Insitu hybridization auto 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

$1,329.00

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.

$1,329.00

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.

$79.74 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,196.10 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
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $79.74 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $79.74 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $79.74 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $79.74 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $79.74 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $172.77 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $172.77 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $172.77 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $172.77 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $186.06 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $186.06 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $220.61 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $223.27 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $259.15 ↓ -81%
United SmallGroup $291.26 ↓ -78%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $291.26 ↓ -78%
United AllPayerAppendix $291.26 ↓ -78%
Aetna QHPExchange $306.41 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $314.97 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $314.97 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $318.96 ↓ -76%
Cigna CSN $337.05 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $338.89 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $362.82 ↓ -73%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $365.07 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBPPO $407.48 ↓ -69%
Aetna NBPOS $407.48 ↓ -69%
Aetna NBHMO $407.48 ↓ -69%
Aetna COMMPOS $432.91 ↓ -67%
Aetna COMMPPO $432.91 ↓ -67%
Aetna COMMHMO $432.91 ↓ -67%
Cigna PPO $434.35 ↓ -67%
Imagine Health PPO $465.15 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $465.15 ↓ -65%
Aetna OONPOS $508.56 ↓ -62%
Aetna OONPPO $508.56 ↓ -62%
Aetna OONHMO $508.56 ↓ -62%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $531.60 ↓ -60%
Aetna ASAHMO $549.88 ↓ -59%
Aetna ASAPPO $549.88 ↓ -59%
Aetna ASAPOS $549.88 ↓ -59%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $571.47 ↓ -57%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $572.49 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $598.05 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $598.05 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $598.05 ↓ -55%
BCBS BAV $632.00 ↓ -52%
Coventry National First Health COMM $708.36 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $730.95 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $730.95 ↓ -45%
Humana HMO $741.17 ↓ -44%
Humana PPO $741.17 ↓ -44%
BCBS HMO $790.71 ↓ -41%
Triumph COMM $797.40 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $797.40 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $797.40 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $797.40 ↓ -40%
BCBS EPOSOA $847.40 ↓ -36%
Coastal Comp COMM $863.85 ↓ -35%
BCBS PPO $904.08 ↓ -32%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $996.75 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,063.20 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,089.78 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,129.65 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,129.65 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,129.65 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,196.10 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $296.53 $291.26 – $741.17
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $129.60 $291.26 – $741.17
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $294.00 $35.00 – $890.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $274.49 $36.00 – $890.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $274.49 $36.00 – $890.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $294.00 $35.00 – $890.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $274.49 $36.00 – $890.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $274.49 $26.00 – $890.45

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