Infect ag ia direct hiv-1 antgn 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

$1,004.00

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.

$1,004.00

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.

$26.98 with Texas Health Network vs $903.60 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 $26.98 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $27.53 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $27.53 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $27.53 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $27.53 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $27.53 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $27.53 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $27.53 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $27.53 ↓ -97%
United MGMCD $28.08 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $29.73 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $30.28 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STAR $30.28 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $30.28 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $30.28 ↓ -97%
Oscar MGMCR $32.11 ↓ -97%
WellMed MGMCR $32.61 ↓ -97%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $32.77 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $32.77 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $32.77 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $32.77 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $32.77 ↓ -97%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $32.77 ↓ -97%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $32.77 ↓ -97%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $32.77 ↓ -97%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $32.77 ↓ -97%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $32.77 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MGMCR $32.77 ↓ -97%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $32.77 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $32.77 ↓ -97%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $32.77 ↓ -97%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $32.77 ↓ -97%
United SmallGroup $32.77 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup DualEligible $32.77 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRPPO $32.77 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $32.77 ↓ -97%
Aetna MCR $33.05 ↓ -97%
Van Lang IPA MCR $33.10 ↓ -97%
United MCR $33.43 ↓ -97%
WellCare PFFS $33.75 ↓ -97%
WellCare POS $33.75 ↓ -97%
WellCare SNP $33.75 ↓ -97%
WellCare PPO $33.75 ↓ -97%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $33.75 ↓ -97%
WellCare MCRHMO $33.75 ↓ -97%
Shared Health MGMCR $34.41 ↓ -97%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $34.41 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $34.41 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $34.41 ↓ -97%
American Health Plan MGMCR $34.41 ↓ -97%
Humana MCD $34.41 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $34.41 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $34.41 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $34.41 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $34.41 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $34.74 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $34.74 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $34.74 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $34.74 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $34.74 ↓ -97%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $35.47 ↓ -96%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $35.47 ↓ -96%
Molina MGMCR $35.72 ↓ -96%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $39.32 ↓ -96%
Verda Health Plan MCR $42.60 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice HIX $47.52 ↓ -95%
Superior ValueHMO $47.52 ↓ -95%
Superior HMO $50.79 ↓ -95%
Superior EPO $50.79 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $60.24 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $60.24 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $60.24 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $60.24 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $60.24 ↓ -94%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $64.88 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $66.20 ↓ -93%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $68.82 ↓ -93%
Molina Healthcare HIX $70.46 ↓ -93%
BCBS BAV $73.08 ↓ -93%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $79.63 ↓ -92%
BCBS HMO $91.43 ↓ -91%
Oscar HIX $94.71 ↓ -91%
BCBS EPOSOA $97.98 ↓ -90%
BCBS PPO $104.54 ↓ -90%
Aetna QHPExchange $120.07 ↓ -88%
Cigna CSN $135.23 ↓ -87%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $146.47 ↓ -85%
Aetna NBPPO $159.67 ↓ -84%
Aetna NBPOS $159.67 ↓ -84%
Aetna NBHMO $159.67 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $166.66 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $168.67 ↓ -83%
Aetna COMMPOS $169.64 ↓ -83%
Aetna COMMHMO $169.64 ↓ -83%
Aetna COMMPPO $169.64 ↓ -83%
Cigna PPO $174.26 ↓ -83%
Aetna OONHMO $199.28 ↓ -80%
Aetna OONPPO $199.28 ↓ -80%
Aetna OONPOS $199.28 ↓ -80%
Aetna ASAPPO $215.47 ↓ -79%
Aetna ASAHMO $215.47 ↓ -79%
Aetna ASAPOS $215.47 ↓ -79%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $240.96 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $274.09 ↓ -73%
Imagine Health PPO $351.40 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $351.40 ↓ -65%
Humana HMO $354.57 ↓ -65%
Humana PPO $354.57 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $431.72 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $451.80 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $451.80 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $451.80 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $535.13 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $552.20 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $552.20 ↓ -45%
Triumph COMM $602.40 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $602.40 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $602.40 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $602.40 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $652.60 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $753.00 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $803.20 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $823.28 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $853.40 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $853.40 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $853.40 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $903.60 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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