Insert vad art access left hrt arterial access 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

$102,378.00

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.

$102,378.00

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 $92,140.20 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 ↓ -100%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan STAR $948.00 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $948.00 ↓ -99%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $2,115.00 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $3,390.00 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $4,097.89 ↓ -96%
BCBS BAV $4,513.49 ↓ -96%
Humana PPO $4,690.00 ↓ -95%
Humana HMO $4,690.00 ↓ -95%
BCBS PPO $5,112.31 ↓ -95%
BCBS EPOSOA $5,183.81 ↓ -95%
BCBS HMO $5,255.31 ↓ -95%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $5,841.00 ↓ -94%
United SmallGroup $6,300.00 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $6,787.66 ↓ -93%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $8,757.00 ↓ -91%
United AllPayerAppendix $9,000.00 ↓ -91%
Cigna CSN $10,740.00 ↓ -90%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $11,636.00 ↓ -89%
Curative Administrators COMM $12,018.00 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $13,309.14 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $13,309.14 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $13,309.14 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $13,309.14 ↓ -87%
Cigna PPO $13,835.00 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $14,332.92 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $14,332.92 ↓ -86%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $16,207.00 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $16,994.75 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $17,199.50 ↓ -83%
Superior HMO $17,916.15 ↓ -83%
Superior EPO $17,916.15 ↓ -83%
Superior ValueHMO $20,270.84 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $24,263.59 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $24,263.59 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $24,570.72 ↓ -76%
Molina Healthcare HIX $27,642.06 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $30,713.40 ↓ -70%
BCBS Traditional $35,832.30 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $40,951.20 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $44,022.54 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $46,070.10 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $54,567.47 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $56,307.90 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $56,307.90 ↓ -45%
Triumph COMM $61,426.80 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $61,426.80 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $61,426.80 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $61,426.80 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $66,545.70 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $76,783.50 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $81,902.40 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $83,949.96 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $87,021.30 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $87,021.30 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $87,021.30 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $92,140.20 ↓ -10%
WellMed MGMCR not published by hospital

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Insert vad art access left hrt arterial access at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $3,282.41 $4,097.89 – $4,097.89
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $5,234.95 $1,645.27 – $14,957.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $5,234.95 $1,196.56 – $14,957.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $6,904.49 $4,097.89 – $4,097.89
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $8,898.90 $2,521.36 – $12,606.77
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $5,439.68 $1,119.67 – $8,159.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,325.14 $265.03 – $1,656.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $8,898.90 $2,373.04 – $12,606.77

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