Dhea-s (dehydroepiand sulfate) 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

$1,071.00

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.

$1,071.00

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.

$18.30 with Texas Health Network vs $963.90 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 $18.30 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $18.67 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $18.67 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $18.67 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $18.67 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $18.67 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $18.67 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $18.67 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $18.67 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $19.04 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $20.16 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $20.54 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $20.54 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $20.54 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $20.54 ↓ -98%
Oscar MGMCR $21.79 ↓ -98%
WellMed MGMCR $22.12 ↓ -98%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $22.23 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $22.23 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $22.23 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $22.23 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $22.23 ↓ -98%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $22.23 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $22.23 ↓ -98%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $22.23 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $22.23 ↓ -98%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $22.23 ↓ -98%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $22.23 ↓ -98%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $22.23 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup DualEligible $22.23 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $22.23 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $22.23 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MGMCR $22.23 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $22.23 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $22.23 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $22.23 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $22.42 ↓ -98%
Van Lang IPA MCR $22.45 ↓ -98%
United MCR $22.67 ↓ -98%
WellCare PPO $22.90 ↓ -98%
WellCare MCRHMO $22.90 ↓ -98%
WellCare POS $22.90 ↓ -98%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $22.90 ↓ -98%
WellCare SNP $22.90 ↓ -98%
WellCare PFFS $22.90 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $23.34 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan MGMCR $23.34 ↓ -98%
Shared Health MGMCR $23.34 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $23.34 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $23.34 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $23.34 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $23.34 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $23.34 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $23.34 ↓ -98%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $23.34 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $23.56 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $23.56 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $23.56 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $23.56 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $23.56 ↓ -98%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $24.06 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $24.06 ↓ -98%
Molina MGMCR $24.23 ↓ -98%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $26.68 ↓ -98%
Verda Health Plan MCR $28.90 ↓ -97%
Superior ValueHMO $32.23 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice HIX $32.23 ↓ -97%
Superior HMO $34.46 ↓ -97%
Superior EPO $34.46 ↓ -97%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $44.02 ↓ -96%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $44.90 ↓ -96%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $46.68 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare HIX $47.79 ↓ -96%
BCBS BAV $49.57 ↓ -95%
BCBS HMO $62.02 ↓ -94%
Oscar HIX $64.24 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $64.26 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $64.26 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $64.26 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $64.26 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $64.26 ↓ -94%
BCBS EPOSOA $66.47 ↓ -94%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $66.70 ↓ -94%
BCBS PPO $70.91 ↓ -93%
Aetna QHPExchange $81.41 ↓ -92%
Cigna CSN $92.01 ↓ -91%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $99.66 ↓ -91%
Aetna NBHMO $108.26 ↓ -90%
Aetna NBPOS $108.26 ↓ -90%
Aetna NBPPO $108.26 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMMPPO $115.02 ↓ -89%
Aetna COMMHMO $115.02 ↓ -89%
Aetna COMMPOS $115.02 ↓ -89%
Cigna PPO $118.58 ↓ -89%
Aetna OONPOS $135.12 ↓ -87%
Aetna OONHMO $135.12 ↓ -87%
Aetna OONPPO $135.12 ↓ -87%
Aetna ASAPPO $146.10 ↓ -86%
Aetna ASAHMO $146.10 ↓ -86%
Aetna ASAPOS $146.10 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $177.79 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $179.93 ↓ -83%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $257.04 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $292.38 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $297.01 ↓ -72%
Humana PPO $297.01 ↓ -72%
BCBS Traditional $374.85 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $374.85 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $460.53 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $481.95 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $481.95 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $481.95 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $570.84 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $589.05 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $589.05 ↓ -45%
Triumph COMM $642.60 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $642.60 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $642.60 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $642.60 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $696.15 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $803.25 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $856.80 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $878.22 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $910.35 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $910.35 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $910.35 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $963.90 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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