Detect agent nos dna dir 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.

$24.73 with Texas Health Network vs $324.92 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
Texas Health Network MCD $24.73
Amerigroup MGMCD $25.23
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $25.23
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $25.23
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $25.23
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $25.23
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $25.23
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $25.23
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $25.23
United MGMCD $25.73
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $27.25
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $27.75
Molina Healthcare STAR $27.75
Molina Healthcare CHIP $27.75
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $27.75
Oscar MGMCR $29.43
WellMed MGMCR $29.88
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $30.03
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $30.03
Amerigroup DualEligible $30.03
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $30.03
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $30.03
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $30.03
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $30.03
United SmallGroup $30.03
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $30.03
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $30.03
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $30.03
CHC Harris Health Indigent $30.03
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $30.03
BCBS MCRPPO $30.03
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $30.03
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $30.03
Devoted Health MGMCR $30.03
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $30.03
United AllPayerAppendix $30.03
Aetna MCR $30.29
Van Lang IPA MCR $30.33
United MCR $30.63
WellCare POS $30.93
WellCare SNP $30.93
WellCare PFFS $30.93
WellCare PPO $30.93
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $30.93
WellCare MCRHMO $30.93
American Health Plan MGMCR $31.53
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $31.53
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $31.53
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $31.53
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $31.53
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $31.53
Superior Health Plan PFFS $31.53
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $31.53
Shared Health MGMCR $31.53
Humana MCD $31.54
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $31.83
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $31.83
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $31.83
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $31.83
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $31.83
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $32.50
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $32.50
Molina MGMCR $32.73
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $36.04
Verda Health Plan MCR $39.04
Community Health Choice HIX $43.54
Superior ValueHMO $43.54
Superior HMO $46.55
Superior EPO $46.55
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $59.46
BCBS MyBlueHealth $60.66
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $63.06
Molina Healthcare HIX $64.56
BCBS BAV $66.97
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $72.97
BCBS HMO $83.78
Oscar HIX $86.79
BCBS EPOSOA $89.79
BCBS PPO $95.80
Aetna QHPExchange $109.99
Cigna CSN $124.05
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $134.37
Aetna NBPOS $146.28
Aetna NBPPO $146.28
Aetna NBHMO $146.28
Aetna COMMPOS $155.40
Aetna COMMHMO $155.40
Aetna COMMPPO $155.40
Cigna PPO $159.87
Aetna OONPOS $182.56
Aetna OONPPO $182.56
Aetna OONHMO $182.56
Aetna ASAPOS $197.39
Aetna ASAHMO $197.39
Aetna ASAPPO $197.39
Humana HMO $324.92
Humana PPO $324.92
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