Liver/spleen imag static only 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.

$180.75 with Texas Health Network vs $3,109.97 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
Texas Health Network MCD $180.75
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $184.44
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $184.44
Amerigroup MGMCD $184.44
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $184.44
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $192.46
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $192.46
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $192.46
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $192.46
United MGMCD $196.31
Molina Healthcare CHIP $202.88
Molina Healthcare STAR $202.88
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $202.88
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $202.88
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $207.86
Humana MCD $230.55
BCBS MyBlueHealth $312.07
BCBS BAV $336.89
BCBS HMO $602.85
BCBS EPOSOA $625.90
BCBS PPO $647.18
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $716.53
United SmallGroup $848.52
United AllPayerAppendix $848.52
Aetna QHPExchange $972.93
Aetna NBPPO $1,293.12
Aetna NBPOS $1,293.12
Aetna NBHMO $1,293.12
Aetna COMMPOS $1,375.57
Aetna COMMPPO $1,375.57
Aetna COMMHMO $1,375.57
Aetna OONPOS $1,617.43
Aetna OONHMO $1,617.43
Aetna OONPPO $1,617.43
Aetna ASAPOS $1,747.98
Aetna ASAHMO $1,747.98
Aetna ASAPPO $1,747.98
Humana HMO $3,109.97
Humana PPO $3,109.97

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Liver/spleen imag static only at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $6,742.60 $192.46 – $972.93
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $444.50 $139.70 – $1,270.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $444.50 $101.60 – $1,270.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $184.44 – $972.93
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,471.52 $180.10 – $1,839.40
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,166.72 $240.15 – $1,750.08
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,123.50 $180.10 – $1,404.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,471.52 $180.10 – $1,839.40

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