Mayo avwpr vw factor activity 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

$926.00

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.

$926.00

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.

$25.40 with Texas Health Network vs $833.40 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 $25.40 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $25.92 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $25.92 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $25.92 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $25.92 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $25.92 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $25.92 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $25.92 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $25.92 ↓ -97%
United MGMCD $26.44 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $27.99 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $28.51 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STAR $28.51 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $28.51 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $28.51 ↓ -97%
Oscar MGMCR $30.24 ↓ -97%
WellMed MGMCR $30.71 ↓ -97%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $30.86 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $30.86 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $30.86 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $30.86 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $30.86 ↓ -97%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $30.86 ↓ -97%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $30.86 ↓ -97%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $30.86 ↓ -97%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $30.86 ↓ -97%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $30.86 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MGMCR $30.86 ↓ -97%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $30.86 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $30.86 ↓ -97%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $30.86 ↓ -97%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $30.86 ↓ -97%
United SmallGroup $30.86 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup DualEligible $30.86 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRPPO $30.86 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $30.86 ↓ -97%
Aetna MCR $31.12 ↓ -97%
Van Lang IPA MCR $31.17 ↓ -97%
United MCR $31.48 ↓ -97%
WellCare PFFS $31.79 ↓ -97%
WellCare POS $31.79 ↓ -97%
WellCare SNP $31.79 ↓ -97%
WellCare PPO $31.79 ↓ -97%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $31.79 ↓ -97%
WellCare MCRHMO $31.79 ↓ -97%
Shared Health MGMCR $32.40 ↓ -97%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $32.40 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $32.40 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $32.40 ↓ -97%
American Health Plan MGMCR $32.40 ↓ -97%
Humana MCD $32.40 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $32.40 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $32.40 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $32.40 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $32.40 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $32.71 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $32.71 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $32.71 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $32.71 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $32.71 ↓ -96%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $33.40 ↓ -96%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $33.40 ↓ -96%
Molina MGMCR $33.64 ↓ -96%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $37.03 ↓ -96%
Verda Health Plan MCR $40.12 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice HIX $44.75 ↓ -95%
Superior ValueHMO $44.75 ↓ -95%
Superior HMO $47.83 ↓ -95%
Superior EPO $47.83 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $55.56 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $55.56 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $55.56 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $55.56 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $55.56 ↓ -94%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $61.10 ↓ -93%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $62.34 ↓ -93%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $64.81 ↓ -93%
Molina Healthcare HIX $66.35 ↓ -93%
BCBS BAV $68.82 ↓ -93%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $74.99 ↓ -92%
BCBS HMO $86.10 ↓ -91%
Oscar HIX $89.19 ↓ -90%
BCBS EPOSOA $92.27 ↓ -90%
BCBS PPO $98.44 ↓ -89%
Aetna QHPExchange $113.03 ↓ -88%
Cigna CSN $126.87 ↓ -86%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $137.42 ↓ -85%
Aetna NBPPO $150.31 ↓ -84%
Aetna NBPOS $150.31 ↓ -84%
Aetna NBHMO $150.31 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $153.72 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $155.57 ↓ -83%
Aetna COMMPOS $159.69 ↓ -83%
Aetna COMMHMO $159.69 ↓ -83%
Aetna COMMPPO $159.69 ↓ -83%
Cigna PPO $163.49 ↓ -82%
Aetna OONHMO $187.60 ↓ -80%
Aetna OONPPO $187.60 ↓ -80%
Aetna OONPOS $187.60 ↓ -80%
Aetna ASAPPO $202.84 ↓ -78%
Aetna ASAHMO $202.84 ↓ -78%
Aetna ASAPOS $202.84 ↓ -78%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $222.24 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $252.80 ↓ -73%
Imagine Health PPO $324.10 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $324.10 ↓ -65%
Humana HMO $333.91 ↓ -64%
Humana PPO $333.91 ↓ -64%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $398.18 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $416.70 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $416.70 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $416.70 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $493.56 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $509.30 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $509.30 ↓ -45%
Triumph COMM $555.60 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $555.60 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $555.60 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $555.60 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $601.90 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $694.50 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $740.80 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $759.32 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $787.10 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $787.10 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $787.10 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $833.40 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $806.87 $25.92 – $126.87
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $171.50 $22.22 – $490.00
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $232.54 $12.00 – $255.38
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