IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis concurrent infusion 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

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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.

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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.

$5.16 with Superior Health Plan vs $600.00 with Texas Athletic Network — 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 $5.16
Superior Health Plan STARKids $5.16
Superior Health Plan STAR $5.16
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $5.16
Superior Health Plan CHIP $5.16
Aetna MCR $5.70
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $11.18
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $11.18
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $11.18
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $11.18
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $12.04
Amerigroup MGMCD $12.04
Cigna CSN $12.73
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $13.76
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $14.28
United OptionsPPO $14.45
Superior HMO $15.05
Superior EPO $15.05
Cigna PPO $16.34
Oscar HIX $16.77
Superior ValueHMO $17.03
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $20.38
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $20.38
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $20.64
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $21.93
Aetna QHPExchange $22.79
Molina Healthcare HIX $23.22
Evry Health BroadNetwork $23.48
CHC Harris Health Indigent $25.80
Aetna NBPPO $27.61
Aetna NBPOS $27.61
Aetna NBHMO $27.61
Aetna COMMHMO $29.41
Aetna COMMPOS $29.41
Aetna COMMPPO $29.41
BCBS Traditional $30.10
Imagine Health PPO $30.10
Curative Administrators COMM $34.40
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $34.40
Aetna OONHMO $34.49
Aetna OONPPO $34.49
Aetna OONPOS $34.49
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $36.98
Aetna ASAPPO $37.24
Aetna ASAPOS $37.24
Aetna ASAHMO $37.24
United GlobalAppendix $38.70
Averde Health Commercial $38.70
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $38.70
Coventry National First Health COMM $45.84
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $47.30
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $47.30
BCBS MyBlueHealth $49.75
Triumph COMM $51.60
Independent Medical System COMM $51.60
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $51.60
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $51.60
BCBS BAV $54.85
Coastal Comp COMM $55.90
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $64.50
BCBS HMO $68.67
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $68.80
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $70.52
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $73.10
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $73.10
Physicians, INC COMM $73.10
BCBS EPOSOA $77.17
Affiliated PPO COMM $77.40
BCBS PPO $85.47
Humana PPO $197.24
Humana HMO $197.24
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00

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IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis concurrent infusion at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $316.05 $25.09 – $903.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $316.05 $31.04 – $903.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $49.75 – $197.24
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $49.75 – $197.24
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $357.20 $81.85 – $81.85
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $235.84 $65.27 – $334.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $240.85 $49.57 – $361.27
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $300.32 $60.06 – $375.40

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