Coveredge 32 lead kit 40cm 48 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.

$70.28 with Aetna vs $1,443.53 with Aetna Better Health — 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
Aetna MCR $70.28
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $148.40
Amerigroup MGMCD $148.40
Cigna CSN $156.88
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $169.60
BCBS MyBlueHealth $172.78
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $175.96
United OptionsPPO $178.08
Superior EPO $185.50
Superior HMO $185.50
BCBS BAV $190.80
Cigna PPO $201.40
Superior ValueHMO $209.88
BCBS HMO $238.50
BCBS EPOSOA $243.80
BCBS PPO $248.04
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $251.22
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $251.22
Molina Healthcare HIX $286.20
CHC Harris Health Indigent $318.00
BCBS Traditional $371.00
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $424.00
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $455.80
United GlobalAppendix $477.00
Coventry National First Health COMM $564.98
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $583.00
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $583.00
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $636.00
Independent Medical System COMM $636.00
Triumph COMM $636.00
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $636.00
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $795.00
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $848.00
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $869.20
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $901.00
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $901.00
Physicians, INC COMM $901.00
Affiliated PPO COMM $954.00
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $1,336.60
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $1,336.60
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $1,336.60
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $1,336.60
United MGMCD $1,363.33
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $1,443.53

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Coveredge 32 lead kit 40cm 48 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $14,810.25 $0.27 – $4,170.19
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $14,810.25 $0.27 – $4,170.19
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $1,336.60 – $1,443.53
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $1,336.60 – $1,443.53
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $3,647.70 not published
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $1,157.63 $100.00 – $2,480.63
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $5,162.33 $49.44 – $349.20
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $14,810.25 $0.27 – $1,831.14

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