Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification hiv-1 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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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.

$70.05 with Texas Health Network vs $1,224.90 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 $70.05
Amerigroup MGMCD $71.48
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $71.48
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $71.48
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $71.48
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $71.48
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $71.48
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $71.48
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $71.48
United MGMCD $72.91
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $77.20
Molina Healthcare CHIP $78.63
Molina Healthcare STAR $78.63
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $78.63
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $78.63
Superior Health Plan STAR $81.66
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $81.66
Superior Health Plan STARKids $81.66
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $81.66
Superior Health Plan CHIP $81.66
Oscar MGMCR $83.40
WellMed MGMCR $84.67
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $85.10
United AllPayerAppendix $85.10
BCBS MCRPPO $85.10
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $85.10
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $85.10
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $85.10
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $85.10
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $85.10
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $85.10
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $85.10
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $85.10
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $85.10
Devoted Health MGMCR $85.10
Amerigroup DualEligible $85.10
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $85.10
United SmallGroup $85.10
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $85.10
CHC Harris Health Indigent $85.10
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $85.10
Aetna MCR $85.82
Van Lang IPA MCR $85.95
United MCR $86.80
WellCare POS $87.65
WellCare PPO $87.65
WellCare SNP $87.65
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $87.65
WellCare PFFS $87.65
WellCare MCRHMO $87.65
Humana MCD $89.35
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $89.36
Shared Health MGMCR $89.36
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $89.36
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $89.36
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $89.36
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $89.36
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $89.36
Superior Health Plan PFFS $89.36
American Health Plan MGMCR $89.36
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $90.21
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $90.21
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $90.21
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $90.21
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $90.21
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $92.10
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $92.10
Molina MGMCR $92.76
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $102.12
Verda Health Plan MCR $110.63
Superior ValueHMO $123.39
Community Health Choice HIX $123.39
Superior HMO $131.91
Superior EPO $131.91
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $168.50
BCBS MyBlueHealth $171.90
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $178.71
Molina Healthcare HIX $182.96
BCBS BAV $189.77
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $225.93
United OptionsPPO $228.65
BCBS HMO $237.43
Oscar HIX $245.94
BCBS EPOSOA $254.45
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $255.30
BCBS PPO $271.47
Aetna QHPExchange $311.76
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $326.64
Cigna CSN $349.86
Evry Health BroadNetwork $371.55
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $378.95
Aetna NBPOS $414.60
Aetna NBPPO $414.60
Aetna NBHMO $414.60
Aetna COMMHMO $440.47
Aetna COMMPPO $440.47
Aetna COMMPOS $440.47
Cigna PPO $450.86
Imagine Health PPO $476.35
BCBS Traditional $476.35
Aetna OONPPO $517.44
Aetna OONHMO $517.44
Aetna OONPOS $517.44
Aetna ASAHMO $559.48
Aetna ASAPPO $559.48
Aetna ASAPOS $559.48
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $585.23
Averde Health Commercial $612.45
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $612.45
United GlobalAppendix $612.45
Coventry National First Health COMM $725.41
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $748.55
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $748.55
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $816.60
Triumph COMM $816.60
Independent Medical System COMM $816.60
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $816.60
Coastal Comp COMM $884.65
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,020.75
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,088.80
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,116.02
Humana HMO $1,136.75
Humana PPO $1,136.75
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,156.85
Physicians, INC COMM $1,156.85
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,156.85
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,224.90
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $303.45 $61.27 – $867.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $303.45 $61.27 – $867.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $71.48 – $349.86
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