Encephalitis, st louis igg/igm 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

$125.00

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.

$125.00

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.

$7.50 with Superior Health Plan vs $176.15 with Humana — 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 STARPLUS $7.50 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $7.50 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $7.50 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $7.50 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $7.50 ↓ -94%
Texas Health Network MCD $10.86 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $11.08 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup MGMCD $11.08 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $11.08 ↓ -91%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $11.08 ↓ -91%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $11.08 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $11.08 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $11.08 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $11.08 ↓ -91%
United MGMCD $11.30 ↓ -91%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $11.97 ↓ -90%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $12.19 ↓ -90%
Molina Healthcare STAR $12.19 ↓ -90%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $12.19 ↓ -90%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $12.19 ↓ -90%
Oscar MGMCR $12.93 ↓ -90%
WellMed MGMCR $13.12 ↓ -90%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $13.19 ↓ -89%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $13.19 ↓ -89%
United AllPayerAppendix $13.19 ↓ -89%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $13.19 ↓ -89%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $13.19 ↓ -89%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $13.19 ↓ -89%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $13.19 ↓ -89%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $13.19 ↓ -89%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $13.19 ↓ -89%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $13.19 ↓ -89%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $13.19 ↓ -89%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $13.19 ↓ -89%
Devoted Health MGMCR $13.19 ↓ -89%
Amerigroup DualEligible $13.19 ↓ -89%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $13.19 ↓ -89%
United SmallGroup $13.19 ↓ -89%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $13.19 ↓ -89%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $13.19 ↓ -89%
BCBS MCRPPO $13.19 ↓ -89%
Aetna MCR $13.30 ↓ -89%
Van Lang IPA MCR $13.32 ↓ -89%
United MCR $13.45 ↓ -89%
WellCare MCRHMO $13.59 ↓ -89%
WellCare PPO $13.59 ↓ -89%
WellCare POS $13.59 ↓ -89%
WellCare SNP $13.59 ↓ -89%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $13.59 ↓ -89%
WellCare PFFS $13.59 ↓ -89%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $13.85 ↓ -89%
Shared Health MGMCR $13.85 ↓ -89%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $13.85 ↓ -89%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $13.85 ↓ -89%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $13.85 ↓ -89%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $13.85 ↓ -89%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $13.85 ↓ -89%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $13.85 ↓ -89%
American Health Plan MGMCR $13.85 ↓ -89%
Humana MCD $13.85 ↓ -89%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $13.98 ↓ -89%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $13.98 ↓ -89%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $13.98 ↓ -89%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $13.98 ↓ -89%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $13.98 ↓ -89%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $14.28 ↓ -89%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $14.28 ↓ -89%
Molina MGMCR $14.38 ↓ -88%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $15.83 ↓ -87%
Verda Health Plan MCR $17.15 ↓ -86%
Superior ValueHMO $19.13 ↓ -85%
Community Health Choice HIX $19.13 ↓ -85%
Superior EPO $20.44 ↓ -84%
Superior HMO $20.44 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $20.75 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $21.00 ↓ -83%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $26.12 ↓ -79%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $26.64 ↓ -79%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $27.70 ↓ -78%
Molina Healthcare HIX $28.36 ↓ -77%
BCBS BAV $29.41 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $30.00 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $34.13 ↓ -73%
BCBS HMO $36.80 ↓ -71%
Oscar HIX $38.12 ↓ -70%
BCBS EPOSOA $39.44 ↓ -68%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $39.57 ↓ -68%
BCBS PPO $42.08 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $43.75 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $43.75 ↓ -65%
Aetna QHPExchange $48.30 ↓ -61%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $53.75 ↓ -57%
Cigna CSN $54.38 ↓ -56%
Averde Health Commercial $56.25 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $56.25 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $56.25 ↓ -55%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $58.91 ↓ -53%
Aetna NBPPO $64.23 ↓ -49%
Aetna NBPOS $64.23 ↓ -49%
Aetna NBHMO $64.23 ↓ -49%
Coventry National First Health COMM $66.63 ↓ -47%
Aetna COMMPPO $68.24 ↓ -45%
Aetna COMMPOS $68.24 ↓ -45%
Aetna COMMHMO $68.24 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $68.75 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $68.75 ↓ -45%
Cigna PPO $70.08 ↓ -44%
Triumph COMM $75.00 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $75.00 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $75.00 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $75.00 ↓ -40%
Aetna OONHMO $80.16 ↓ -36%
Aetna OONPPO $80.16 ↓ -36%
Aetna OONPOS $80.16 ↓ -36%
Coastal Comp COMM $81.25 ↓ -35%
Aetna ASAPOS $86.67 ↓ -31%
Aetna ASAPPO $86.67 ↓ -31%
Aetna ASAHMO $86.67 ↓ -31%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $93.75 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $100.00 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $102.50 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $106.25 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $106.25 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $106.25 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $112.50 ↓ -10%
Humana PPO $176.15 ↑ +41%
Humana HMO $176.15 ↑ +41%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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