Exchange drainage catheter at HCA HOUSTON WEST
12141 RICHMOND AVENUE, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1275580938
$2,115.00
Cash price 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.
$2,115.00
Gross charge 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.
$296.10 with Amerigroup vs $13,835.00 with Cigna — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $296.10 | ↓ -86% |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | ↓ -86% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $351.09 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $355.32 | ↓ -83% |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $501.25 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $501.25 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $507.60 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Health Network | MCD | $553.67 | ↓ -74% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $593.22 | ↓ -72% |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | ↓ -72% |
| United | MGMCD | $606.24 | ↓ -71% |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $621.47 | ↓ -71% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $621.47 | ↓ -71% |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $621.47 | ↓ -71% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $621.47 | ↓ -71% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $632.77 | ↓ -70% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $632.77 | ↓ -70% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $632.77 | ↓ -70% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $632.77 | ↓ -70% |
| Humana | MCD | $706.21 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $713.22 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $740.25 | ↓ -65% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $846.00 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $909.45 | ↓ -57% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $948.00 | ↓ -55% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $948.00 | ↓ -55% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $948.00 | ↓ -55% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $948.00 | ↓ -55% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $948.00 | ↓ -55% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $951.75 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $1,127.30 | ↓ -47% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $1,163.25 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $1,163.25 | ↓ -45% |
| Triumph | COMM | $1,269.00 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $1,269.00 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $1,269.00 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $1,269.00 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $1,374.75 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $1,430.00 | ↓ -32% |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $1,586.25 | ↓ -25% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $1,692.00 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,734.30 | ↓ -18% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $1,797.75 | ↓ -15% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $1,797.75 | ↓ -15% |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $1,797.75 | ↓ -15% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $1,899.00 | ↓ -10% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $1,899.00 | ↓ -10% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $1,903.50 | ↓ -10% |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $1,937.29 | ↓ -8% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $2,017.00 | ↓ -5% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $2,017.00 | ↓ -5% |
| United | SmallGroup | $2,030.00 | ↓ -4% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $2,115.00 | ↑ +0% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $2,130.00 | ↑ +1% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $2,181.00 | ↑ +3% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $2,317.00 | ↑ +10% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $2,374.00 | ↑ +12% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $2,374.00 | ↑ +12% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $2,431.00 | ↑ +15% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $2,434.00 | ↑ +15% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $2,564.00 | ↑ +21% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $2,564.00 | ↑ +21% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $2,613.00 | ↑ +24% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $2,709.88 | ↑ +28% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $2,727.00 | ↑ +29% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $2,900.00 | ↑ +37% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $2,947.00 | ↑ +39% |
| Oscar | HIX | $2,979.00 | ↑ +41% |
| BCBS | BAV | $3,052.50 | ↑ +44% |
| BCBS | HMO | $3,223.82 | ↑ +52% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $3,550.87 | ↑ +68% |
| BCBS | PPO | $3,862.35 | ↑ +83% |
| Humana | PPO | $4,690.00 | ↑ +122% |
| Humana | HMO | $4,690.00 | ↑ +122% |
| Cigna | CSN | $10,740.00 | ↑ +408% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $11,636.00 | ↑ +450% |
| Cigna | PPO | $13,835.00 | ↑ +554% |
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Exchange drainage catheter at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $20,434.05 | $606.24 – $3,192.67 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $1,974.00 | $1,522.80 – $5,640.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $1,974.00 | $1,522.80 – $5,640.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $564.97 – $2,709.88 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,256.80 | $564.97 – $4,713.77 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $2,097.11 | $71.00 – $5,388.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,946.91 | $71.00 – $5,388.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,256.80 | $564.97 – $4,713.77 |