Insj perq vad r hrt venous 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

$37,485.00

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.

$37,485.00

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 $33,736.50 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 ↓ -99%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -99%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan STAR $948.00 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $948.00 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00 ↓ -97%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $2,115.00 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $2,485.26 ↓ -93%
Oscar HIX $3,390.00 ↓ -91%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $3,539.44 ↓ -91%
BCBS BAV $3,898.40 ↓ -90%
BCBS PPO $4,415.61 ↓ -88%
BCBS EPOSOA $4,477.37 ↓ -88%
BCBS HMO $4,539.12 ↓ -88%
Humana HMO $4,690.00 ↓ -87%
Humana PPO $4,690.00 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $4,873.05 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $4,873.05 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $4,873.05 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $4,873.05 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $5,247.90 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $5,247.90 ↓ -86%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $5,841.00 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $6,222.51 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $6,297.48 ↓ -83%
United SmallGroup $6,300.00 ↓ -83%
Superior HMO $6,559.88 ↓ -82%
Superior EPO $6,559.88 ↓ -82%
Superior ValueHMO $7,422.03 ↓ -80%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $8,757.00 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $8,883.94 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $8,883.94 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $8,996.40 ↓ -76%
United AllPayerAppendix $9,000.00 ↓ -76%
Molina Healthcare HIX $10,120.95 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $10,233.41 ↓ -73%
Cigna CSN $10,740.00 ↓ -71%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $11,245.50 ↓ -70%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $11,636.00 ↓ -69%
Curative Administrators COMM $12,018.00 ↓ -68%
BCBS Traditional $13,119.75 ↓ -65%
Cigna PPO $13,835.00 ↓ -63%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $14,994.00 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $16,118.55 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $16,868.25 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $19,979.51 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $20,616.75 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $20,616.75 ↓ -45%
Triumph COMM $22,491.00 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $22,491.00 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $22,491.00 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $22,491.00 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $24,365.25 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $28,113.75 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $29,988.00 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $30,737.70 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $31,862.25 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $31,862.25 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $31,862.25 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $33,736.50 ↓ -10%
WellMed MGMCR not published by hospital

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Insj perq vad r hrt venous at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $3,626.07 $3,539.44 – $3,539.44
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $5,130.30 $1,612.38 – $14,658.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $5,130.30 $1,172.64 – $14,658.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $3,539.44 – $3,539.44
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $11,556.32 $652.31 – $16,371.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,166.82 $240.17 – $5,388.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,166.82 $233.36 – $5,388.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $11,556.32 $478.62 – $16,371.45

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