Cystogram >= 3 views supervision & interpretation 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

$3,170.00

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.

$3,170.00

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.

$40.61 with Texas Health Network vs $2,853.00 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.

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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 $40.61 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $41.44 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $41.44 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $41.44 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $41.44 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $41.44 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $41.44 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $41.44 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $41.44 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $42.27 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $44.76 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $45.58 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $45.58 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $45.58 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $45.58 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $51.80 ↓ -98%
Cigna CSN $95.64 ↓ -97%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $103.51 ↓ -97%
Cigna PPO $123.04 ↓ -96%
Aetna QHPExchange $153.14 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $190.20 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $190.20 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $190.20 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $190.20 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $190.20 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBPOS $203.54 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBPPO $203.54 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBHMO $203.54 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMPOS $216.52 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMMPPO $216.52 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMMHMO $216.52 ↓ -93%
Aetna OONPPO $254.59 ↓ -92%
Aetna OONPOS $254.59 ↓ -92%
Aetna OONHMO $254.59 ↓ -92%
Aetna ASAHMO $275.13 ↓ -91%
Aetna ASAPPO $275.13 ↓ -91%
Aetna ASAPOS $275.13 ↓ -91%
Humana PPO $384.19 ↓ -88%
Humana HMO $384.19 ↓ -88%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $526.22 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $532.56 ↓ -83%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $672.06 ↓ -79%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $699.43 ↓ -78%
BCBS BAV $725.51 ↓ -77%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $760.80 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $808.35 ↓ -75%
United SmallGroup $828.27 ↓ -74%
United AllPayerAppendix $828.27 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $865.41 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $1,109.50 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $1,109.50 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,268.00 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,268.00 ↓ -60%
BCBS HMO $1,298.29 ↓ -59%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,347.93 ↓ -57%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,363.10 ↓ -57%
BCBS PPO $1,393.75 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,426.50 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $1,426.50 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $1,426.50 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,689.61 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,743.50 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,743.50 ↓ -45%
Triumph COMM $1,902.00 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,902.00 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,902.00 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $1,902.00 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $2,060.50 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $2,377.50 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $2,536.00 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,599.40 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $2,694.50 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $2,694.50 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $2,694.50 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $2,853.00 ↓ -10%

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Cystogram >= 3 views supervision & interpretation at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $480.90 $41.44 – $1,374.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $480.90 $41.44 – $1,374.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $5,359.91 $41.44 – $672.06
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $41.44 – $672.06
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $326.08 $41.44 – $952.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $728.84 $150.02 – $1,093.27
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $803.25 $41.44 – $1,004.06
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $326.08 $41.44 – $952.69

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