Latex suspension sleeve each 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.

$77.95 with Oscar vs $611.87 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 $77.95
WellMed MGMCR $79.14
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $79.54
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $79.54
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $79.54
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $79.54
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $79.54
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $79.54
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $79.54
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $79.54
Devoted Health MGMCR $79.54
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $79.54
Amerigroup DualEligible $79.54
BCBS MCRPPO $79.54
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $79.54
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $79.54
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $79.54
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $79.54
CHC Harris Health Indigent $79.54
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $79.54
Aetna MCR $80.22
Van Lang IPA MCR $80.34
United MCR $81.13
WellCare PFFS $81.93
WellCare PPO $81.93
WellCare SNP $81.93
WellCare POS $81.93
WellCare MCRHMO $81.93
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $81.93
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $83.52
Superior Health Plan PFFS $83.52
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $83.52
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $83.52
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $83.52
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $83.52
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $83.52
American Health Plan MGMCR $83.52
Shared Health MGMCR $83.52
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $84.31
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $84.31
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $84.31
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $84.31
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $84.31
Molina MGMCR $86.70
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $95.45
Verda Health Plan MCR $103.40
Superior ValueHMO $115.33
Community Health Choice HIX $115.33
Superior EPO $123.29
Superior HMO $123.29
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $157.49
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $167.03
Molina Healthcare HIX $171.01
Humana PPO $611.87
Humana HMO $611.87

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Latex suspension sleeve each at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $77.95 – $171.01
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $77.95 – $171.01
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $77.95 – $171.01
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $77.95 – $171.01
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $77.95 – $171.01
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $77.95 – $171.01
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $77.95 – $171.01
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $77.95 – $171.01

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