Ercp biliary & pancreas 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

$9,558.00

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.

$9,558.00

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.

$81.82 with BCBS vs $8,602.20 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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $81.82 ↓ -99%
BCBS BAV $88.33 ↓ -99%
BCBS HMO $158.07 ↓ -98%
BCBS EPOSOA $164.11 ↓ -98%
BCBS PPO $169.69 ↓ -98%
Aetna QHPExchange $457.08 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $573.48 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $573.48 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $573.48 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $573.48 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $573.48 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBPOS $607.51 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBPPO $607.51 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBHMO $607.51 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $633.70 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMMHMO $646.25 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMMPOS $646.25 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMMPPO $646.25 ↓ -93%
Aetna OONHMO $759.87 ↓ -92%
Aetna OONPOS $759.87 ↓ -92%
Aetna OONPPO $759.87 ↓ -92%
Aetna ASAPPO $821.20 ↓ -91%
Aetna ASAHMO $821.20 ↓ -91%
Aetna ASAPOS $821.20 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $1,242.54 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $1,242.54 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $1,242.54 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $1,242.54 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $1,338.12 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $1,338.12 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $1,414.58 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,529.28 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,586.63 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $1,605.74 ↓ -83%
Superior HMO $1,672.65 ↓ -83%
Superior EPO $1,672.65 ↓ -83%
Cigna PPO $1,816.02 ↓ -81%
Superior ValueHMO $1,892.48 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $2,265.25 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $2,265.25 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $2,293.92 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,437.29 ↓ -75%
Humana PPO $2,542.33 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $2,542.33 ↓ -73%
Molina Healthcare HIX $2,580.66 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $2,609.33 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $2,867.40 ↓ -70%
BCBS Traditional $3,345.30 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $3,345.30 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $3,823.20 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $3,823.20 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $4,109.94 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $4,301.10 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $4,301.10 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $4,301.10 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $5,094.41 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $5,256.90 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $5,256.90 ↓ -45%
Triumph COMM $5,734.80 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $5,734.80 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $5,734.80 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $5,734.80 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $6,212.70 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $7,168.50 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $7,646.40 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $7,837.56 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $8,124.30 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $8,124.30 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $8,124.30 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $8,602.20 ↓ -10%

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Ercp biliary & pancreas at other Texas hospitals

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Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $494.20 $55.79 – $1,412.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $494.20 $65.55 – $1,412.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $5,321.75 $81.82 – $2,542.33
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