Fetal hemoglobin (kleihauer betke) 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

$464.00

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.

$464.00

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.

$6.36 with Texas Health Network vs $417.60 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 $6.36 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $6.49 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $6.49 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $6.49 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $6.49 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $6.49 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $6.49 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $6.49 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $6.49 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $6.62 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $7.01 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $7.14 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $7.14 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $7.14 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $7.14 ↓ -98%
Oscar MGMCR $7.58 ↓ -98%
WellMed MGMCR $7.69 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $7.73 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $7.73 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $7.73 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $7.73 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $7.73 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $7.73 ↓ -98%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $7.73 ↓ -98%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $7.73 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $7.73 ↓ -98%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $7.73 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup DualEligible $7.73 ↓ -98%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $7.73 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $7.73 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MGMCR $7.73 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $7.73 ↓ -98%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $7.73 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $7.73 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $7.73 ↓ -98%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $7.73 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $7.80 ↓ -98%
Van Lang IPA MCR $7.81 ↓ -98%
United MCR $7.88 ↓ -98%
WellCare SNP $7.96 ↓ -98%
WellCare PFFS $7.96 ↓ -98%
WellCare MCRHMO $7.96 ↓ -98%
WellCare POS $7.96 ↓ -98%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $7.96 ↓ -98%
WellCare PPO $7.96 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $8.11 ↓ -98%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $8.12 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan MGMCR $8.12 ↓ -98%
Shared Health MGMCR $8.12 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $8.12 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $8.12 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $8.12 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $8.12 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $8.12 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $8.12 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $8.19 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $8.19 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $8.19 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $8.19 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $8.19 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $8.37 ↓ -98%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $8.37 ↓ -98%
Molina MGMCR $8.43 ↓ -98%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $9.28 ↓ -98%
Verda Health Plan MCR $10.05 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice HIX $11.21 ↓ -98%
Superior ValueHMO $11.21 ↓ -98%
Superior HMO $11.98 ↓ -97%
Superior EPO $11.98 ↓ -97%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $15.31 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $15.61 ↓ -97%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $16.23 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare HIX $16.62 ↓ -96%
BCBS BAV $17.24 ↓ -96%
BCBS HMO $21.57 ↓ -95%
Oscar HIX $22.34 ↓ -95%
BCBS EPOSOA $23.11 ↓ -95%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $23.21 ↓ -95%
BCBS PPO $24.66 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $27.84 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $27.84 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $27.84 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $27.84 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $27.84 ↓ -94%
Aetna QHPExchange $28.29 ↓ -94%
Cigna CSN $32.04 ↓ -93%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $34.71 ↓ -93%
Aetna NBHMO $37.63 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBPOS $37.63 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBPPO $37.63 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMMHMO $39.97 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMMPPO $39.97 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMMPOS $39.97 ↓ -91%
Cigna PPO $41.29 ↓ -91%
Aetna OONPOS $46.96 ↓ -90%
Aetna OONHMO $46.96 ↓ -90%
Aetna OONPPO $46.96 ↓ -90%
Aetna ASAPOS $50.78 ↓ -89%
Aetna ASAPPO $50.78 ↓ -89%
Aetna ASAHMO $50.78 ↓ -89%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $77.02 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $77.95 ↓ -83%
Humana HMO $103.33 ↓ -78%
Humana PPO $103.33 ↓ -78%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $111.36 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $126.67 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $162.40 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $162.40 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $199.52 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $208.80 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $208.80 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $208.80 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $247.31 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $255.20 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $255.20 ↓ -45%
Triumph COMM $278.40 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $278.40 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $278.40 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $278.40 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $301.60 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $348.00 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $371.20 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $380.48 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $394.40 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $394.40 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $394.40 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $417.60 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Fetal hemoglobin (kleihauer betke) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $70.70 $5.57 – $202.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $70.70 $5.57 – $202.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $166.89 $6.49 – $114.68
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $122.61 $11.33 – $131.07
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $119.04 $6.49 – $109.22
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $166.89 $6.49 – $114.68
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $122.61 $6.94 – $131.07
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $122.61 $6.49 – $131.07

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