Infect ag ia optc obs chlamydia trach 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.

$29.05 with Texas Health Network vs $381.84 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 $29.05
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $29.64
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $29.64
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $29.64
Amerigroup MGMCD $29.64
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $29.64
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $29.64
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $29.64
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $29.64
United MGMCD $30.23
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $32.01
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $32.60
Molina Healthcare CHIP $32.60
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $32.60
Molina Healthcare STAR $32.60
Oscar MGMCR $34.58
WellMed MGMCR $35.11
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $35.29
Amerigroup DualEligible $35.29
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $35.29
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $35.29
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $35.29
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $35.29
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $35.29
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $35.29
United SmallGroup $35.29
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $35.29
CHC Harris Health Indigent $35.29
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $35.29
BCBS MCRPPO $35.29
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $35.29
Devoted Health MGMCR $35.29
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $35.29
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $35.29
United AllPayerAppendix $35.29
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $35.29
Aetna MCR $35.59
Van Lang IPA MCR $35.64
United MCR $36.00
WellCare PFFS $36.35
WellCare MCRHMO $36.35
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $36.35
WellCare POS $36.35
WellCare SNP $36.35
WellCare PPO $36.35
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $37.05
Humana MCD $37.05
American Health Plan MGMCR $37.05
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $37.05
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $37.05
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $37.05
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $37.05
Superior Health Plan PFFS $37.05
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $37.05
Shared Health MGMCR $37.05
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $37.41
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $37.41
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $37.41
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $37.41
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $37.41
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $38.19
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $38.19
Molina MGMCR $38.47
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $42.35
Verda Health Plan MCR $45.88
Community Health Choice HIX $51.17
Superior ValueHMO $51.17
Superior HMO $54.70
Superior EPO $54.70
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $69.87
BCBS MyBlueHealth $71.29
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $74.11
Molina Healthcare HIX $75.87
BCBS BAV $78.70
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $85.76
BCBS HMO $98.46
Oscar HIX $101.99
BCBS EPOSOA $105.52
BCBS PPO $112.58
Aetna QHPExchange $129.27
Cigna CSN $144.97
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $157.02
Aetna NBHMO $171.92
Aetna NBPOS $171.92
Aetna NBPPO $171.92
Aetna COMMHMO $182.64
Aetna COMMPOS $182.64
Aetna COMMPPO $182.64
Cigna PPO $186.82
Aetna OONPPO $214.56
Aetna OONPOS $214.56
Aetna OONHMO $214.56
Aetna ASAHMO $231.99
Aetna ASAPOS $231.99
Aetna ASAPPO $231.99
Humana HMO $381.84
Humana PPO $381.84
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Infect ag ia optc obs chlamydia trach at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $29.64 – $144.97
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $29.64 – $144.97
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $31.76 – $135.87
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $29.05 – $144.97
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $77.08 – $153.86
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $29.05 – $144.97
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $29.05 – $144.97
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $29.64 – $144.97

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