Large Joint Injection or Fluid Draw (both sides) 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.
$27.40 with Texas Health Network vs $5,841.00 with Healthcare Highways — 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 | $27.40 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $29.36 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $30.00 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $30.76 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $30.76 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $30.76 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $30.76 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $31.32 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $31.32 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $31.32 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $31.32 | — |
| Humana | MCD | $34.95 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $35.29 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $143.99 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $143.99 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $143.99 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $224.11 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $246.77 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $261.98 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $274.39 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $286.81 | — |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $309.89 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $948.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $948.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $948.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $948.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $948.00 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $1,120.00 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $1,600.00 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,672.00 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $1,702.00 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $1,986.00 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $1,986.00 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $2,110.00 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $2,110.00 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $2,115.00 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $2,281.00 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $2,358.00 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $2,424.00 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $2,428.00 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $2,483.00 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $2,483.00 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $2,631.00 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $2,682.00 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $2,682.00 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $2,852.00 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $3,083.00 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $3,128.00 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $5,841.00 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Large Joint Injection or Fluid Draw (both sides) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $1,723.75 | $1,329.75 – $4,925.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $1,723.75 | $1,329.75 – $4,925.00 |
| Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital | Houston | $1,337.00 | $45.32 – $2,956.00 |
| Houston Methodist Hospital | Houston | $2,099.50 | $45.32 – $2,956.00 |
| Houston Methodist West Hospital | Houston | $1,337.00 | $45.32 – $2,956.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $29.36 – $309.89 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $29.36 – $309.89 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $658.01 | $38.80 – $4,826.69 |