Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic subcutaneous/im 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.

$6.42 with Superior Health Plan vs $600.00 with Texas Athletic Network — 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $6.42
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $6.42
Superior Health Plan STARKids $6.42
Superior Health Plan STAR $6.42
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $6.42
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $13.91
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $13.91
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $13.91
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $13.91
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $14.98
Amerigroup MGMCD $14.98
Cigna CSN $15.84
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $17.12
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $17.76
United OptionsPPO $17.98
Cigna PPO $20.33
Oscar HIX $20.86
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $25.36
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $25.36
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $25.68
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $27.29
Aetna QHPExchange $28.36
Evry Health BroadNetwork $29.21
Aetna NBPOS $34.35
Aetna NBPPO $34.35
Aetna NBHMO $34.35
Aetna COMMPOS $36.59
Aetna COMMHMO $36.59
Aetna COMMPPO $36.59
BCBS Traditional $37.45
Imagine Health PPO $37.45
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $42.80
Curative Administrators COMM $42.80
Aetna OONPPO $42.91
Aetna OONPOS $42.91
Aetna OONHMO $42.91
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $46.01
Aetna ASAPOS $46.33
Aetna ASAHMO $46.33
Aetna ASAPPO $46.33
Averde Health Commercial $48.15
United GlobalAppendix $48.15
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $48.15
Coventry National First Health COMM $57.03
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $58.85
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $58.85
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $64.20
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $64.20
Triumph COMM $64.20
Independent Medical System COMM $64.20
Coastal Comp COMM $69.55
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $80.25
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $85.60
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $87.74
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $90.95
Physicians, INC COMM $90.95
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $90.95
Affiliated PPO COMM $96.30
BCBS MyBlueHealth $141.50
BCBS BAV $156.01
Humana PPO $193.92
Humana HMO $193.92
BCBS HMO $195.32
BCBS EPOSOA $219.51
BCBS PPO $243.09
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00

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Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic subcutaneous/im at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $306.60 $37.66 – $876.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $306.60 $88.29 – $876.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $141.50 – $193.92
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $141.50 – $193.92
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $350.96 $232.81 – $232.81
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $192.72 $54.60 – $240.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $172.35 $35.48 – $258.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $197.78 $39.56 – $247.23

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