Infect ag ia optc obs influenza 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.

$13.62 with Texas Health Network vs $474.30 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 $13.62
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $13.90
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $13.90
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $13.90
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $13.90
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $13.90
Amerigroup MGMCD $13.90
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $13.90
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $13.90
United MGMCD $14.18
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $15.01
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $15.29
Molina Healthcare STAR $15.29
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $15.29
Molina Healthcare CHIP $15.29
Oscar MGMCR $16.22
WellMed MGMCR $16.47
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $16.55
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $16.55
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $16.55
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $16.55
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $16.55
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $16.55
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $16.55
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $16.55
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $16.55
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $16.55
Devoted Health MGMCR $16.55
CHC Harris Health Indigent $16.55
United AllPayerAppendix $16.55
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $16.55
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $16.55
United SmallGroup $16.55
Amerigroup DualEligible $16.55
BCBS MCRPPO $16.55
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $16.55
Aetna MCR $16.69
Van Lang IPA MCR $16.72
United MCR $16.88
WellCare PFFS $17.05
WellCare POS $17.05
WellCare SNP $17.05
WellCare PPO $17.05
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $17.05
WellCare MCRHMO $17.05
Shared Health MGMCR $17.38
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $17.38
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $17.38
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $17.38
American Health Plan MGMCR $17.38
Humana MCD $17.38
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $17.38
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $17.38
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $17.38
Superior Health Plan PFFS $17.38
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $17.54
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $17.54
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $17.54
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $17.54
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $17.54
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $17.91
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $17.91
Molina MGMCR $18.04
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $19.86
Verda Health Plan MCR $21.52
Community Health Choice HIX $24.00
Superior ValueHMO $24.00
Superior HMO $25.65
Superior EPO $25.65
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $31.62
Superior Health Plan CHIP $31.62
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $31.62
Superior Health Plan STAR $31.62
Superior Health Plan STARKids $31.62
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $32.77
BCBS MyBlueHealth $33.43
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $34.76
Molina Healthcare HIX $35.58
BCBS BAV $36.91
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $40.22
BCBS HMO $46.17
Oscar HIX $47.83
BCBS EPOSOA $49.48
BCBS PPO $52.79
Aetna QHPExchange $60.64
Cigna CSN $68.28
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $73.96
Aetna NBPOS $80.64
Aetna NBPPO $80.64
Aetna NBHMO $80.64
Aetna COMMPOS $85.67
Aetna COMMHMO $85.67
Aetna COMMPPO $85.67
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $87.48
Cigna PPO $88.00
United OptionsPPO $88.54
Aetna OONHMO $100.64
Aetna OONPPO $100.64
Aetna OONPOS $100.64
Aetna ASAPPO $108.82
Aetna ASAHMO $108.82
Aetna ASAPOS $108.82
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $126.48
Evry Health BroadNetwork $143.87
Humana PPO $179.07
Humana HMO $179.07
Imagine Health PPO $184.45
BCBS Traditional $184.45
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $226.61
Averde Health Commercial $237.15
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $237.15
United GlobalAppendix $237.15
Coventry National First Health COMM $280.89
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $289.85
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $289.85
Triumph COMM $316.20
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $316.20
Independent Medical System COMM $316.20
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $316.20
Coastal Comp COMM $342.55
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $395.25
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $421.60
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $432.14
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $447.95
Physicians, INC COMM $447.95
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $447.95
Affiliated PPO COMM $474.30
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Infect ag ia optc obs influenza at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $134.52 $13.90 – $68.28
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $51.10 $11.92 – $146.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $51.10 $11.92 – $146.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $13.90 – $68.28
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $93.18 $10.00 – $116.47
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $95.32 $12.00 – $142.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $114.50 $12.00 – $143.13
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $93.18 $10.00 – $116.47

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