Knee disart expand wall sock 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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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.

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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.

$714.75 with Oscar vs $5,610.14 with Humana — 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
Oscar MGMCR $714.75
WellMed MGMCR $725.69
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $729.34
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $729.34
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $729.34
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $729.34
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $729.34
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $729.34
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $729.34
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $729.34
Devoted Health MGMCR $729.34
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $729.34
Amerigroup DualEligible $729.34
BCBS MCRPPO $729.34
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $729.34
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $729.34
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $729.34
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $729.34
CHC Harris Health Indigent $729.34
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $729.34
Aetna MCR $735.54
Van Lang IPA MCR $736.63
United MCR $743.93
WellCare PFFS $751.22
WellCare PPO $751.22
WellCare SNP $751.22
WellCare POS $751.22
WellCare MCRHMO $751.22
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $751.22
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $765.81
Superior Health Plan PFFS $765.81
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $765.81
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $765.81
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $765.81
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $765.81
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $765.81
American Health Plan MGMCR $765.81
Shared Health MGMCR $765.81
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $773.10
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $773.10
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $773.10
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $773.10
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $773.10
Molina MGMCR $794.98
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $875.21
Verda Health Plan MCR $948.14
Superior ValueHMO $1,057.54
Community Health Choice HIX $1,057.54
Superior EPO $1,130.48
Superior HMO $1,130.48
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $1,444.09
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $1,531.61
Molina Healthcare HIX $1,568.08
Humana PPO $5,610.14
Humana HMO $5,610.14

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Knee disart expand wall sock at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $714.75 – $1,568.08
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $714.75 – $1,568.08
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $714.75 – $1,568.08
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $714.75 – $1,568.08
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $714.75 – $1,568.08
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $714.75 – $1,568.08
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $714.75 – $1,568.08
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $714.75 – $1,568.08

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