Contrast x-ray of knee joint at HCA HOUSTON WEST
12141 RICHMOND AVENUE, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1275580938
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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.
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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.
$108.72 with Texas Health Network vs $4,922.10 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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| Texas Health Network | MCD | $108.72 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $110.94 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $110.94 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $110.94 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $110.94 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $122.03 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $122.03 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $122.03 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $122.03 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $128.31 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $128.31 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $128.31 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $128.31 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $130.88 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $138.57 | — |
| Humana | MCD | $138.68 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $328.14 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $328.14 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $328.14 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $328.14 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $328.14 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $356.57 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $385.89 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $458.71 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $672.06 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $699.43 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $722.73 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $725.51 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $828.27 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $828.27 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $907.85 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $918.79 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $960.57 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $960.57 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $960.57 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $1,021.82 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $1,021.82 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $1,021.82 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $1,201.48 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $1,201.48 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $1,201.48 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $1,298.29 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $1,298.46 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $1,298.46 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $1,298.46 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $1,312.56 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,347.93 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,393.75 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $1,394.60 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $1,493.04 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $1,546.15 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $1,546.15 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,914.15 | — |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $1,914.15 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $2,187.60 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $2,187.60 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $2,351.67 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $2,461.05 | — |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $2,461.05 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $2,461.05 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $2,914.98 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $3,007.95 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $3,007.95 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $3,281.40 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $3,281.40 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $3,281.40 | — |
| Triumph | COMM | $3,281.40 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $3,554.85 | — |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $4,101.75 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $4,375.20 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $4,484.58 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $4,648.65 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $4,648.65 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $4,648.65 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $4,922.10 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Contrast x-ray of knee joint at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $603.40 | $110.94 – $1,724.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $603.40 | $110.94 – $1,724.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $122.03 – $722.73 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $110.94 – $722.73 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $495.60 | $110.94 – $952.69 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $923.65 | $190.12 – $1,385.48 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $942.13 | $110.94 – $1,177.66 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $495.60 | $110.94 – $952.69 |