Cortisol total am 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

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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.

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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.

$13.42 with Texas Health Network vs $912.60 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
Texas Health Network MCD $13.42
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $13.69
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $13.69
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $13.69
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $13.69
Amerigroup MGMCD $13.69
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $13.69
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $13.69
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $13.69
United MGMCD $13.96
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $14.79
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $15.06
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $15.06
Molina Healthcare STAR $15.06
Molina Healthcare CHIP $15.06
Oscar MGMCR $15.97
WellMed MGMCR $16.22
BCBS MCRPPO $16.30
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $16.30
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $16.30
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $16.30
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $16.30
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $16.30
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $16.30
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $16.30
Devoted Health MGMCR $16.30
United AllPayerAppendix $16.30
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $16.30
United SmallGroup $16.30
Amerigroup DualEligible $16.30
CHC Harris Health Indigent $16.30
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $16.30
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $16.30
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $16.30
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $16.30
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $16.30
Aetna MCR $16.44
Van Lang IPA MCR $16.46
United MCR $16.63
WellCare PFFS $16.79
WellCare POS $16.79
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $16.79
WellCare SNP $16.79
WellCare PPO $16.79
WellCare MCRHMO $16.79
Humana MCD $17.11
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $17.12
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $17.12
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $17.12
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $17.12
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $17.12
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $17.12
Superior Health Plan PFFS $17.12
American Health Plan MGMCR $17.12
Shared Health MGMCR $17.12
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $17.28
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $17.28
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $17.28
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $17.28
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $17.28
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $17.64
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $17.64
Molina MGMCR $17.77
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $19.56
Verda Health Plan MCR $21.19
Superior ValueHMO $23.64
Community Health Choice HIX $23.64
Superior EPO $25.27
Superior HMO $25.27
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $32.27
BCBS MyBlueHealth $32.93
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $34.23
Molina Healthcare HIX $35.05
BCBS BAV $36.35
BCBS HMO $45.48
Oscar HIX $47.11
BCBS EPOSOA $48.74
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $48.89
BCBS PPO $52.00
Aetna QHPExchange $59.72
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $60.84
Superior Health Plan CHIP $60.84
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $60.84
Superior Health Plan STAR $60.84
Superior Health Plan STARKids $60.84
Cigna CSN $66.90
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $72.46
Aetna NBPPO $79.42
Aetna NBHMO $79.42
Aetna NBPOS $79.42
Aetna COMMHMO $84.38
Aetna COMMPPO $84.38
Aetna COMMPOS $84.38
Cigna PPO $86.21
Aetna OONPOS $99.12
Aetna OONPPO $99.12
Aetna OONHMO $99.12
Aetna ASAPOS $107.17
Aetna ASAPPO $107.17
Aetna ASAHMO $107.17
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $168.32
United OptionsPPO $170.35
Humana HMO $217.70
Humana PPO $217.70
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $243.36
Evry Health BroadNetwork $276.82
Imagine Health PPO $354.90
BCBS Traditional $354.90
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $436.02
United GlobalAppendix $456.30
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $456.30
Averde Health Commercial $456.30
Coventry National First Health COMM $540.46
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $557.70
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $557.70
Triumph COMM $608.40
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $608.40
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $608.40
Independent Medical System COMM $608.40
Coastal Comp COMM $659.10
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $760.50
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $811.20
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $831.48
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $861.90
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $861.90
Physicians, INC COMM $861.90
Affiliated PPO COMM $912.60
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Cortisol total am at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $130.55 $11.74 – $373.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $130.55 $11.74 – $373.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $13.69 – $66.90
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $13.69 – $66.90
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $247.78 $14.67 – $62.76
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $164.33 $10.00 – $81.47
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $183.24 $12.00 – $97.77
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $166.87 $12.00 – $81.47

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