Ko swedish type pre ots 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.

$201.66 with Oscar vs $2,942.26 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 $201.66
WellMed MGMCR $204.75
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $205.78
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $205.78
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $205.78
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $205.78
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $205.78
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $205.78
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $205.78
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $205.78
Devoted Health MGMCR $205.78
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $205.78
Amerigroup DualEligible $205.78
BCBS MCRPPO $205.78
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $205.78
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $205.78
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $205.78
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $205.78
CHC Harris Health Indigent $205.78
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $205.78
Aetna MCR $207.53
Van Lang IPA MCR $207.84
United MCR $209.90
WellCare PFFS $211.95
WellCare PPO $211.95
WellCare SNP $211.95
WellCare POS $211.95
WellCare MCRHMO $211.95
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $211.95
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $216.07
Superior Health Plan PFFS $216.07
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $216.07
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $216.07
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $216.07
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $216.07
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $216.07
American Health Plan MGMCR $216.07
Shared Health MGMCR $216.07
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $218.13
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $218.13
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $218.13
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $218.13
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $218.13
Molina MGMCR $224.30
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $246.94
Verda Health Plan MCR $267.51
Superior ValueHMO $298.38
Community Health Choice HIX $298.38
Superior EPO $318.96
Superior HMO $318.96
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $407.44
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $432.14
Molina Healthcare HIX $442.43
Humana PPO $2,942.26
Humana HMO $2,942.26

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Ko swedish type pre ots at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $201.66 – $442.43
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $201.66 – $442.43
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $201.66 – $442.43
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $201.66 – $442.43
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $201.66 – $442.43
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $201.66 – $442.43
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $201.66 – $442.43
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $201.66 – $442.43

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