Ins cath ren art 1st bi at HCA HOUSTON WEST
12141 RICHMOND AVENUE, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1275580938
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Cash price 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 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.
$300.00 with Texas Athletic Network vs $19,343.70 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $948.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $948.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $948.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $948.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $948.00 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $1,579.00 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $2,098.00 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $2,098.00 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $2,115.00 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $2,229.00 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $2,229.00 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $2,299.00 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $2,444.00 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $2,623.00 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $2,623.00 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $2,794.09 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $2,794.09 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $2,794.09 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $2,794.09 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $2,832.00 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $2,832.00 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $2,876.00 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $3,009.02 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $3,009.02 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $3,106.00 | — |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $3,187.73 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $3,567.84 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $3,610.82 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $4,690.00 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $4,690.00 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $4,760.00 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $4,822.03 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $4,988.00 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $5,093.84 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $5,093.84 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $5,158.32 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $5,431.71 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $5,736.55 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $5,849.00 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $5,951.00 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $6,077.00 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $6,318.52 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $6,800.00 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $6,872.77 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $7,014.00 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $7,522.55 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $8,597.20 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $9,241.99 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $9,671.85 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $10,740.00 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $11,455.77 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $11,636.00 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $11,821.15 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $11,821.15 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $12,895.80 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $12,895.80 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $12,895.80 | — |
| Triumph | COMM | $12,895.80 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $13,835.00 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $13,970.45 | — |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $16,119.75 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $17,194.40 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $17,624.26 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $18,269.05 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $18,269.05 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $18,269.05 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $19,343.70 | — |
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| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $10,816.79 | $5,681.12 – $5,681.12 |
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| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | $8,020.43 | $4,822.03 – $4,822.03 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $6,115.51 | $1,732.73 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $6,815.98 | $71.00 – $10,223.97 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $5,291.97 | $71.00 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $6,115.51 | $1,630.80 – $7,896.23 |