Ins tun cv cath wo subq prt/pm 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 $11,153.00 with Oscar — 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 STARPLUS $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00
Texas Health Network MCD $1,095.86
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $1,133.16
Amerigroup MGMCD $1,174.13
United MGMCD $1,199.90
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $1,230.04
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $1,230.04
Molina Healthcare STAR $1,230.04
Molina Healthcare CHIP $1,230.04
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $1,252.41
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $1,252.41
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $1,252.41
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $1,252.41
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,343.60
United OptionsPPO $1,359.79
Humana MCD $1,397.78
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $1,411.64
Aetna QHPExchange $1,579.00
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $1,918.28
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $1,918.28
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $1,942.56
Aetna NBPOS $2,098.00
Aetna NBHMO $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
Aetna ASAPOS $2,832.00
Aetna ASAHMO $2,832.00
BCBS Traditional $2,832.90
Aetna OONPPO $2,876.00
Cigna CSN $2,915.00
Aetna ASAPPO $3,106.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $3,158.00
WellMed MGMCR $3,187.73
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $3,237.60
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $3,480.42
United GlobalAppendix $3,642.30
Cigna PPO $3,755.00
United SmallGroup $4,183.00
Coventry National First Health COMM $4,314.10
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $4,340.00
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $4,451.70
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $4,451.70
Humana HMO $4,690.00
Humana PPO $4,690.00
BCBS MyBlueHealth $4,822.03
Triumph COMM $4,856.40
Independent Medical System COMM $4,856.40
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $4,856.40
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $4,856.40
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $4,988.00
Coastal Comp COMM $5,261.10
BCBS BAV $5,431.71
BCBS HMO $5,736.55
Curative Administrators COMM $5,849.00
United AllPayerAppendix $5,976.00
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $6,070.50
Evry Health BroadNetwork $6,077.00
BCBS EPOSOA $6,318.52
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $6,475.20
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $6,637.08
BCBS PPO $6,872.77
Physicians, INC COMM $6,879.90
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $6,879.90
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $6,879.90
Affiliated PPO COMM $7,284.60
Oscar HIX $11,153.00

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Ins tun cv cath wo subq prt/pm at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $12,736.33 $1,199.90 – $5,681.12
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $5,942.65 $1,285.00 – $16,979.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $5,942.65 $1,285.00 – $16,979.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $1,118.22 – $4,822.03
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $4,812.07 $1,118.22 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $5,078.21 $71.00 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $5,390.27 $71.00 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $4,812.07 $1,118.22 – $7,896.23

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