Ins cath ren art 2nd+ uni 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.

$300.00 with Texas Athletic Network vs $15,105.60 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 Athletic Network Premier $300.00
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00
Superior Health Plan STAR $948.00
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $948.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $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
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $2,181.92
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $2,181.92
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $2,181.92
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $2,181.92
Aetna COMMPOS $2,229.00
Aetna COMMHMO $2,229.00
Aetna NBPPO $2,299.00
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $2,349.76
Amerigroup MGMCD $2,349.76
Aetna COMMPPO $2,444.00
Aetna OONPOS $2,623.00
Aetna OONHMO $2,623.00
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $2,786.14
United OptionsPPO $2,819.71
Aetna ASAPOS $2,832.00
Aetna ASAHMO $2,832.00
Aetna OONPPO $2,876.00
Aetna ASAPPO $3,106.00
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $3,977.81
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $3,977.81
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $4,028.16
Humana PPO $4,690.00
Humana HMO $4,690.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $4,988.00
WellMed MGMCR $5,617.79
BCBS Traditional $5,874.40
Evry Health BroadNetwork $6,077.00
United SmallGroup $6,300.00
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $6,713.60
Oscar HIX $7,014.00
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $7,217.12
United GlobalAppendix $7,552.80
BCBS MyBlueHealth $7,997.37
Curative Administrators COMM $8,778.00
Coventry National First Health COMM $8,945.87
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $8,987.00
United AllPayerAppendix $9,000.00
BCBS BAV $9,008.53
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $9,231.20
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $9,231.20
BCBS HMO $9,514.11
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $10,070.40
Independent Medical System COMM $10,070.40
Triumph COMM $10,070.40
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $10,070.40
BCBS EPOSOA $10,479.31
Cigna CSN $10,740.00
Coastal Comp COMM $10,909.60
BCBS PPO $11,398.55
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $11,636.00
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $12,588.00
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $13,427.20
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $13,762.88
Cigna PPO $13,835.00
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $14,266.40
Physicians, INC COMM $14,266.40
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $14,266.40
Affiliated PPO COMM $15,105.60

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Ins cath ren art 2nd+ uni at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $6,549.90 $2,058.54 – $18,714.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $6,549.90 $1,497.12 – $18,714.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $9,422.19 – $9,422.19
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $7,997.37 – $7,997.37
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $5,528.94 $1,566.53 – $13,613.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $5,797.66 $71.00 – $13,613.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $5,034.14 $71.00 – $13,613.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $5,528.94 $1,474.38 – $13,613.39

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