Knee MRI (with contrast) 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.
$316.97 with Texas Health Network vs $21,670.20 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 Health Network | MCD | $316.97 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $323.44 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $323.44 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $323.44 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $323.44 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $328.79 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $328.79 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $328.79 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $328.79 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $335.37 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $355.09 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $355.78 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $355.78 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $355.78 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $355.78 | — |
| Humana | MCD | $404.30 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $1,210.00 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $1,301.00 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $1,358.84 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $1,361.64 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $1,444.68 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $1,444.68 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $1,444.68 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $1,444.68 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $1,444.68 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $1,605.00 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $1,605.00 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $1,605.00 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $1,609.16 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $1,609.16 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $1,688.43 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $1,706.00 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $1,706.00 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $1,706.00 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $2,007.00 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $2,007.00 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $2,007.00 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $2,127.00 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $2,168.00 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $2,168.00 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $2,304.00 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $2,566.69 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $2,696.05 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $2,739.00 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $2,818.59 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $3,996.95 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $4,045.10 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $5,279.33 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $5,279.33 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $5,778.72 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $8,427.30 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $9,631.20 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $10,353.54 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $10,835.10 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $10,835.10 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $12,833.57 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $13,242.90 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $13,242.90 | — |
| Triumph | COMM | $14,446.80 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $14,446.80 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $14,446.80 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $14,446.80 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $15,650.70 | — |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $18,058.50 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $19,262.40 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $19,743.96 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $20,466.30 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $20,466.30 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $20,466.30 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $21,670.20 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Knee MRI (with contrast) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $4,225.20 | $323.44 – $12,072.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $4,225.20 | $323.44 – $12,072.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $328.79 – $1,463.76 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $323.44 – $1,463.76 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,394.58 | $323.44 – $2,993.22 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $2,201.09 | $453.06 – $3,301.63 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,551.43 | $323.44 – $3,189.29 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,394.58 | $323.44 – $2,993.22 |