Mastoids complete 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.

$60.91 with Texas Health Network vs $2,757.60 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 $60.91
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $62.15
Amerigroup MGMCD $62.15
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $62.15
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $62.15
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $62.81
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $62.81
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $62.81
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $62.81
United MGMCD $64.07
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $67.83
Molina Healthcare CHIP $68.37
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $68.37
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $68.37
Molina Healthcare STAR $68.37
Humana MCD $77.69
Cigna CSN $168.44
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $182.29
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $183.84
Superior Health Plan CHIP $183.84
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $183.84
Superior Health Plan STAR $183.84
Superior Health Plan STARKids $183.84
BCBS MyBlueHealth $197.26
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04
BCBS BAV $212.95
Cigna PPO $216.70
United SmallGroup $245.18
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Aetna QHPExchange $276.62
Aetna NBPOS $367.65
Aetna NBHMO $367.65
Aetna NBPPO $367.65
BCBS HMO $381.07
Aetna COMMPPO $391.09
Aetna COMMHMO $391.09
Aetna COMMPOS $391.09
BCBS EPOSOA $395.64
BCBS PPO $409.09
Aetna OONHMO $459.85
Aetna OONPOS $459.85
Aetna OONPPO $459.85
Aetna ASAPPO $496.97
Aetna ASAPOS $496.97
Aetna ASAHMO $496.97
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $508.62
United OptionsPPO $514.75
Humana HMO $645.29
Humana PPO $645.29
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $735.36
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $781.32
Evry Health BroadNetwork $836.47
Imagine Health PPO $1,072.40
BCBS Traditional $1,072.40
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,225.60
Curative Administrators COMM $1,225.60
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,317.52
Averde Health Commercial $1,378.80
United GlobalAppendix $1,378.80
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,378.80
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,633.11
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,685.20
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,685.20
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,838.40
Triumph COMM $1,838.40
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,838.40
Independent Medical System COMM $1,838.40
Coastal Comp COMM $1,991.60
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $2,298.00
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $2,451.20
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,512.48
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $2,604.40
Physicians, INC COMM $2,604.40
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $2,604.40
Affiliated PPO COMM $2,757.60

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Mastoids complete at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $106.40 $33.44 – $304.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $106.40 $24.32 – $304.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $62.81 – $276.62
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $62.15 – $276.62
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $238.14 $62.15 – $297.68
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $245.27 $50.48 – $367.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $235.84 $62.15 – $294.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $238.14 $62.15 – $297.68

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