Cytopath c/v index add-on 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

$1,001.00

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.

$1,001.00

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.

$12.06 with Texas Health Network vs $900.90 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 $12.06 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $12.31 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $12.31 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $12.31 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $12.31 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $12.31 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $12.31 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $12.31 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $12.31 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $12.56 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $13.29 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $13.54 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $13.54 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $13.54 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $13.54 ↓ -99%
Oscar MGMCR $14.36 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $14.58 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $14.65 ↓ -99%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $14.65 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $14.65 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $14.65 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $14.65 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $14.65 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $14.65 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $14.65 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $14.65 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $14.65 ↓ -99%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $14.65 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $14.65 ↓ -99%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $14.65 ↓ -99%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $14.65 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $14.65 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $14.65 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $14.65 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $14.65 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $14.65 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $14.77 ↓ -99%
Van Lang IPA MCR $14.80 ↓ -99%
United MCR $14.94 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCRHMO $15.09 ↓ -98%
WellCare PPO $15.09 ↓ -98%
WellCare SNP $15.09 ↓ -98%
WellCare POS $15.09 ↓ -98%
WellCare PFFS $15.09 ↓ -98%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $15.09 ↓ -98%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $15.38 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $15.38 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $15.38 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $15.38 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $15.38 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $15.38 ↓ -98%
Shared Health MGMCR $15.38 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $15.38 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan MGMCR $15.38 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $15.39 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $15.53 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $15.53 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $15.53 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $15.53 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $15.53 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $15.86 ↓ -98%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $15.86 ↓ -98%
Molina MGMCR $15.97 ↓ -98%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $17.58 ↓ -98%
Verda Health Plan MCR $19.05 ↓ -98%
Superior ValueHMO $21.24 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice HIX $21.24 ↓ -98%
Superior HMO $22.71 ↓ -98%
Superior EPO $22.71 ↓ -98%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $29.01 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $29.59 ↓ -97%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $30.77 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare HIX $31.50 ↓ -97%
BCBS BAV $32.67 ↓ -97%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $35.60 ↓ -96%
BCBS HMO $40.87 ↓ -96%
Oscar HIX $42.34 ↓ -96%
BCBS EPOSOA $43.80 ↓ -96%
BCBS PPO $46.73 ↓ -95%
Aetna QHPExchange $53.65 ↓ -95%
Cigna CSN $59.93 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $60.06 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $60.06 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $60.06 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $60.06 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $60.06 ↓ -94%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $64.91 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBHMO $71.34 ↓ -93%
Aetna NBPPO $71.34 ↓ -93%
Aetna NBPOS $71.34 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMMPOS $75.80 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMMHMO $75.80 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMMPPO $75.80 ↓ -92%
Cigna PPO $77.23 ↓ -92%
Aetna OONPPO $89.04 ↓ -91%
Aetna OONHMO $89.04 ↓ -91%
Aetna OONPOS $89.04 ↓ -91%
Aetna ASAPPO $96.27 ↓ -90%
Aetna ASAPOS $96.27 ↓ -90%
Aetna ASAHMO $96.27 ↓ -90%
Humana HMO $158.51 ↓ -84%
Humana PPO $158.51 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $166.17 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $168.17 ↓ -83%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $240.24 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $273.27 ↓ -73%
Imagine Health PPO $350.35 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $350.35 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $430.43 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $450.45 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $450.45 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $450.45 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $533.53 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $550.55 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $550.55 ↓ -45%
Triumph COMM $600.60 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $600.60 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $600.60 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $600.60 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $650.65 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $750.75 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $800.80 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $820.82 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $850.85 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $850.85 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $850.85 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $900.90 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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