Culture fungi definitive id mold 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

$599.00

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.

$599.00

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.

$8.50 with Texas Health Network vs $539.10 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.

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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 $8.50 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $8.67 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $8.67 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $8.67 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $8.67 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $8.67 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $8.67 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $8.67 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $8.67 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $8.84 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $9.36 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $9.54 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $9.54 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $9.54 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $9.54 ↓ -98%
Oscar MGMCR $10.11 ↓ -98%
WellMed MGMCR $10.27 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $10.32 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $10.32 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $10.32 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $10.32 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $10.32 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $10.32 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $10.32 ↓ -98%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $10.32 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $10.32 ↓ -98%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $10.32 ↓ -98%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $10.32 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $10.32 ↓ -98%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $10.32 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup DualEligible $10.32 ↓ -98%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $10.32 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $10.32 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MGMCR $10.32 ↓ -98%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $10.32 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $10.32 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $10.41 ↓ -98%
Van Lang IPA MCR $10.42 ↓ -98%
United MCR $10.53 ↓ -98%
WellCare MCRHMO $10.63 ↓ -98%
WellCare SNP $10.63 ↓ -98%
WellCare PPO $10.63 ↓ -98%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $10.63 ↓ -98%
WellCare POS $10.63 ↓ -98%
WellCare PFFS $10.63 ↓ -98%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $10.84 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $10.84 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan MGMCR $10.84 ↓ -98%
Shared Health MGMCR $10.84 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $10.84 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $10.84 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $10.84 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $10.84 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $10.84 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $10.84 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $10.94 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $10.94 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $10.94 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $10.94 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $10.94 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $11.17 ↓ -98%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $11.17 ↓ -98%
Molina MGMCR $11.25 ↓ -98%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $12.38 ↓ -98%
Verda Health Plan MCR $13.42 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice HIX $14.96 ↓ -98%
Superior ValueHMO $14.96 ↓ -98%
Superior HMO $16.00 ↓ -97%
Superior EPO $16.00 ↓ -97%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $20.43 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $20.85 ↓ -97%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $21.67 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare HIX $22.19 ↓ -96%
BCBS BAV $23.01 ↓ -96%
BCBS HMO $28.79 ↓ -95%
Oscar HIX $29.82 ↓ -95%
BCBS EPOSOA $30.86 ↓ -95%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $30.96 ↓ -95%
BCBS PPO $32.92 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $35.94 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $35.94 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $35.94 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $35.94 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $35.94 ↓ -94%
Aetna QHPExchange $37.79 ↓ -94%
Cigna CSN $41.83 ↓ -93%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $45.31 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBHMO $50.25 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBPOS $50.25 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBPPO $50.25 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMMHMO $53.39 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMMPPO $53.39 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMMPOS $53.39 ↓ -91%
Cigna PPO $53.90 ↓ -91%
Aetna OONPOS $62.72 ↓ -90%
Aetna OONHMO $62.72 ↓ -90%
Aetna OONPPO $62.72 ↓ -90%
Aetna ASAPOS $67.82 ↓ -89%
Aetna ASAPPO $67.82 ↓ -89%
Aetna ASAHMO $67.82 ↓ -89%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $99.43 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $100.63 ↓ -83%
Humana HMO $137.85 ↓ -77%
Humana PPO $137.85 ↓ -77%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $143.76 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $163.53 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $209.65 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $209.65 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $257.57 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $269.55 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $269.55 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $269.55 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $319.27 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $329.45 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $329.45 ↓ -45%
Triumph COMM $359.40 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $359.40 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $359.40 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $359.40 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $389.35 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $449.25 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $479.20 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $491.18 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $509.15 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $509.15 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $509.15 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $539.10 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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