Immunodiffusion nes 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

$780.00

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.

$780.00

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.

$11.56 with Texas Health Network vs $702.00 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 $11.56 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $11.80 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $11.80 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $11.80 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $11.80 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $11.80 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $11.80 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $11.80 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $11.80 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $12.04 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $12.74 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $12.98 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $12.98 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $12.98 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $12.98 ↓ -98%
Oscar MGMCR $13.77 ↓ -98%
WellMed MGMCR $13.98 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $14.05 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $14.05 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $14.05 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $14.05 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $14.05 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $14.05 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $14.05 ↓ -98%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $14.05 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $14.05 ↓ -98%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $14.05 ↓ -98%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $14.05 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $14.05 ↓ -98%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $14.05 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup DualEligible $14.05 ↓ -98%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $14.05 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $14.05 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MGMCR $14.05 ↓ -98%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $14.05 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $14.05 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $14.17 ↓ -98%
Van Lang IPA MCR $14.19 ↓ -98%
United MCR $14.33 ↓ -98%
WellCare MCRHMO $14.47 ↓ -98%
WellCare SNP $14.47 ↓ -98%
WellCare PPO $14.47 ↓ -98%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $14.47 ↓ -98%
WellCare POS $14.47 ↓ -98%
WellCare PFFS $14.47 ↓ -98%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $14.75 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $14.75 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan MGMCR $14.75 ↓ -98%
Shared Health MGMCR $14.75 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $14.75 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $14.75 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $14.75 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $14.75 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $14.75 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $14.75 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $14.89 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $14.89 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $14.89 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $14.89 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $14.89 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $15.21 ↓ -98%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $15.21 ↓ -98%
Molina MGMCR $15.31 ↓ -98%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $16.86 ↓ -98%
Verda Health Plan MCR $18.27 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice HIX $20.37 ↓ -97%
Superior ValueHMO $20.37 ↓ -97%
Superior HMO $21.78 ↓ -97%
Superior EPO $21.78 ↓ -97%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $27.82 ↓ -96%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $28.38 ↓ -96%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $29.51 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare HIX $30.21 ↓ -96%
BCBS BAV $31.33 ↓ -96%
BCBS HMO $39.20 ↓ -95%
Oscar HIX $40.60 ↓ -95%
BCBS EPOSOA $42.01 ↓ -95%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $42.14 ↓ -95%
BCBS PPO $44.82 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $46.80 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $46.80 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $46.80 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $46.80 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $46.80 ↓ -94%
Aetna QHPExchange $51.48 ↓ -93%
Cigna CSN $57.16 ↓ -93%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $61.91 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBHMO $68.46 ↓ -91%
Aetna NBPOS $68.46 ↓ -91%
Aetna NBPPO $68.46 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMMHMO $72.73 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMMPPO $72.73 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMMPOS $72.73 ↓ -91%
Cigna PPO $73.66 ↓ -91%
Aetna OONPOS $85.44 ↓ -89%
Aetna OONHMO $85.44 ↓ -89%
Aetna OONPPO $85.44 ↓ -89%
Aetna ASAPOS $92.38 ↓ -88%
Aetna ASAPPO $92.38 ↓ -88%
Aetna ASAHMO $92.38 ↓ -88%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $129.48 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $131.04 ↓ -83%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $187.20 ↓ -76%
Humana HMO $187.62 ↓ -76%
Humana PPO $187.62 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $212.94 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $273.00 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $273.00 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $335.40 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $351.00 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $351.00 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $351.00 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $415.74 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $429.00 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $429.00 ↓ -45%
Triumph COMM $468.00 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $468.00 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $468.00 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $468.00 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $507.00 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $585.00 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $624.00 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $639.60 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $663.00 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $663.00 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $663.00 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $702.00 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Immunodiffusion nes at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $11.80 – $57.16
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $11.80 – $57.16
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $142.83 $10.00 – $178.54
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $109.79 $12.00 – $125.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $109.79 $11.80 – $104.68
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $142.83 $10.00 – $178.54
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $109.79 $12.00 – $125.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $109.79 $8.00 – $125.61

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