Lipoprotein blood quant 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

$1,026.00

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.

$1,026.00

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.

$28.15 with Texas Health Network vs $923.40 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.

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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
Texas Health Network MCD $28.15 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $28.72 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $28.72 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $28.72 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $28.72 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $28.72 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $28.72 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $28.72 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $28.72 ↓ -97%
United MGMCD $29.29 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $31.02 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $31.59 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STAR $31.59 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $31.59 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $31.59 ↓ -97%
Oscar MGMCR $33.51 ↓ -97%
WellMed MGMCR $34.02 ↓ -97%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $34.19 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $34.19 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $34.19 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $34.19 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $34.19 ↓ -97%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $34.19 ↓ -97%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $34.19 ↓ -97%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $34.19 ↓ -97%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $34.19 ↓ -97%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $34.19 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MGMCR $34.19 ↓ -97%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $34.19 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $34.19 ↓ -97%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $34.19 ↓ -97%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $34.19 ↓ -97%
United SmallGroup $34.19 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup DualEligible $34.19 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRPPO $34.19 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $34.19 ↓ -97%
Aetna MCR $34.48 ↓ -97%
Van Lang IPA MCR $34.53 ↓ -97%
United MCR $34.87 ↓ -97%
WellCare PFFS $35.22 ↓ -97%
WellCare POS $35.22 ↓ -97%
WellCare SNP $35.22 ↓ -97%
WellCare PPO $35.22 ↓ -97%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $35.22 ↓ -97%
WellCare MCRHMO $35.22 ↓ -97%
Shared Health MGMCR $35.90 ↓ -97%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $35.90 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $35.90 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $35.90 ↓ -97%
American Health Plan MGMCR $35.90 ↓ -97%
Humana MCD $35.90 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $35.90 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $35.90 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $35.90 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $35.90 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $36.24 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $36.24 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $36.24 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $36.24 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $36.24 ↓ -96%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $37.00 ↓ -96%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $37.00 ↓ -96%
Molina MGMCR $37.27 ↓ -96%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $41.03 ↓ -96%
Verda Health Plan MCR $44.45 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice HIX $49.58 ↓ -95%
Superior ValueHMO $49.58 ↓ -95%
Superior HMO $52.99 ↓ -95%
Superior EPO $52.99 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $61.56 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $61.56 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $61.56 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $61.56 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $61.56 ↓ -94%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $67.70 ↓ -93%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $69.06 ↓ -93%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $71.80 ↓ -93%
Molina Healthcare HIX $73.51 ↓ -93%
BCBS BAV $76.24 ↓ -93%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $94.65 ↓ -91%
BCBS HMO $95.39 ↓ -91%
Oscar HIX $98.81 ↓ -90%
BCBS EPOSOA $102.23 ↓ -90%
BCBS PPO $109.07 ↓ -89%
Aetna QHPExchange $125.22 ↓ -88%
Cigna CSN $140.77 ↓ -86%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $152.47 ↓ -85%
Aetna NBPPO $166.53 ↓ -84%
Aetna NBPOS $166.53 ↓ -84%
Aetna NBHMO $166.53 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $170.32 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $172.37 ↓ -83%
Aetna COMMPOS $176.92 ↓ -83%
Aetna COMMHMO $176.92 ↓ -83%
Aetna COMMPPO $176.92 ↓ -83%
Cigna PPO $181.41 ↓ -82%
Aetna OONHMO $207.84 ↓ -80%
Aetna OONPPO $207.84 ↓ -80%
Aetna OONPOS $207.84 ↓ -80%
Aetna ASAPPO $224.73 ↓ -78%
Aetna ASAHMO $224.73 ↓ -78%
Aetna ASAPOS $224.73 ↓ -78%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $246.24 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $280.10 ↓ -73%
Imagine Health PPO $359.10 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $359.10 ↓ -65%
Humana HMO $421.44 ↓ -59%
Humana PPO $421.44 ↓ -59%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $441.18 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $461.70 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $461.70 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $461.70 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $546.86 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $564.30 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $564.30 ↓ -45%
Triumph COMM $615.60 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $615.60 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $615.60 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $615.60 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $666.90 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $769.50 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $820.80 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $841.32 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $872.10 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $872.10 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $872.10 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $923.40 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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