Intracranial complete study at HCA HOUSTON WEST
12141 RICHMOND AVENUE, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1275580938
$10,007.00
Cash price 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.
$10,007.00
Gross charge 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.
$228.85 with Texas Health Network vs $9,006.30 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Health Network | MCD | $228.85 | ↓ -98% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $230.13 | ↓ -98% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $230.13 | ↓ -98% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $230.13 | ↓ -98% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $230.13 | ↓ -98% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $233.52 | ↓ -98% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $233.52 | ↓ -98% |
| United | MGMCD | $234.73 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $248.54 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $256.87 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $256.87 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $256.87 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $256.87 | ↓ -97% |
| Humana | MCD | $291.90 | ↓ -97% |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | ↓ -97% |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $533.82 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS | BAV | $588.58 | ↓ -94% |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $600.42 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $600.42 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $600.42 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $600.42 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $600.42 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | HMO | $736.86 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | CSN | $818.24 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $828.11 | ↓ -92% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $885.52 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS | PPO | $917.08 | ↓ -91% |
| Cigna | PPO | $1,052.64 | ↓ -89% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $1,661.16 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,681.18 | ↓ -83% |
| Oscar | HIX | $1,951.37 | ↓ -80% |
| Humana | HMO | $2,117.09 | ↓ -79% |
| Humana | PPO | $2,117.09 | ↓ -79% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $2,371.66 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $2,371.66 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $2,401.68 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $2,551.78 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $2,651.86 | ↓ -73% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $2,731.91 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $3,212.25 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $3,212.25 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $3,212.25 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $3,422.39 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $3,422.39 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $3,422.39 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $3,502.45 | ↓ -65% |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $3,502.45 | ↓ -65% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $4,002.80 | ↓ -60% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $4,002.80 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $4,012.81 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $4,012.81 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $4,012.81 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $4,303.01 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $4,333.03 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $4,333.03 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $4,333.03 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $4,503.15 | ↓ -55% |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $4,503.15 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $4,503.15 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $5,333.73 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $5,503.85 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $5,503.85 | ↓ -45% |
| Triumph | COMM | $6,004.20 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $6,004.20 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $6,004.20 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $6,004.20 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $6,504.55 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $7,505.25 | ↓ -25% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $8,005.60 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $8,205.74 | ↓ -18% |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $8,505.95 | ↓ -15% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $8,505.95 | ↓ -15% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $8,505.95 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $9,006.30 | ↓ -10% |
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Intracranial complete study at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $4,214.10 | $230.13 – $818.24 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $549.85 | $172.81 – $1,571.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $549.85 | $125.68 – $1,571.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $230.13 – $818.24 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,308.50 | $227.71 – $1,635.62 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,308.50 | $269.33 – $1,962.75 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $687.43 | $227.71 – $1,117.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,308.50 | $227.71 – $1,635.62 |