Intrapul surf admin endo tube 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

$946.00

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.

$946.00

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.

$56.76 with Superior Health Plan vs $851.40 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 STAR $56.76 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $56.76 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $56.76 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $56.76 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $56.76 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $122.98 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $122.98 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $122.98 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $122.98 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $132.44 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $132.44 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $157.04 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $158.93 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $184.47 ↓ -81%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $224.20 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $224.20 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $227.04 ↓ -76%
Aetna QHPExchange $250.69 ↓ -74%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPOS $303.67 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPPO $303.67 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBHMO $303.67 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMHMO $323.53 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPOS $323.53 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPPO $323.53 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $331.10 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $378.40 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $379.35 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $379.35 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $379.35 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $406.78 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPPO $409.62 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $409.62 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $409.62 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $425.70 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $425.70 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $425.70 ↓ -55%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $430.47 ↓ -54%
BCBS BAV $474.62 ↓ -50%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -47%
Coventry National First Health COMM $504.22 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $520.30 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $520.30 ↓ -45%
Humana HMO $543.69 ↓ -43%
Humana PPO $543.69 ↓ -43%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $567.60 ↓ -40%
Triumph COMM $567.60 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $567.60 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $567.60 ↓ -40%
BCBS HMO $594.19 ↓ -37%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -37%
Coastal Comp COMM $614.90 ↓ -35%
BCBS EPOSOA $667.77 ↓ -29%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $709.50 ↓ -25%
BCBS PPO $739.52 ↓ -22%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $756.80 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $775.72 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $804.10 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $804.10 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $804.10 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $851.40 ↓ -10%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $177.80 $47.84 – $508.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $177.80 $100.00 – $508.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $732.32 $430.47 – $543.69
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $430.47 – $543.69
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $220.80 $62.56 – $528.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $296.29 $60.99 – $528.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $274.29 $54.86 – $528.37
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