Ins/rpl ldless pm right vent w img & eval 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

$66,882.00

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.

$66,882.00

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 $60,193.80 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 ↓ -100%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -99%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan STAR $948.00 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $948.00 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00 ↓ -99%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $2,115.00 ↓ -97%
Aetna QHPExchange $2,156.00 ↓ -97%
Aetna NBHMO $2,864.00 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBPOS $2,864.00 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMMHMO $3,044.00 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMMPOS $3,044.00 ↓ -95%
Aetna NBPPO $3,108.00 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMMPPO $3,303.00 ↓ -95%
Oscar HIX $3,390.00 ↓ -95%
Aetna OONHMO $3,582.00 ↓ -95%
Aetna OONPOS $3,582.00 ↓ -95%
Aetna ASAPOS $3,870.00 ↓ -94%
Aetna ASAHMO $3,870.00 ↓ -94%
Aetna OONPPO $3,886.00 ↓ -94%
Aetna ASAPPO $4,197.00 ↓ -94%
Humana HMO $4,690.00 ↓ -93%
Humana PPO $4,690.00 ↓ -93%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $5,841.00 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $8,694.66 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $8,694.66 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $8,694.66 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $8,694.66 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $9,363.48 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $9,363.48 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $10,740.00 ↓ -84%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $10,901.77 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $11,102.41 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $11,236.18 ↓ -83%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $11,636.00 ↓ -83%
BCBS BAV $12,038.76 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $13,835.00 ↓ -79%
BCBS HMO $15,048.45 ↓ -78%
BCBS EPOSOA $15,382.86 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $15,851.03 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $15,851.03 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $16,051.68 ↓ -76%
United SmallGroup $16,100.00 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $18,258.79 ↓ -73%
WellMed MGMCR $19,446.21 ↓ -71%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $20,444.00 ↓ -69%
United AllPayerAppendix $23,000.00 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $23,408.70 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $26,752.80 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $28,759.26 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $30,096.90 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $35,648.11 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $36,785.10 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $36,785.10 ↓ -45%
BCBS PPO $39,531.13 ↓ -41%
Triumph COMM $40,129.20 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $40,129.20 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $40,129.20 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $40,129.20 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $43,473.30 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $50,161.50 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $53,505.60 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $54,843.24 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $56,849.70 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $56,849.70 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $56,849.70 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $60,193.80 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Ins/rpl ldless pm right vent w img & eval at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $66,779.56 $32,676.94 – $32,676.94
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $14,670.25 $4,610.65 – $41,915.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $14,670.25 $3,353.20 – $41,915.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $48,747.68 $27,735.55 – $27,735.55
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $29,327.76 $6,299.00 – $48,269.91
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $29,327.76 $6,036.63 – $48,269.91
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $26,661.60 $5,332.32 – $48,269.91
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $29,327.76 $7,820.74 – $48,269.91

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