Frame typ sock interscap-tho 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.

$928.66 with Oscar vs $7,289.22 with Humana — 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
Oscar MGMCR $928.66
WellMed MGMCR $942.87
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $947.61
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $947.61
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $947.61
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $947.61
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $947.61
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $947.61
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $947.61
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $947.61
Devoted Health MGMCR $947.61
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $947.61
Amerigroup DualEligible $947.61
BCBS MCRPPO $947.61
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $947.61
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $947.61
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $947.61
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $947.61
CHC Harris Health Indigent $947.61
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $947.61
Aetna MCR $955.66
Van Lang IPA MCR $957.09
United MCR $966.56
WellCare PFFS $976.04
WellCare PPO $976.04
WellCare SNP $976.04
WellCare POS $976.04
WellCare MCRHMO $976.04
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $976.04
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $994.99
Superior Health Plan PFFS $994.99
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $994.99
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $994.99
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $994.99
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $994.99
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $994.99
American Health Plan MGMCR $994.99
Shared Health MGMCR $994.99
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $1,004.47
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $1,004.47
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $1,004.47
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $1,004.47
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $1,004.47
Molina MGMCR $1,032.89
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $1,137.13
Verda Health Plan MCR $1,231.89
Superior ValueHMO $1,374.03
Community Health Choice HIX $1,374.03
Superior EPO $1,468.80
Superior HMO $1,468.80
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $1,876.27
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $1,989.98
Molina Healthcare HIX $2,037.36
Humana PPO $7,289.22
Humana HMO $7,289.22

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Frame typ sock interscap-tho at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $928.66 – $2,037.36
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $928.66 – $2,037.36
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $928.66 – $2,037.36
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $928.66 – $2,037.36
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $928.66 – $2,037.36
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $928.66 – $2,037.36
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $928.66 – $2,037.36
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $928.66 – $2,037.36

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