Ferritin 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.

$11.22 with Texas Health Network vs $897.30 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 Health Network MCD $11.22
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $11.45
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $11.45
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $11.45
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $11.45
Amerigroup MGMCD $11.45
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $11.45
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $11.45
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $11.45
United MGMCD $11.68
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $12.37
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $12.60
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $12.60
Molina Healthcare STAR $12.60
Molina Healthcare CHIP $12.60
Oscar MGMCR $13.36
WellMed MGMCR $13.56
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $13.63
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $13.63
Devoted Health MGMCR $13.63
United AllPayerAppendix $13.63
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $13.63
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $13.63
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $13.63
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $13.63
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $13.63
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $13.63
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $13.63
BCBS MCRPPO $13.63
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $13.63
CHC Harris Health Indigent $13.63
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $13.63
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $13.63
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $13.63
Amerigroup DualEligible $13.63
United SmallGroup $13.63
Aetna MCR $13.75
Van Lang IPA MCR $13.77
United MCR $13.90
WellCare MCRHMO $14.04
WellCare PPO $14.04
WellCare SNP $14.04
WellCare POS $14.04
WellCare PFFS $14.04
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $14.04
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $14.31
Humana MCD $14.31
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $14.31
American Health Plan MGMCR $14.31
Superior Health Plan PFFS $14.31
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $14.31
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $14.31
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $14.31
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $14.31
Shared Health MGMCR $14.31
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $14.45
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $14.45
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $14.45
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $14.45
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $14.45
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $14.75
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $14.75
Molina MGMCR $14.86
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $16.36
Verda Health Plan MCR $17.72
Superior ValueHMO $19.76
Community Health Choice HIX $19.76
Superior HMO $21.13
Superior EPO $21.13
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $26.99
BCBS MyBlueHealth $27.53
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $28.62
Molina Healthcare HIX $29.30
BCBS BAV $30.39
BCBS HMO $38.03
Oscar HIX $39.39
BCBS EPOSOA $40.75
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $40.89
BCBS PPO $43.48
Aetna QHPExchange $49.94
Cigna CSN $55.77
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $59.82
Superior Health Plan CHIP $59.82
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $59.82
Superior Health Plan STAR $59.82
Superior Health Plan STARKids $59.82
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $60.41
Aetna NBHMO $66.41
Aetna NBPPO $66.41
Aetna NBPOS $66.41
Aetna COMMPOS $70.55
Aetna COMMHMO $70.55
Aetna COMMPPO $70.55
Cigna PPO $71.87
Aetna OONPPO $82.88
Aetna OONHMO $82.88
Aetna OONPOS $82.88
Aetna ASAPPO $89.61
Aetna ASAPOS $89.61
Aetna ASAHMO $89.61
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $165.50
United OptionsPPO $167.50
Humana HMO $182.10
Humana PPO $182.10
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $239.28
Evry Health BroadNetwork $272.18
Imagine Health PPO $348.95
BCBS Traditional $348.95
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $428.71
Averde Health Commercial $448.65
United GlobalAppendix $448.65
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $448.65
Coventry National First Health COMM $531.40
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $548.35
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $548.35
Triumph COMM $598.20
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $598.20
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $598.20
Independent Medical System COMM $598.20
Coastal Comp COMM $648.05
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $747.75
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $797.60
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $817.54
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $847.45
Physicians, INC COMM $847.45
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $847.45
Affiliated PPO COMM $897.30
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Ferritin at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $103.95 $9.81 – $297.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $103.95 $9.81 – $297.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $11.45 – $55.77
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $11.45 – $55.77
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $85.92 $12.27 – $52.48
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $149.69 $10.00 – $65.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $117.28 $10.81 – $78.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $97.90 $11.45 – $65.62

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