Duplex scan bilateral study 93985 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

$7,899.00

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.

$7,899.00

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 $7,109.10 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 Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -96%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $407.84 ↓ -95%
BCBS BAV $440.29 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $473.94 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $473.94 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $473.94 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $473.94 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $473.94 ↓ -94%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -94%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -92%
Cigna CSN $766.06 ↓ -90%
BCBS HMO $787.88 ↓ -90%
BCBS EPOSOA $818.01 ↓ -90%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $829.06 ↓ -90%
BCBS PPO $845.81 ↓ -89%
Cigna PPO $985.52 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $1,026.87 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $1,026.87 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $1,026.87 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $1,026.87 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $1,105.86 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $1,105.86 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,311.23 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $1,327.03 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $1,540.31 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $1,872.06 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $1,872.06 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $1,895.76 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,014.24 ↓ -75%
Aetna QHPExchange $2,093.24 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $2,156.43 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $2,520.57 ↓ -68%
Humana PPO $2,520.57 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPOS $2,535.58 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPPO $2,535.58 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBHMO $2,535.58 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMPPO $2,701.46 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMHMO $2,701.46 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPOS $2,701.46 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $2,764.65 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $2,764.65 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $3,159.60 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $3,159.60 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $3,167.50 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $3,167.50 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $3,167.50 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $3,396.57 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $3,420.27 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPPO $3,420.27 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $3,420.27 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $3,554.55 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $3,554.55 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $3,554.55 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $4,210.17 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $4,344.45 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $4,344.45 ↓ -45%
Triumph COMM $4,739.40 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $4,739.40 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $4,739.40 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $4,739.40 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $5,134.35 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $5,924.25 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $6,319.20 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $6,477.18 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $6,714.15 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $6,714.15 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $6,714.15 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $7,109.10 ↓ -10%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $421.40 $278.08 – $1,204.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $421.40 $245.00 – $1,204.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $407.84 – $766.06
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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $403.69 $114.38 – $607.02
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $338.83 $69.74 – $1,117.00
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