | MCR | $18.41 | ↓ -93% |
| Community Health Choice | HIX | $20.53 | ↓ -92% |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $20.53 | ↓ -92% |
| Superior | EPO | $21.95 | ↓ -92% |
| Superior | HMO | $21.95 | ↓ -92% |
| Corvel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $28.04 | ↓ -89% |
| OMNI Healthcare | WORKERSCOMP | $29.74 | ↓ -89% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $30.44 | ↓ -88% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $34.06 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $34.06 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $34.06 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $34.06 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $36.27 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $36.68 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $36.68 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS | BAV | $39.99 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $43.28 | ↓ -83% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $43.49 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $44.02 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS | HMO | $50.06 | ↓ -81% |
| Oscar | HIX | $51.09 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $56.27 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $57.50 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $57.50 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $57.50 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $60.98 | ↓ -77% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $60.98 | ↓ -77% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $60.98 | ↓ -77% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $62.09 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $62.09 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS | PPO | $62.31 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $62.88 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $71.89 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $71.89 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $71.89 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $77.58 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $77.58 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $77.58 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $91.70 | ↓ -65% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $112.66 | ↓ -57% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $117.90 | ↓ -55% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $117.90 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $139.65 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $144.10 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $144.10 | ↓ -45% |
| Humana | HMO | $145.52 | ↓ -44% |
| Humana | PPO | $145.52 | ↓ -44% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $157.20 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $157.20 | ↓ -40% |
| Triumph | COMM | $157.20 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $157.20 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $170.30 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $196.50 | ↓ -25% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $209.60 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $214.84 | ↓ -18% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $222.70 | ↓ -15% |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $222.70 | ↓ -15% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $222.70 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $235.80 | ↓ -10% |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | ↑ +15% |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | ↑ +91% |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | ↑ +129% |
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Contrast baths charges at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $13.84 – $43.28 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $13.84 – $30.44 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $87.17 | $24.70 – $134.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $87.17 | $17.94 – $149.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $84.22 | $16.84 – $149.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $87.17 | $23.24 – $134.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $87.17 | $27.98 – $149.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $87.17 | $41.01 – $253.00 |