Disability dlco 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

$1,823.00

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.

$1,823.00

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.

$109.38 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,640.70 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $109.38 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $109.38 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $109.38 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $109.38 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $109.38 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $236.99 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $236.99 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $236.99 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $236.99 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $255.22 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $255.22 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $269.80 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $291.68 ↓ -84%
Humana HMO $295.51 ↓ -84%
Humana PPO $295.51 ↓ -84%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $302.62 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $306.26 ↓ -83%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $323.74 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $346.37 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $355.49 ↓ -80%
BCBS BAV $356.94 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $432.05 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $432.05 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $437.52 ↓ -76%
BCBS HMO $446.87 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $464.87 ↓ -74%
Aetna QHPExchange $483.10 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $497.68 ↓ -73%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -73%
BCBS EPOSOA $502.21 ↓ -72%
BCBS PPO $556.17 ↓ -69%
Aetna NBHMO $585.18 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPPO $585.18 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPOS $585.18 ↓ -68%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -67%
Aetna COMMPPO $623.47 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMHMO $623.47 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPOS $623.47 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $638.05 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $638.05 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $729.20 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $729.20 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $731.02 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $731.02 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $731.02 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $783.89 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $789.36 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPPO $789.36 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $789.36 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $820.35 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $820.35 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $820.35 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $971.66 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,002.65 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,002.65 ↓ -45%
Triumph COMM $1,093.80 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,093.80 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,093.80 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $1,093.80 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $1,184.95 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,367.25 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,458.40 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,494.86 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,549.55 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,549.55 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,549.55 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,640.70 ↓ -10%

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