Inj multihance 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.

$1.80 with Christus (USFHP) vs $180.00 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
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1.80
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $1.80
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $2.97
United AllPayerAppendix $2.97
United SmallGroup $2.97
Cigna CSN $4.21
BCBS MyBlueHealth $4.23
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $4.56
BCBS BAV $4.67
Cigna PPO $5.43
BCBS PPO $5.83
BCBS EPOSOA $5.83
BCBS HMO $5.83
Superior Health Plan STARKids $12.00
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $12.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $12.00
Superior Health Plan STAR $12.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $12.00
Aetna MCR $13.26
Humana PPO $19.87
Humana HMO $19.87
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $26.00
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $26.00
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $26.00
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $26.00
Amerigroup MGMCD $28.00
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $28.00
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $33.20
United OptionsPPO $33.60
Superior HMO $35.00
Superior EPO $35.00
Superior ValueHMO $39.60
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $47.40
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $47.40
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $48.00
Molina Healthcare HIX $54.00
CHC Harris Health Indigent $60.00
BCBS Traditional $70.00
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $86.00
United GlobalAppendix $90.00
Coventry National First Health COMM $106.60
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $110.00
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $110.00
Triumph COMM $120.00
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $120.00
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $120.00
Independent Medical System COMM $120.00
Coastal Comp COMM $130.00
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $150.00
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $160.00
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $164.00
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $170.00
Physicians, INC COMM $170.00
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $170.00
Affiliated PPO COMM $180.00

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Inj multihance at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $458.05 $1.82 – $19.87
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $64.28 $1.94 – $17.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $64.28 $2.35 – $17.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $1.82 – $19.87
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $410.96 $8.32 – $8.32
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $283.77 $1.97 – $402.01
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $283.77 $1.97 – $425.65
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $283.77 $1.97 – $378.36

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