Hemoglobin methemoglobin quantitative 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

$543.00

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.

$543.00

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.

$6.75 with Texas Health Network vs $488.70 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 $6.75 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $6.89 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $6.89 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $6.89 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $6.89 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $6.89 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $6.89 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $6.89 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $6.89 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $7.03 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $7.44 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $7.58 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $7.58 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $7.58 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $7.58 ↓ -99%
Oscar MGMCR $8.04 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $8.16 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $8.20 ↓ -98%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $8.20 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $8.20 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $8.20 ↓ -98%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $8.20 ↓ -98%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $8.20 ↓ -98%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $8.20 ↓ -98%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $8.20 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MGMCR $8.20 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $8.20 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $8.20 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $8.20 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup DualEligible $8.20 ↓ -98%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $8.20 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $8.20 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $8.20 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $8.20 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $8.20 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $8.20 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $8.27 ↓ -98%
Van Lang IPA MCR $8.28 ↓ -98%
United MCR $8.36 ↓ -98%
WellCare PFFS $8.45 ↓ -98%
WellCare POS $8.45 ↓ -98%
WellCare SNP $8.45 ↓ -98%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $8.45 ↓ -98%
WellCare PPO $8.45 ↓ -98%
WellCare MCRHMO $8.45 ↓ -98%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $8.61 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $8.61 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $8.61 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $8.61 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $8.61 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $8.61 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $8.61 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan MGMCR $8.61 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $8.61 ↓ -98%
Shared Health MGMCR $8.61 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $8.69 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $8.69 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $8.69 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $8.69 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $8.69 ↓ -98%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $8.87 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $8.87 ↓ -98%
Molina MGMCR $8.94 ↓ -98%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $9.84 ↓ -98%
Verda Health Plan MCR $10.66 ↓ -98%
Superior ValueHMO $11.89 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice HIX $11.89 ↓ -98%
Superior HMO $12.71 ↓ -98%
Superior EPO $12.71 ↓ -98%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $16.24 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $16.56 ↓ -97%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $17.22 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare HIX $17.63 ↓ -97%
BCBS BAV $18.29 ↓ -97%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $21.99 ↓ -96%
BCBS HMO $22.88 ↓ -96%
Oscar HIX $23.70 ↓ -96%
BCBS EPOSOA $24.52 ↓ -95%
BCBS PPO $26.16 ↓ -95%
Aetna QHPExchange $30.03 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $32.58 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $32.58 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $32.58 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $32.58 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $32.58 ↓ -94%
Cigna CSN $33.47 ↓ -94%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $36.25 ↓ -93%
Aetna NBPPO $39.93 ↓ -93%
Aetna NBHMO $39.93 ↓ -93%
Aetna NBPOS $39.93 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMMHMO $42.43 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMMPPO $42.43 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMMPOS $42.43 ↓ -92%
Cigna PPO $43.13 ↓ -92%
Aetna OONPOS $49.84 ↓ -91%
Aetna OONPPO $49.84 ↓ -91%
Aetna OONHMO $49.84 ↓ -91%
Aetna ASAPOS $53.89 ↓ -90%
Aetna ASAPPO $53.89 ↓ -90%
Aetna ASAHMO $53.89 ↓ -90%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $90.14 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $91.22 ↓ -83%
Humana HMO $97.92 ↓ -82%
Humana PPO $97.92 ↓ -82%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $130.32 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $148.24 ↓ -73%
Imagine Health PPO $190.05 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $190.05 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $233.49 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $244.35 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $244.35 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $244.35 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $289.42 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $298.65 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $298.65 ↓ -45%
Triumph COMM $325.80 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $325.80 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $325.80 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $325.80 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $352.95 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $407.25 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $434.40 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $445.26 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $461.55 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $461.55 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $461.55 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $488.70 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $316.51 $6.89 – $33.47
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $57.05 $5.90 – $163.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $57.05 $5.90 – $163.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $272.40 $6.89 – $33.47
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $74.06 $6.89 – $88.03
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $113.84 $12.00 – $105.64
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