Liver imag w/vasclr flow 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.
$191.55 with Texas Health Network vs $3,215.58 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.
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 | $191.55 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $195.46 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $195.46 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $195.46 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $195.46 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $205.83 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $205.83 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $205.83 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $205.83 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $209.95 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $215.01 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $215.01 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $215.01 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $215.01 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $222.30 | — |
| Humana | MCD | $244.33 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $326.66 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $352.64 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $631.04 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $655.17 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $677.44 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $929.86 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $1,054.64 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $1,101.15 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $1,101.15 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $1,401.71 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $1,401.71 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $1,401.71 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $1,491.09 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $1,491.09 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $1,491.09 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $1,753.26 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $1,753.26 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $1,753.26 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $1,894.77 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $1,894.77 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $1,894.77 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $3,215.58 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $3,215.58 | — |
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Liver imag w/vasclr flow at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $205.83 – $1,054.64 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $195.46 – $1,054.64 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,255.15 | $194.80 – $1,568.94 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,694.54 | $348.79 – $2,541.81 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,498.22 | $194.80 – $1,872.78 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,255.15 | $194.80 – $1,568.94 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,694.54 | $208.44 – $2,541.81 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,694.54 | $194.80 – $2,541.81 |