CPAP or BiPAP Setup (first day) at HCA HOUSTON WEST

12141 RICHMOND AVENUE, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1275580938

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 2026

$3,765.00

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.

$3,765.00

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.

$225.90 with Superior Health Plan vs $3,388.50 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 CHPFC $225.90 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $225.90 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $225.90 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $225.90 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $225.90 ↓ -94%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -92%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $430.47 ↓ -89%
BCBS BAV $474.62 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $489.45 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $489.45 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $489.45 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $489.45 ↓ -87%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $527.10 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $527.10 ↓ -86%
BCBS HMO $594.19 ↓ -84%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $632.52 ↓ -83%
BCBS EPOSOA $667.77 ↓ -82%
Oscar HIX $734.17 ↓ -81%
BCBS PPO $739.52 ↓ -80%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $903.60 ↓ -76%
Aetna NBPOS $1,170.91 ↓ -69%
Aetna NBHMO $1,170.91 ↓ -69%
Aetna NBPPO $1,170.91 ↓ -69%
Aetna COMMPPO $1,246.21 ↓ -67%
Aetna COMMPOS $1,246.21 ↓ -67%
Aetna COMMHMO $1,246.21 ↓ -67%
Humana PPO $1,247.34 ↓ -67%
Humana HMO $1,247.34 ↓ -67%
BCBS Traditional $1,317.75 ↓ -65%
Aetna OONPOS $1,460.82 ↓ -61%
Aetna OONPPO $1,460.82 ↓ -61%
Aetna OONHMO $1,460.82 ↓ -61%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,506.00 ↓ -60%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,577.54 ↓ -58%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,577.54 ↓ -58%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,577.54 ↓ -58%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,618.95 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $1,694.25 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $1,694.25 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,694.25 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,950.27 ↓ -48%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $2,070.75 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $2,070.75 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $2,259.00 ↓ -40%
Triumph COMM $2,259.00 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $2,259.00 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,259.00 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $2,447.25 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $2,823.75 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $3,012.00 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3,087.30 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $3,200.25 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $3,200.25 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $3,200.25 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $3,388.50 ↓ -10%

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CPAP or BiPAP Setup (first day) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $754.60 $100.00 – $2,156.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $754.60 $100.00 – $2,156.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $768.85 $430.47 – $430.47
Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital Houston $1,647.00 $219.97 – $428.95
Houston Methodist Hospital Houston $1,613.00 $219.97 – $879.90
Houston Methodist West Hospital Houston $1,647.00 $219.97 – $879.90
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $713.07 $430.47 – $430.47
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $2,597.51 $708.25 – $708.25

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