Kidney imag w/bld flow multi at HCA HOUSTON WEST
12141 RICHMOND AVENUE, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1275580938
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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.
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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.
$300.00 with Texas Athletic Network vs $15,948.90 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 |
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| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | — |
| Texas Health Network | MCD | $338.58 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $345.49 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $345.49 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $345.49 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $345.49 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $361.20 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $361.20 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $361.20 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $361.20 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $368.42 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $380.04 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $380.04 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $380.04 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $380.04 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $390.10 | — |
| Humana | MCD | $431.86 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $549.30 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $592.99 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $929.86 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $1,061.14 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $1,063.26 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $1,063.26 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $1,063.26 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $1,063.26 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $1,063.26 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $1,101.15 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $1,101.15 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,101.71 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,139.16 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $1,697.71 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $2,256.42 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $2,256.42 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $2,256.42 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $2,400.30 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $2,400.30 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $2,400.30 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $2,822.33 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $2,822.33 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $2,822.33 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $2,941.69 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $2,977.13 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $3,050.13 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $3,050.13 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $3,050.13 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $4,253.04 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $4,518.85 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $4,837.83 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $5,463.88 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $5,463.88 | — |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $6,202.35 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $6,202.35 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $7,088.40 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $7,088.40 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $7,620.03 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $7,974.45 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $7,974.45 | — |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $7,974.45 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $9,445.29 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $9,746.55 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $9,746.55 | — |
| Triumph | COMM | $10,632.60 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $10,632.60 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $10,632.60 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $10,632.60 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $11,518.65 | — |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $13,290.75 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $14,176.80 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $14,531.22 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $15,062.85 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $15,062.85 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $15,062.85 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $15,948.90 | — |
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Kidney imag w/bld flow multi at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $2,572.15 | $345.49 – $7,349.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $2,572.15 | $345.49 – $7,349.00 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,193.73 | $332.13 – $1,492.16 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,293.28 | $266.20 – $1,939.91 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,319.61 | $332.13 – $1,649.51 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,193.73 | $332.13 – $1,492.16 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,293.28 | $355.38 – $1,939.91 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,293.28 | $332.13 – $1,939.91 |