Ecg 12 lead tracing only 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.

$74.16 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,112.40 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 $74.16
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $74.16
Superior Health Plan STARKids $74.16
Superior Health Plan STAR $74.16
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $74.16
Humana PPO $78.41
Humana HMO $78.41
BCBS MyBlueHealth $128.72
BCBS BAV $141.93
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $160.68
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $160.68
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $160.68
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $160.68
Amerigroup MGMCD $173.04
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $173.04
BCBS HMO $177.68
Cigna CSN $182.93
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $197.76
BCBS EPOSOA $199.69
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $205.18
United OptionsPPO $207.65
BCBS PPO $221.14
Cigna PPO $234.84
Oscar HIX $241.02
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $292.93
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $292.93
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $296.64
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $315.18
Aetna QHPExchange $327.54
Evry Health BroadNetwork $337.43
Aetna NBPOS $396.76
Aetna NBHMO $396.76
Aetna NBPPO $396.76
Aetna COMMPOS $422.71
Aetna COMMHMO $422.71
Aetna COMMPPO $422.71
BCBS Traditional $432.60
Imagine Health PPO $432.60
Curative Administrators COMM $494.40
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $494.40
Aetna OONPPO $495.64
Aetna OONPOS $495.64
Aetna OONHMO $495.64
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $531.48
Aetna ASAHMO $535.19
Aetna ASAPPO $535.19
Aetna ASAPOS $535.19
Averde Health Commercial $556.20
United GlobalAppendix $556.20
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $556.20
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00
Coventry National First Health COMM $658.79
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $679.80
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $679.80
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $741.60
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $741.60
Triumph COMM $741.60
Independent Medical System COMM $741.60
Coastal Comp COMM $803.40
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $927.00
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $988.80
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,013.52
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,050.60
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,050.60
Physicians, INC COMM $1,050.60
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,112.40

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Ecg 12 lead tracing only at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $295.40 $64.91 – $844.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $295.40 $80.31 – $844.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $1,920.22 $78.41 – $128.72
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $78.41 – $128.72
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $423.07 $211.79 – $211.79
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $271.92 $56.30 – $339.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $290.31 $59.76 – $917.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $284.07 $56.30 – $917.00

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