Debridement bone <= 20 sq cm 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

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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.

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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.

$521.99 with United vs $4,690.00 with Humana — 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
United MGMCD $521.99
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $544.82
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $544.82
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $544.82
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $544.82
Texas Health Network MCD $555.29
Amerigroup MGMCD $594.95
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $614.10
Molina Healthcare CHIP $623.28
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $623.28
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $623.28
Molina Healthcare STAR $623.28
Humana MCD $708.27
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00
Superior Health Plan STAR $948.00
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00
United SmallGroup $1,534.00
Aetna QHPExchange $1,579.00
WellMed MGMCR $1,667.42
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,732.00
Curative Administrators COMM $2,012.00
Aetna NBHMO $2,098.00
Aetna NBPOS $2,098.00
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $2,115.00
Oscar HIX $2,128.00
United AllPayerAppendix $2,191.00
Aetna COMMPOS $2,229.00
Aetna COMMHMO $2,229.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,251.00
Aetna NBPPO $2,299.00
Evry Health BroadNetwork $2,315.00
BCBS MyBlueHealth $2,388.32
Aetna COMMPPO $2,444.00
Aetna OONPOS $2,623.00
Aetna OONHMO $2,623.00
BCBS BAV $2,690.30
Aetna ASAPOS $2,832.00
Aetna ASAHMO $2,832.00
BCBS HMO $2,841.28
Aetna OONPPO $2,876.00
Cigna CSN $2,915.00
Aetna ASAPPO $3,106.00
BCBS EPOSOA $3,129.53
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $3,158.00
BCBS PPO $3,404.05
Cigna PPO $3,755.00
Humana HMO $4,690.00
Humana PPO $4,690.00

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Debridement bone <= 20 sq cm at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $2,955.05 $1,285.00 – $8,443.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $2,955.05 $1,285.00 – $8,443.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $521.99 – $2,813.83
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $521.99 – $2,388.32
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $3,747.44 $1,715.75 – $3,432.54
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,951.16 $566.62 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $3,131.00 $71.00 – $4,696.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $3,131.00 $71.00 – $4,016.35

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