Dilat xst trc ndurlgc px 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

$13,690.00

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.

$13,690.00

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.

$300.00 with Texas Athletic Network vs $15,059.00 with Cigna — 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 Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -98%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -96%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $948.00 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STAR $948.00 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00 ↓ -93%
Texas Health Network MCD $1,120.04 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup MGMCD $1,200.05 ↓ -91%
United MGMCD $1,226.38 ↓ -91%
Molina Healthcare STAR $1,257.19 ↓ -91%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $1,257.19 ↓ -91%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $1,257.19 ↓ -91%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $1,257.19 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $1,280.05 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $1,280.05 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $1,280.05 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $1,280.05 ↓ -91%
Humana MCD $1,428.63 ↓ -90%
Aetna QHPExchange $1,430.00 ↓ -90%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $1,442.80 ↓ -89%
Aetna NBPOS $1,899.00 ↓ -86%
Aetna NBHMO $1,899.00 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $1,916.60 ↓ -86%
Aetna COMMPOS $2,017.00 ↓ -85%
Aetna COMMHMO $2,017.00 ↓ -85%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $2,115.00 ↓ -85%
Aetna NBPPO $2,181.00 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $2,272.54 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $2,299.92 ↓ -83%
Aetna COMMPPO $2,317.00 ↓ -83%
Aetna OONPOS $2,374.00 ↓ -83%
Aetna OONHMO $2,374.00 ↓ -83%
Aetna ASAPOS $2,564.00 ↓ -81%
Aetna ASAHMO $2,564.00 ↓ -81%
Aetna OONPPO $2,727.00 ↓ -80%
Aetna ASAPPO $2,947.00 ↓ -78%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $3,082.50 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $3,244.53 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $3,244.53 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $3,285.60 ↓ -76%
Oscar HIX $3,390.00 ↓ -75%
BCBS BAV $3,472.24 ↓ -75%
United SmallGroup $3,500.00 ↓ -74%
WellMed MGMCR $3,558.75 ↓ -74%
BCBS HMO $3,667.11 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $3,737.37 ↓ -73%
BCBS EPOSOA $4,039.13 ↓ -70%
BCBS PPO $4,393.44 ↓ -68%
Humana PPO $4,690.00 ↓ -66%
Humana HMO $4,690.00 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $4,791.50 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $4,807.00 ↓ -65%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $4,995.00 ↓ -64%
United AllPayerAppendix $5,000.00 ↓ -63%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $5,476.00 ↓ -60%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $5,841.00 ↓ -57%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $5,886.70 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $6,160.50 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $7,296.77 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $7,529.50 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $7,529.50 ↓ -45%
Triumph COMM $8,214.00 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $8,214.00 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $8,214.00 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $8,214.00 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $8,898.50 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $10,267.50 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $10,952.00 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $11,225.80 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $11,636.50 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $11,636.50 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $11,636.50 ↓ -15%
Cigna CSN $11,690.00 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $12,321.00 ↓ -10%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $12,665.00 ↓ -7%
Cigna PPO $15,059.00 ↑ +10%

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Dilat xst trc ndurlgc px at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $1,507.80 $1,163.16 – $4,308.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $1,507.80 $1,163.16 – $4,308.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $1,226.38 – $3,631.68
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $1,142.90 – $3,082.50
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $7,694.84 $1,142.90 – $9,618.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $7,914.70 $71.00 – $11,872.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $7,184.73 $71.00 – $8,980.91
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $7,694.84 $1,142.90 – $9,618.56

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