Gu dilat ureter/urethra s&i 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

$3,524.00

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.

$3,524.00

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.

$117.24 with Texas Health Network vs $6,466.16 with BCBS — 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 $117.24 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $119.63 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $119.63 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $119.63 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $119.63 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $119.63 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $119.63 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $119.63 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $119.63 ↓ -97%
United MGMCD $122.02 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $129.20 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare STAR $131.59 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $131.59 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $131.59 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $131.59 ↓ -96%
Humana MCD $149.54 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan STAR $211.44 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $211.44 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $211.44 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $211.44 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $211.44 ↓ -94%
Cigna CSN $293.46 ↓ -92%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $317.59 ↓ -91%
Cigna PPO $377.52 ↓ -89%
Aetna QHPExchange $487.74 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $584.98 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $592.03 ↓ -83%
Aetna NBHMO $648.25 ↓ -82%
Aetna NBPPO $648.25 ↓ -82%
Aetna NBPOS $648.25 ↓ -82%
Aetna COMMHMO $689.59 ↓ -80%
Aetna COMMPOS $689.59 ↓ -80%
Aetna COMMPPO $689.59 ↓ -80%
Aetna OONPOS $810.84 ↓ -77%
Aetna OONPPO $810.84 ↓ -77%
Aetna OONHMO $810.84 ↓ -77%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $845.76 ↓ -76%
Aetna ASAPPO $876.28 ↓ -75%
Aetna ASAHMO $876.28 ↓ -75%
Aetna ASAPOS $876.28 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $898.62 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $962.05 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $1,167.11 ↓ -67%
Humana HMO $1,167.11 ↓ -67%
BCBS Traditional $1,233.40 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $1,233.40 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,409.60 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,409.60 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,515.32 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $1,585.80 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,585.80 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $1,585.80 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,878.29 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,938.20 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,938.20 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $2,114.40 ↓ -40%
Triumph COMM $2,114.40 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $2,114.40 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,114.40 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $2,290.60 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $2,643.00 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $2,819.20 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,889.68 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $2,995.40 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $2,995.40 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $2,995.40 ↓ -15%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $3,117.93 ↓ -12%
Affiliated PPO COMM $3,171.60 ↓ -10%
BCBS BAV $3,365.94 ↓ -4%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $3,406.68 ↓ -3%
United AllPayerAppendix $4,034.23 ↑ +14%
United SmallGroup $4,034.23 ↑ +14%
BCBS HMO $6,023.27 ↑ +71%
BCBS EPOSOA $6,253.57 ↑ +77%
BCBS PPO $6,466.16 ↑ +83%

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Gu dilat ureter/urethra s&i at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $1,679.30 $119.63 – $4,798.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $1,679.30 $119.63 – $4,798.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $119.63 – $3,117.93
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $119.63 – $3,117.93
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,525.20 $119.63 – $5,045.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $3,458.62 $711.90 – $5,187.92
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $3,129.23 $119.63 – $5,045.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,525.20 $119.63 – $5,045.72

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