Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe mycobacteria tuberculosis 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

$1,908.00

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.

$1,908.00

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.

$34.31 with Texas Health Network vs $1,717.20 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 $34.31 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $35.01 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $35.01 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $35.01 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $35.01 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $35.01 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $35.01 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $35.01 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $35.01 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $35.71 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $37.81 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $38.51 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $38.51 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $38.51 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $38.51 ↓ -98%
Oscar MGMCR $40.85 ↓ -98%
WellMed MGMCR $41.47 ↓ -98%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $41.68 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $41.68 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $41.68 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $41.68 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $41.68 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $41.68 ↓ -98%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $41.68 ↓ -98%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $41.68 ↓ -98%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $41.68 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $41.68 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $41.68 ↓ -98%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $41.68 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $41.68 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $41.68 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $41.68 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup DualEligible $41.68 ↓ -98%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $41.68 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MGMCR $41.68 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $41.68 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $42.03 ↓ -98%
Van Lang IPA MCR $42.10 ↓ -98%
United MCR $42.51 ↓ -98%
WellCare PPO $42.93 ↓ -98%
WellCare MCRHMO $42.93 ↓ -98%
WellCare PFFS $42.93 ↓ -98%
WellCare SNP $42.93 ↓ -98%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $42.93 ↓ -98%
WellCare POS $42.93 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $43.76 ↓ -98%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $43.76 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $43.76 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $43.76 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $43.76 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $43.76 ↓ -98%
Shared Health MGMCR $43.76 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $43.76 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $43.76 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan MGMCR $43.76 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $44.18 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $44.18 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $44.18 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $44.18 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $44.18 ↓ -98%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $45.11 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $45.11 ↓ -98%
Molina MGMCR $45.43 ↓ -98%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $50.02 ↓ -97%
Verda Health Plan MCR $54.18 ↓ -97%
Superior ValueHMO $60.44 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice HIX $60.44 ↓ -97%
Superior EPO $64.60 ↓ -97%
Superior HMO $64.60 ↓ -97%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $82.53 ↓ -96%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $84.19 ↓ -96%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $87.53 ↓ -95%
Molina Healthcare HIX $89.61 ↓ -95%
BCBS BAV $92.95 ↓ -95%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $105.29 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $114.48 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $114.48 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $114.48 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $114.48 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $114.48 ↓ -94%
BCBS HMO $116.29 ↓ -94%
Oscar HIX $120.46 ↓ -94%
BCBS EPOSOA $124.62 ↓ -93%
BCBS PPO $132.96 ↓ -93%
Aetna QHPExchange $152.70 ↓ -92%
Cigna CSN $171.47 ↓ -91%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $185.72 ↓ -90%
Aetna NBHMO $203.07 ↓ -89%
Aetna NBPOS $203.07 ↓ -89%
Aetna NBPPO $203.07 ↓ -89%
Aetna COMMPOS $215.74 ↓ -89%
Aetna COMMHMO $215.74 ↓ -89%
Aetna COMMPPO $215.74 ↓ -89%
Cigna PPO $220.97 ↓ -88%
Aetna OONPPO $253.44 ↓ -87%
Aetna OONPOS $253.44 ↓ -87%
Aetna OONHMO $253.44 ↓ -87%
Aetna ASAPPO $274.03 ↓ -86%
Aetna ASAPOS $274.03 ↓ -86%
Aetna ASAHMO $274.03 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $316.73 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $320.54 ↓ -83%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $457.92 ↓ -76%
Humana PPO $468.83 ↓ -75%
Humana HMO $468.83 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $520.88 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $667.80 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $667.80 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $820.44 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $858.60 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $858.60 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $858.60 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,016.96 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,049.40 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,049.40 ↓ -45%
Triumph COMM $1,144.80 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,144.80 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,144.80 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $1,144.80 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $1,240.20 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,431.00 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,526.40 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,564.56 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,621.80 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,621.80 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,621.80 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,717.20 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe mycobacteria tuberculosis at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $685.77 $35.01 – $171.47
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $80.85 $30.01 – $231.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $80.85 $30.01 – $231.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $591.19 $35.01 – $171.47
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $345.17 $10.00 – $299.01
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $328.73 $12.00 – $358.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $328.73 $12.00 – $299.01
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $345.17 $10.00 – $299.01

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