Immune complex assay 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

$882.00

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.

$882.00

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.

$20.06 with Texas Health Network vs $793.80 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 $20.06 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $20.47 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $20.47 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $20.47 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $20.47 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $20.47 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $20.47 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $20.47 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $20.47 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $20.88 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $22.11 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $22.52 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $22.52 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $22.52 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STAR $22.52 ↓ -97%
Oscar MGMCR $23.88 ↓ -97%
WellMed MGMCR $24.25 ↓ -97%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $24.37 ↓ -97%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $24.37 ↓ -97%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $24.37 ↓ -97%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $24.37 ↓ -97%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $24.37 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MGMCR $24.37 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $24.37 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRPPO $24.37 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $24.37 ↓ -97%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $24.37 ↓ -97%
United SmallGroup $24.37 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup DualEligible $24.37 ↓ -97%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $24.37 ↓ -97%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $24.37 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $24.37 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $24.37 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $24.37 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $24.37 ↓ -97%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $24.37 ↓ -97%
Aetna MCR $24.58 ↓ -97%
Van Lang IPA MCR $24.61 ↓ -97%
United MCR $24.86 ↓ -97%
WellCare SNP $25.10 ↓ -97%
WellCare POS $25.10 ↓ -97%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $25.10 ↓ -97%
WellCare PPO $25.10 ↓ -97%
WellCare PFFS $25.10 ↓ -97%
WellCare MCRHMO $25.10 ↓ -97%
Shared Health MGMCR $25.59 ↓ -97%
American Health Plan MGMCR $25.59 ↓ -97%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $25.59 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $25.59 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $25.59 ↓ -97%
Humana MCD $25.59 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $25.59 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $25.59 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $25.59 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $25.59 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $25.83 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $25.83 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $25.83 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $25.83 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $25.83 ↓ -97%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $26.38 ↓ -97%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $26.38 ↓ -97%
Molina MGMCR $26.56 ↓ -97%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $29.24 ↓ -97%
Verda Health Plan MCR $31.68 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice HIX $35.34 ↓ -96%
Superior ValueHMO $35.34 ↓ -96%
Superior HMO $37.77 ↓ -96%
Superior EPO $37.77 ↓ -96%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $48.25 ↓ -95%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $49.23 ↓ -94%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $51.18 ↓ -94%
Molina Healthcare HIX $52.40 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $52.92 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $52.92 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $52.92 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $52.92 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $52.92 ↓ -94%
BCBS BAV $54.35 ↓ -94%
BCBS HMO $67.99 ↓ -92%
Oscar HIX $70.43 ↓ -92%
BCBS EPOSOA $72.87 ↓ -92%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $73.12 ↓ -92%
BCBS PPO $77.74 ↓ -91%
Aetna QHPExchange $89.27 ↓ -90%
Cigna CSN $100.37 ↓ -89%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $108.71 ↓ -88%
Aetna NBHMO $118.71 ↓ -87%
Aetna NBPOS $118.71 ↓ -87%
Aetna NBPPO $118.71 ↓ -87%
Aetna COMMPOS $126.12 ↓ -86%
Aetna COMMHMO $126.12 ↓ -86%
Aetna COMMPPO $126.12 ↓ -86%
Cigna PPO $129.34 ↓ -85%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $146.41 ↓ -83%
Aetna OONPPO $148.16 ↓ -83%
Aetna OONPOS $148.16 ↓ -83%
Aetna OONHMO $148.16 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $148.18 ↓ -83%
Aetna ASAPOS $160.20 ↓ -82%
Aetna ASAPPO $160.20 ↓ -82%
Aetna ASAHMO $160.20 ↓ -82%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $211.68 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $240.79 ↓ -73%
Imagine Health PPO $308.70 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $308.70 ↓ -65%
Humana HMO $325.57 ↓ -63%
Humana PPO $325.57 ↓ -63%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $379.26 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $396.90 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $396.90 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $396.90 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $470.11 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $485.10 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $485.10 ↓ -45%
Triumph COMM $529.20 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $529.20 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $529.20 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $529.20 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $573.30 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $661.50 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $705.60 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $723.24 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $749.70 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $749.70 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $749.70 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $793.80 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Immune complex assay at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $775.45 $20.47 – $100.37
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $667.50 $20.47 – $100.37
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $141.71 $10.00 – $155.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $174.76 $12.00 – $186.06
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $163.65 $12.00 – $155.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $141.71 $10.00 – $155.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $174.76 $12.00 – $186.06
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $174.76 $8.00 – $186.06

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