Kidney img w/bldflw sgl without rx 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

$17,247.00

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$17,247.00

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$214.16 with Texas Health Network vs $15,522.30 with Affiliated PPO — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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 $214.16 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $218.53 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $218.53 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $218.53 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $218.53 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $227.21 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $227.21 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $227.21 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $227.21 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $231.75 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $240.38 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $240.38 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $240.38 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $240.38 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $245.39 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $273.16 ↓ -98%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $340.61 ↓ -98%
BCBS BAV $367.71 ↓ -98%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -97%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -97%
BCBS HMO $658.00 ↓ -96%
BCBS EPOSOA $683.16 ↓ -96%
BCBS PPO $706.38 ↓ -96%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $929.86 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1,034.82 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $1,034.82 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $1,034.82 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1,034.82 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1,034.82 ↓ -94%
Aetna QHPExchange $1,050.60 ↓ -94%
United SmallGroup $1,101.15 ↓ -94%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,101.15 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBPOS $1,396.35 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBHMO $1,396.35 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBPPO $1,396.35 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMMPOS $1,485.38 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMMHMO $1,485.38 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMMPPO $1,485.38 ↓ -91%
Aetna OONPPO $1,746.55 ↓ -90%
Aetna OONPOS $1,746.55 ↓ -90%
Aetna OONHMO $1,746.55 ↓ -90%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,887.52 ↓ -89%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,887.52 ↓ -89%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,887.52 ↓ -89%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $2,863.00 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $2,897.50 ↓ -83%
Humana HMO $3,408.23 ↓ -80%
Humana PPO $3,408.23 ↓ -80%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $4,139.28 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $4,397.98 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $4,708.43 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $6,036.45 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $6,036.45 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $6,898.80 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $6,898.80 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $7,416.21 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $7,761.15 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $7,761.15 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $7,761.15 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $9,192.65 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $9,485.85 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $9,485.85 ↓ -45%
Triumph COMM $10,348.20 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $10,348.20 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $10,348.20 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $10,348.20 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $11,210.55 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $12,935.25 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $13,797.60 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $14,142.54 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $14,659.95 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $14,659.95 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $14,659.95 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $15,522.30 ↓ -10%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Kidney img w/bldflw sgl without rx at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $5,060.92 $227.21 – $1,050.60
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $1,631.00 $218.53 – $4,660.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $1,631.00 $218.53 – $4,660.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $7,036.35 $218.53 – $1,050.60
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,468.04 $212.84 – $1,835.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,465.10 $301.57 – $2,197.65
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,398.79 $212.84 – $1,748.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,468.04 $212.84 – $1,835.05

All Texas hospitals for this procedure →