Detect agnt mult dna direc 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.

$35.95 with Texas Health Network vs $535.91 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 $35.95
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $36.68
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $36.68
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $36.68
Amerigroup MGMCD $36.68
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $36.68
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $36.68
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $36.68
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $36.68
United MGMCD $37.41
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $39.61
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $40.35
Molina Healthcare CHIP $40.35
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $40.35
Molina Healthcare STAR $40.35
Oscar MGMCR $42.80
WellMed MGMCR $43.45
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $43.67
Amerigroup DualEligible $43.67
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $43.67
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $43.67
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $43.67
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $43.67
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $43.67
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $43.67
United SmallGroup $43.67
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $43.67
CHC Harris Health Indigent $43.67
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $43.67
BCBS MCRPPO $43.67
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $43.67
Devoted Health MGMCR $43.67
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $43.67
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $43.67
United AllPayerAppendix $43.67
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $43.67
Aetna MCR $44.04
Van Lang IPA MCR $44.11
United MCR $44.54
WellCare PFFS $44.98
WellCare MCRHMO $44.98
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $44.98
WellCare POS $44.98
WellCare SNP $44.98
WellCare PPO $44.98
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $45.85
Humana MCD $45.85
American Health Plan MGMCR $45.85
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $45.85
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $45.85
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $45.85
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $45.85
Superior Health Plan PFFS $45.85
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $45.85
Shared Health MGMCR $45.85
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $46.29
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $46.29
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $46.29
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $46.29
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $46.29
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $47.26
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $47.26
Molina MGMCR $47.60
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $52.40
Verda Health Plan MCR $56.77
Community Health Choice HIX $63.32
Superior ValueHMO $63.32
Superior HMO $67.69
Superior EPO $67.69
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $86.47
BCBS MyBlueHealth $88.21
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $91.71
Molina Healthcare HIX $93.89
BCBS BAV $97.38
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $120.36
BCBS HMO $121.84
Oscar HIX $126.21
BCBS EPOSOA $130.57
BCBS PPO $139.31
Aetna QHPExchange $159.98
Cigna CSN $179.82
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $194.78
Aetna NBHMO $212.75
Aetna NBPOS $212.75
Aetna NBPPO $212.75
Aetna COMMHMO $226.02
Aetna COMMPOS $226.02
Aetna COMMPPO $226.02
Cigna PPO $231.74
Aetna OONPPO $265.52
Aetna OONPOS $265.52
Aetna OONHMO $265.52
Aetna ASAHMO $287.09
Aetna ASAPOS $287.09
Aetna ASAPPO $287.09
Humana HMO $535.91
Humana PPO $535.91
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Detect agnt mult dna direc at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $36.68 – $179.82
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $36.68 – $179.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $175.12 $12.00 – $262.68
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $175.12 $12.00 – $218.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $175.12 $12.00 – $262.68
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $175.12 $8.00 – $262.68
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $175.12 $12.00 – $262.68
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $175.12 $36.68 – $218.90

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