Ghs speech-gen aug dev eval iii, st 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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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.

$46.82 with Oscar vs $504.24 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 $46.82
WellMed MGMCR $47.54
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $47.78
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $47.78
CHC Harris Health Indigent $47.78
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $47.78
BCBS MCRPPO $47.78
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $47.78
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $47.78
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $47.78
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $47.78
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $47.78
Devoted Health MGMCR $47.78
Amerigroup DualEligible $47.78
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $47.78
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $47.78
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $47.78
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $47.78
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $47.78
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $47.78
Aetna MCR $48.19
Van Lang IPA MCR $48.26
United MCR $48.74
WellCare PFFS $49.21
WellCare MCRHMO $49.21
WellCare POS $49.21
WellCare PPO $49.21
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $49.21
WellCare SNP $49.21
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $50.17
American Health Plan MGMCR $50.17
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $50.17
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $50.17
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $50.17
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $50.17
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $50.17
Superior Health Plan PFFS $50.17
Shared Health MGMCR $50.17
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $50.65
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $50.65
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $50.65
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $50.65
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $50.65
Molina MGMCR $52.08
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $57.34
Verda Health Plan MCR $62.11
Community Health Choice HIX $69.28
Superior ValueHMO $69.28
Superior HMO $74.06
Superior EPO $74.06
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $94.60
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $100.34
Molina Healthcare HIX $102.73
BCBS MyBlueHealth $123.97
BCBS BAV $136.69
BCBS HMO $171.13
BCBS EPOSOA $192.32
BCBS PPO $212.98
Humana HMO $504.24
Humana PPO $504.24

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Ghs speech-gen aug dev eval iii, st at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $73.15 $52.59 – $209.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $73.15 $56.43 – $209.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $46.82 – $102.73
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $46.82 – $102.73
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $162.65 $46.08 – $230.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $176.10 $36.25 – $264.15
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $165.91 $33.18 – $207.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $162.65 $43.37 – $230.42

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