Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step helicobacter pylori stool 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

$568.00

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.

$568.00

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.

$11.84 with Texas Health Network vs $511.20 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 $11.84 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $12.08 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $12.08 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $12.08 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $12.08 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $12.08 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $12.08 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $12.08 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $12.08 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $12.32 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $13.05 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $13.29 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $13.29 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $13.29 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $13.29 ↓ -98%
Oscar MGMCR $14.09 ↓ -98%
WellMed MGMCR $14.31 ↓ -97%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $14.38 ↓ -97%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $14.38 ↓ -97%
United SmallGroup $14.38 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $14.38 ↓ -97%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $14.38 ↓ -97%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $14.38 ↓ -97%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $14.38 ↓ -97%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $14.38 ↓ -97%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $14.38 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $14.38 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $14.38 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $14.38 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $14.38 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRPPO $14.38 ↓ -97%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $14.38 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup DualEligible $14.38 ↓ -97%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $14.38 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MGMCR $14.38 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $14.38 ↓ -97%
Aetna MCR $14.50 ↓ -97%
Van Lang IPA MCR $14.52 ↓ -97%
United MCR $14.67 ↓ -97%
WellCare PPO $14.81 ↓ -97%
WellCare MCRHMO $14.81 ↓ -97%
WellCare PFFS $14.81 ↓ -97%
WellCare SNP $14.81 ↓ -97%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $14.81 ↓ -97%
WellCare POS $14.81 ↓ -97%
Humana MCD $15.10 ↓ -97%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $15.10 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $15.10 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $15.10 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $15.10 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $15.10 ↓ -97%
Shared Health MGMCR $15.10 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $15.10 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $15.10 ↓ -97%
American Health Plan MGMCR $15.10 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $15.24 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $15.24 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $15.24 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $15.24 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $15.24 ↓ -97%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $15.56 ↓ -97%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $15.56 ↓ -97%
Molina MGMCR $15.67 ↓ -97%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $17.26 ↓ -97%
Verda Health Plan MCR $18.69 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice HIX $20.85 ↓ -96%
Superior ValueHMO $20.85 ↓ -96%
Superior EPO $22.29 ↓ -96%
Superior HMO $22.29 ↓ -96%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $28.47 ↓ -95%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $29.05 ↓ -95%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $30.20 ↓ -95%
Molina Healthcare HIX $30.92 ↓ -95%
BCBS BAV $32.07 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $34.08 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $34.08 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $34.08 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $34.08 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $34.08 ↓ -94%
BCBS HMO $40.12 ↓ -93%
Oscar HIX $41.56 ↓ -93%
BCBS EPOSOA $43.00 ↓ -92%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $43.16 ↓ -92%
BCBS PPO $45.87 ↓ -92%
Aetna QHPExchange $52.68 ↓ -91%
Cigna CSN $58.54 ↓ -90%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $63.41 ↓ -89%
Aetna NBHMO $70.06 ↓ -88%
Aetna NBPOS $70.06 ↓ -88%
Aetna NBPPO $70.06 ↓ -88%
Aetna COMMPOS $74.43 ↓ -87%
Aetna COMMHMO $74.43 ↓ -87%
Aetna COMMPPO $74.43 ↓ -87%
Cigna PPO $75.44 ↓ -87%
Aetna OONHMO $87.44 ↓ -85%
Aetna OONPOS $87.44 ↓ -85%
Aetna OONPPO $87.44 ↓ -85%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $94.29 ↓ -83%
Aetna ASAPPO $94.54 ↓ -83%
Aetna ASAPOS $94.54 ↓ -83%
Aetna ASAHMO $94.54 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $95.42 ↓ -83%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $136.32 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $155.06 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $192.16 ↓ -66%
Humana PPO $192.16 ↓ -66%
Imagine Health PPO $198.80 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $198.80 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $244.24 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $255.60 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $255.60 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $255.60 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $302.74 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $312.40 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $312.40 ↓ -45%
Triumph COMM $340.80 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $340.80 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $340.80 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $340.80 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $369.20 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $426.00 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $454.40 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $465.76 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $482.80 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $482.80 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $482.80 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $511.20 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step helicobacter pylori stool at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $254.53 $12.08 – $58.54
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $40.60 $10.35 – $116.00
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Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $409.73 $12.94 – $55.36
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $140.84 $10.00 – $75.00
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