Ghs phenylketonurid 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

$294.00

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.

$294.00

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.

$4.53 with Texas Health Network vs $264.60 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 $4.53 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $4.62 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $4.62 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $4.62 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $4.62 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $4.62 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $4.62 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $4.62 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $4.62 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $4.71 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $4.99 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $5.08 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $5.08 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $5.08 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $5.08 ↓ -98%
Oscar MGMCR $5.39 ↓ -98%
WellMed MGMCR $5.47 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $5.50 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5.50 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $5.50 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $5.50 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $5.50 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $5.50 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $5.50 ↓ -98%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $5.50 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $5.50 ↓ -98%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $5.50 ↓ -98%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $5.50 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $5.50 ↓ -98%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $5.50 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup DualEligible $5.50 ↓ -98%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $5.50 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $5.50 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MGMCR $5.50 ↓ -98%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $5.50 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $5.50 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $5.55 ↓ -98%
Van Lang IPA MCR $5.55 ↓ -98%
United MCR $5.61 ↓ -98%
WellCare MCRHMO $5.67 ↓ -98%
WellCare SNP $5.67 ↓ -98%
WellCare PPO $5.67 ↓ -98%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $5.67 ↓ -98%
WellCare POS $5.67 ↓ -98%
WellCare PFFS $5.67 ↓ -98%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $5.78 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $5.78 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan MGMCR $5.78 ↓ -98%
Shared Health MGMCR $5.78 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $5.78 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $5.78 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $5.78 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $5.78 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $5.78 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $5.78 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $5.83 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $5.83 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $5.83 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $5.83 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $5.83 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $5.95 ↓ -98%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $5.95 ↓ -98%
Molina MGMCR $6.00 ↓ -98%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $6.60 ↓ -98%
Verda Health Plan MCR $7.15 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice HIX $7.97 ↓ -97%
Superior ValueHMO $7.97 ↓ -97%
Superior HMO $8.53 ↓ -97%
Superior EPO $8.53 ↓ -97%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $10.89 ↓ -96%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $11.11 ↓ -96%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $11.55 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare HIX $11.82 ↓ -96%
BCBS BAV $12.27 ↓ -96%
BCBS HMO $15.35 ↓ -95%
Oscar HIX $15.90 ↓ -95%
BCBS EPOSOA $16.45 ↓ -94%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $16.50 ↓ -94%
BCBS PPO $17.54 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $17.64 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $17.64 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $17.64 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $17.64 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $17.64 ↓ -94%
Aetna QHPExchange $20.15 ↓ -93%
Cigna CSN $22.30 ↓ -92%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $24.15 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBHMO $26.79 ↓ -91%
Aetna NBPOS $26.79 ↓ -91%
Aetna NBPPO $26.79 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMMHMO $28.47 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMMPPO $28.47 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMMPOS $28.47 ↓ -90%
Cigna PPO $28.74 ↓ -90%
Aetna OONPOS $33.44 ↓ -89%
Aetna OONHMO $33.44 ↓ -89%
Aetna OONPPO $33.44 ↓ -89%
Aetna ASAPOS $36.16 ↓ -88%
Aetna ASAPPO $36.16 ↓ -88%
Aetna ASAHMO $36.16 ↓ -88%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $48.80 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $49.39 ↓ -83%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $70.56 ↓ -76%
Humana HMO $73.47 ↓ -75%
Humana PPO $73.47 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $80.26 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $102.90 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $102.90 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $126.42 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $132.30 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $132.30 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $132.30 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $156.70 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $161.70 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $161.70 ↓ -45%
Triumph COMM $176.40 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $176.40 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $176.40 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $176.40 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $191.10 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $220.50 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $235.20 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $241.08 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $249.90 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $249.90 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $249.90 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $264.60 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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