Hla i typing complete lr 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.

$332.24 with Texas Health Network vs $4,366.84 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
Texas Health Network MCD $332.24
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $339.02
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $339.02
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $339.02
Amerigroup MGMCD $339.02
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $339.02
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $339.02
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $339.02
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $339.02
United MGMCD $345.80
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $366.14
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $372.92
Molina Healthcare CHIP $372.92
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $372.92
Molina Healthcare STAR $372.92
Oscar MGMCR $395.52
WellMed MGMCR $401.57
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $403.59
Amerigroup DualEligible $403.59
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $403.59
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $403.59
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $403.59
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $403.59
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $403.59
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $403.59
United SmallGroup $403.59
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $403.59
CHC Harris Health Indigent $403.59
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $403.59
BCBS MCRPPO $403.59
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $403.59
Devoted Health MGMCR $403.59
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $403.59
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $403.59
United AllPayerAppendix $403.59
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $403.59
Aetna MCR $407.02
Van Lang IPA MCR $407.63
United MCR $411.66
WellCare PFFS $415.70
WellCare MCRHMO $415.70
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $415.70
WellCare POS $415.70
WellCare SNP $415.70
WellCare PPO $415.70
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $423.77
Humana MCD $423.77
American Health Plan MGMCR $423.77
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $423.77
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $423.77
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $423.77
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $423.77
Superior Health Plan PFFS $423.77
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $423.77
Shared Health MGMCR $423.77
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $427.81
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $427.81
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $427.81
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $427.81
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $427.81
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $436.81
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $436.81
Molina MGMCR $439.91
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $484.31
Verda Health Plan MCR $524.67
Community Health Choice HIX $585.21
Superior ValueHMO $585.21
Superior HMO $625.56
Superior EPO $625.56
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $799.11
BCBS MyBlueHealth $815.25
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $847.54
Molina Healthcare HIX $867.72
BCBS BAV $900.01
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $980.72
BCBS HMO $1,126.02
Oscar HIX $1,166.38
BCBS EPOSOA $1,206.73
BCBS PPO $1,287.45
Aetna QHPExchange $1,478.44
Cigna CSN $1,660.21
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,798.24
Aetna NBHMO $1,966.14
Aetna NBPOS $1,966.14
Aetna NBPPO $1,966.14
Aetna COMMHMO $2,088.83
Aetna COMMPOS $2,088.83
Aetna COMMPPO $2,088.83
Cigna PPO $2,139.48
Aetna OONPPO $2,453.84
Aetna OONPOS $2,453.84
Aetna OONHMO $2,453.84
Aetna ASAHMO $2,653.21
Aetna ASAPOS $2,653.21
Aetna ASAPPO $2,653.21
Humana HMO $4,366.84
Humana PPO $4,366.84
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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $339.02 – $1,660.21
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $339.02 – $1,660.21
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $753.17 $10.00 – $968.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,129.26 $12.00 – $1,693.89
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $759.94 $12.00 – $968.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $753.17 $10.00 – $968.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,129.26 $12.00 – $1,693.89
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,129.26 $8.00 – $1,693.89

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