Ins/rpl wireless pulm art sensor incl s&i 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

$87,407.00

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.

$87,407.00

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 $78,666.30 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 ↓ -98%
Aetna QHPExchange $2,643.00 ↓ -97%
Oscar HIX $3,390.00 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBHMO $3,511.00 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBPOS $3,511.00 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMMHMO $3,730.00 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMMPOS $3,730.00 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBPPO $3,792.00 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMMPPO $4,028.00 ↓ -95%
Aetna OONPOS $4,390.00 ↓ -95%
Aetna OONHMO $4,390.00 ↓ -95%
Humana PPO $4,690.00 ↓ -95%
Humana HMO $4,690.00 ↓ -95%
Aetna OONPPO $4,740.00 ↓ -95%
Aetna ASAHMO $4,742.00 ↓ -95%
Aetna ASAPOS $4,742.00 ↓ -95%
Aetna ASAPPO $5,120.00 ↓ -94%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $5,841.00 ↓ -93%
Cigna CSN $10,740.00 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $11,362.91 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $11,362.91 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $11,362.91 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $11,362.91 ↓ -87%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $11,636.00 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $12,236.98 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $12,236.98 ↓ -86%
Cigna PPO $13,835.00 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $14,509.56 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $14,684.38 ↓ -83%
United SmallGroup $16,800.00 ↓ -81%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $20,585.00 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $20,715.46 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $20,715.46 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $20,977.68 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $23,862.11 ↓ -73%
United AllPayerAppendix $24,000.00 ↓ -73%
WellMed MGMCR $28,958.13 ↓ -67%
BCBS Traditional $30,592.45 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $34,962.80 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $37,585.01 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $39,333.15 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $46,587.93 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $48,073.85 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $48,073.85 ↓ -45%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $49,627.46 ↓ -43%
Triumph COMM $52,444.20 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $52,444.20 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $52,444.20 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $52,444.20 ↓ -40%
BCBS BAV $55,902.20 ↓ -36%
Coastal Comp COMM $56,814.55 ↓ -35%
BCBS HMO $59,039.57 ↓ -32%
BCBS EPOSOA $65,029.09 ↓ -26%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $65,555.25 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $69,925.60 ↓ -20%
BCBS PPO $70,733.39 ↓ -19%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $71,673.74 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $74,295.95 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $74,295.95 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $74,295.95 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $78,666.30 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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