Culture typing nucleic acid probe amplified per culture/isolate 6 or more targets at HCA HOUSTON WEST
12141 RICHMOND AVENUE, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1275580938
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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.
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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.
$179.51 with Texas Health Network vs $1,155.06 with Cigna — 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 |
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| Texas Health Network | MCD | $179.51 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $183.17 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $183.17 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $183.17 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $183.17 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $183.17 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $183.17 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $183.17 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $183.17 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $186.83 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $197.82 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $201.49 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $201.49 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $201.49 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $201.49 | — |
| Oscar | MGMCR | $213.70 | — |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $216.97 | — |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $218.06 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $218.06 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS | $218.06 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $218.06 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $218.06 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $218.06 | — |
| Amerigroup | DualEligible | $218.06 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRHMO | $218.06 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRPPO | $218.06 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRSNP | $218.06 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | PFFS | $218.06 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MMP | $218.06 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $218.06 | — |
| BCBS | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $218.06 | — |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $218.06 | — |
| Kelsey Seybold | MGMCR | $218.06 | — |
| Renaissance IPA Radiology | COMM | $218.06 | — |
| Renaissance IPA Radiology | MCR | $218.06 | — |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $218.06 | — |
| Aetna | MCR | $219.91 | — |
| Van Lang IPA | MCR | $220.24 | — |
| United | MCR | $222.42 | — |
| WellCare | MCRHMO | $224.60 | — |
| WellCare | SNP | $224.60 | — |
| WellCare | POS | $224.60 | — |
| WellCare | PPO | $224.60 | — |
| WellCare | PFFS | $224.60 | — |
| Integranet Amerigroup IPA | MCR | $224.60 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPOS | $228.96 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPPO | $228.96 | — |
| ProCare Advantage | MGMCR | $228.96 | — |
| Shared Health | MGMCR | $228.96 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | DualEligible | $228.96 | — |
| American Health Plan | MGMCR | $228.96 | — |
| Humana | MCD | $228.96 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | PFFS | $228.96 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRSNP | $228.96 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRHMO | $228.96 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PFFS | $231.14 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | SNP | $231.14 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | POS | $231.14 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | MCRHMO | $231.14 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PPO | $231.14 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $236.01 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $236.01 | — |
| Molina | MGMCR | $237.69 | — |
| Universal Healthcare Group | MCR | $261.67 | — |
| Verda Health Plan | MCR | $283.48 | — |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $316.19 | — |
| Community Health Choice | HIX | $316.19 | — |
| Superior | HMO | $337.99 | — |
| Superior | EPO | $337.99 | — |
| Corvel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $431.76 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $440.48 | — |
| OMNI Healthcare | WORKERSCOMP | $457.93 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $468.83 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $486.27 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $608.39 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $630.19 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $652.00 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $695.61 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $896.31 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $970.83 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $1,155.06 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Culture typing nucleic acid probe amplified per culture/isolate 6 or more targets at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $183.17 – $896.31 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $183.17 – $896.31 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $1,783.10 | $196.25 – $839.53 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $146.48 | $10.00 – $523.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $146.48 | $12.00 – $523.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $146.48 | $12.00 – $523.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $146.48 | $10.00 – $523.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $146.48 | $12.00 – $523.34 |