Culture anaerobic except blood at HCA HOUSTON WEST
12141 RICHMOND AVENUE, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1275580938
$1,230.00
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.
$1,230.00
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.
$7.79 with Texas Health Network vs $1,107.00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Health Network | MCD | $7.79 | ↓ -99% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $7.95 | ↓ -99% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $7.95 | ↓ -99% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $7.95 | ↓ -99% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $7.95 | ↓ -99% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $7.95 | ↓ -99% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $7.95 | ↓ -99% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $7.95 | ↓ -99% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $7.95 | ↓ -99% |
| United | MGMCD | $8.11 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $8.59 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $8.75 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $8.75 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $8.75 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $8.75 | ↓ -99% |
| Oscar | MGMCR | $9.28 | ↓ -99% |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $9.42 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS | $9.47 | ↓ -99% |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $9.47 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $9.47 | ↓ -99% |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $9.47 | ↓ -99% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $9.47 | ↓ -99% |
| Renaissance IPA Radiology | MCR | $9.47 | ↓ -99% |
| Renaissance IPA Radiology | COMM | $9.47 | ↓ -99% |
| Kelsey Seybold | MGMCR | $9.47 | ↓ -99% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $9.47 | ↓ -99% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $9.47 | ↓ -99% |
| United | SmallGroup | $9.47 | ↓ -99% |
| Amerigroup | DualEligible | $9.47 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRHMO | $9.47 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRPPO | $9.47 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRSNP | $9.47 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | PFFS | $9.47 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MMP | $9.47 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $9.47 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $9.47 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | MCR | $9.55 | ↓ -99% |
| Van Lang IPA | MCR | $9.56 | ↓ -99% |
| United | MCR | $9.66 | ↓ -99% |
| Integranet Amerigroup IPA | MCR | $9.75 | ↓ -99% |
| WellCare | MCRHMO | $9.75 | ↓ -99% |
| WellCare | PFFS | $9.75 | ↓ -99% |
| WellCare | POS | $9.75 | ↓ -99% |
| WellCare | PPO | $9.75 | ↓ -99% |
| WellCare | SNP | $9.75 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | MCD | $9.94 | ↓ -99% |
| Superior Health Plan | DualEligible | $9.94 | ↓ -99% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRHMO | $9.94 | ↓ -99% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPOS | $9.94 | ↓ -99% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPPO | $9.94 | ↓ -99% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRSNP | $9.94 | ↓ -99% |
| Superior Health Plan | PFFS | $9.94 | ↓ -99% |
| Shared Health | MGMCR | $9.94 | ↓ -99% |
| American Health Plan | MGMCR | $9.94 | ↓ -99% |
| ProCare Advantage | MGMCR | $9.94 | ↓ -99% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PFFS | $10.04 | ↓ -99% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PPO | $10.04 | ↓ -99% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | SNP | $10.04 | ↓ -99% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | POS | $10.04 | ↓ -99% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | MCRHMO | $10.04 | ↓ -99% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $10.25 | ↓ -99% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $10.25 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina | MGMCR | $10.32 | ↓ -99% |
| Universal Healthcare Group | MCR | $11.36 | ↓ -99% |
| Verda Health Plan | MCR | $12.31 | ↓ -99% |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $13.73 | ↓ -99% |
| Community Health Choice | HIX | $13.73 | ↓ -99% |
| Superior | HMO | $14.68 | ↓ -99% |
| Superior | EPO | $14.68 | ↓ -99% |
| Corvel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $18.75 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $19.13 | ↓ -98% |
| OMNI Healthcare | WORKERSCOMP | $19.89 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $20.36 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | BAV | $21.12 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | HMO | $26.42 | ↓ -98% |
| Oscar | HIX | $27.37 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $28.32 | ↓ -98% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $28.40 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | PPO | $30.21 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $34.70 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna | CSN | $39.01 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $42.26 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $46.15 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $46.15 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $46.15 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $49.03 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $49.03 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $49.03 | ↓ -96% |
| Cigna | PPO | $50.28 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $57.60 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $57.60 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $57.60 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $62.28 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $62.28 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $62.28 | ↓ -95% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $73.80 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $73.80 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $73.80 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $73.80 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $73.80 | ↓ -94% |
| Humana | PPO | $126.49 | ↓ -90% |
| Humana | HMO | $126.49 | ↓ -90% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $204.18 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $206.64 | ↓ -83% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $295.20 | ↓ -76% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $335.79 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $430.50 | ↓ -65% |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $430.50 | ↓ -65% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $528.90 | ↓ -57% |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $553.50 | ↓ -55% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $553.50 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $553.50 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $655.59 | ↓ -47% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $676.50 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $676.50 | ↓ -45% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $738.00 | ↓ -40% |
| Triumph | COMM | $738.00 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $738.00 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $738.00 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $799.50 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $922.50 | ↓ -25% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $984.00 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,008.60 | ↓ -18% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $1,045.50 | ↓ -15% |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $1,045.50 | ↓ -15% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $1,045.50 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $1,107.00 | ↓ -10% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $143.50 | $6.82 – $410.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $143.50 | $6.82 – $410.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $7.95 – $39.01 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $265.91 | $8.52 – $36.46 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $208.06 | $7.95 – $56.66 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $155.83 | $8.88 – $64.75 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $188.95 | $7.95 – $53.95 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $208.06 | $7.95 – $56.66 |