Halo repl liner/interface 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.

$260.98 with Oscar vs $2,048.52 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 $260.98
WellMed MGMCR $264.98
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $266.31
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $266.31
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $266.31
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $266.31
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $266.31
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $266.31
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $266.31
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $266.31
Devoted Health MGMCR $266.31
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $266.31
Amerigroup DualEligible $266.31
BCBS MCRPPO $266.31
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $266.31
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $266.31
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $266.31
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $266.31
CHC Harris Health Indigent $266.31
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $266.31
Aetna MCR $268.57
Van Lang IPA MCR $268.97
United MCR $271.64
WellCare PFFS $274.30
WellCare PPO $274.30
WellCare SNP $274.30
WellCare POS $274.30
WellCare MCRHMO $274.30
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $274.30
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $279.63
Superior Health Plan PFFS $279.63
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $279.63
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $279.63
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $279.63
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $279.63
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $279.63
American Health Plan MGMCR $279.63
Shared Health MGMCR $279.63
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $282.29
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $282.29
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $282.29
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $282.29
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $282.29
Molina MGMCR $290.28
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $319.57
Verda Health Plan MCR $346.20
Superior ValueHMO $386.15
Community Health Choice HIX $386.15
Superior EPO $412.78
Superior HMO $412.78
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $527.29
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $559.25
Molina Healthcare HIX $572.57
Humana PPO $2,048.52
Humana HMO $2,048.52

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Halo repl liner/interface at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $260.98 – $572.57
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $260.98 – $572.57
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $260.98 – $572.57
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $260.98 – $572.57
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $260.98 – $572.57
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $260.98 – $572.57
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $260.98 – $572.57
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $260.98 – $572.57

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