Hc nm myocard infarct avid plnr tomo spect w/wo quant 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

$9,046.00

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.

$9,046.00

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.

$300.00 with Texas Athletic Network vs $8,141.40 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 Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $330.46 ↓ -96%
BCBS BAV $356.74 ↓ -96%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $542.76 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $542.76 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $542.76 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $542.76 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $542.76 ↓ -94%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -93%
BCBS HMO $638.38 ↓ -93%
BCBS EPOSOA $662.79 ↓ -93%
BCBS PPO $685.32 ↓ -92%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $929.86 ↓ -90%
Aetna QHPExchange $996.86 ↓ -89%
United SmallGroup $1,101.15 ↓ -88%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,101.15 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $1,175.98 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $1,175.98 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $1,175.98 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $1,175.98 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $1,266.44 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $1,266.44 ↓ -86%
Aetna NBPPO $1,324.93 ↓ -85%
Aetna NBPOS $1,324.93 ↓ -85%
Aetna NBHMO $1,324.93 ↓ -85%
Aetna COMMPOS $1,409.41 ↓ -84%
Aetna COMMHMO $1,409.41 ↓ -84%
Aetna COMMPPO $1,409.41 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,501.64 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $1,519.73 ↓ -83%
Aetna OONHMO $1,657.22 ↓ -82%
Aetna OONPOS $1,657.22 ↓ -82%
Aetna OONPPO $1,657.22 ↓ -82%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,790.98 ↓ -80%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,790.98 ↓ -80%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,790.98 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $2,143.90 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $2,143.90 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $2,171.04 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,306.73 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $2,469.56 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $2,886.58 ↓ -68%
Humana PPO $2,886.58 ↓ -68%
BCBS Traditional $3,166.10 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $3,166.10 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $3,618.40 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $3,618.40 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $3,889.78 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $4,070.70 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $4,070.70 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $4,070.70 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $4,821.52 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $4,975.30 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $4,975.30 ↓ -45%
Triumph COMM $5,427.60 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $5,427.60 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $5,427.60 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $5,427.60 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $5,879.90 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $6,784.50 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $7,236.80 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $7,417.72 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $7,689.10 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $7,689.10 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $7,689.10 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $8,141.40 ↓ -10%

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Hc nm myocard infarct avid plnr tomo spect w/wo quant at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $4,410.71 $330.46 – $3,371.06
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $911.05 $225.31 – $2,603.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $911.05 $264.74 – $2,603.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $330.46 – $3,371.06
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,490.58 $375.52 – $1,863.22
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,061.26 $218.44 – $1,591.89
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,231.62 $246.32 – $1,539.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,490.58 $397.49 – $1,863.22

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