Fetal biophys profile w/nst 76818 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

$6,099.00

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.

$6,099.00

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.

$102.66 with Texas Health Network vs $5,489.10 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 $102.66 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $104.75 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $104.75 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $104.75 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $104.75 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $106.88 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $106.88 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $106.88 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $106.88 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $109.02 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $115.23 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $115.23 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $115.23 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $115.23 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $115.43 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $120.51 ↓ -98%
BCBS BAV $130.09 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $130.94 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04 ↓ -97%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $213.00 ↓ -97%
BCBS HMO $232.80 ↓ -96%
BCBS EPOSOA $241.70 ↓ -96%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -96%
United SmallGroup $245.18 ↓ -96%
BCBS PPO $249.92 ↓ -96%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $365.94 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $365.94 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $365.94 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $365.94 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $365.94 ↓ -94%
Aetna QHPExchange $383.88 ↓ -94%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBPPO $510.21 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBHMO $510.21 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBPOS $510.21 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMMHMO $542.74 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMMPPO $542.74 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMMPOS $542.74 ↓ -91%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -90%
Aetna OONPPO $638.17 ↓ -90%
Aetna OONPOS $638.17 ↓ -90%
Aetna OONHMO $638.17 ↓ -90%
Aetna ASAPOS $689.68 ↓ -89%
Aetna ASAHMO $689.68 ↓ -89%
Aetna ASAPPO $689.68 ↓ -89%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,012.43 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $1,024.63 ↓ -83%
Humana HMO $1,222.13 ↓ -80%
Humana PPO $1,222.13 ↓ -80%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $1,463.76 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,665.03 ↓ -73%
Imagine Health PPO $2,134.65 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $2,134.65 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2,439.60 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $2,439.60 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $2,622.57 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $2,744.55 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $2,744.55 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $2,744.55 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $3,250.77 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $3,354.45 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $3,354.45 ↓ -45%
Triumph COMM $3,659.40 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $3,659.40 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $3,659.40 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $3,659.40 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $3,964.35 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $4,574.25 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $4,879.20 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $5,001.18 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $5,184.15 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $5,184.15 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $5,184.15 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $5,489.10 ↓ -10%

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