Mayo chromium 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.

$16.70 with Texas Health Network vs $270.93 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 $16.70
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $17.04
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $17.04
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $17.04
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $17.04
Amerigroup MGMCD $17.04
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $17.04
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $17.04
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $17.04
United MGMCD $17.38
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $18.40
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $18.74
Molina Healthcare CHIP $18.74
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $18.74
Molina Healthcare STAR $18.74
Oscar MGMCR $19.87
WellMed MGMCR $20.18
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $20.28
Amerigroup DualEligible $20.28
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $20.28
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $20.28
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $20.28
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $20.28
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $20.28
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $20.28
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $20.28
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $20.28
BCBS MCRPPO $20.28
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $20.28
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $20.28
Devoted Health MGMCR $20.28
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $20.28
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $20.28
United AllPayerAppendix $20.28
United SmallGroup $20.28
CHC Harris Health Indigent $20.28
Aetna MCR $20.45
Van Lang IPA MCR $20.48
United MCR $20.69
WellCare POS $20.89
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $20.89
WellCare SNP $20.89
WellCare PPO $20.89
WellCare PFFS $20.89
WellCare MCRHMO $20.89
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $21.29
American Health Plan MGMCR $21.29
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $21.29
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $21.29
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $21.29
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $21.29
Superior Health Plan PFFS $21.29
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $21.29
Shared Health MGMCR $21.29
Humana MCD $21.30
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $21.50
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $21.50
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $21.50
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $21.50
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $21.50
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $21.95
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $21.95
Molina MGMCR $22.11
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $24.34
Verda Health Plan MCR $26.36
Community Health Choice HIX $29.41
Superior ValueHMO $29.41
Superior HMO $31.43
Superior EPO $31.43
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $40.15
BCBS MyBlueHealth $40.97
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $42.59
Molina Healthcare HIX $43.60
BCBS BAV $45.22
BCBS HMO $56.58
Oscar HIX $58.61
BCBS EPOSOA $60.64
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $60.84
BCBS PPO $64.69
Aetna QHPExchange $74.28
Cigna CSN $83.66
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $90.61
Aetna NBPOS $98.78
Aetna NBPPO $98.78
Aetna NBHMO $98.78
Aetna COMMPOS $104.94
Aetna COMMHMO $104.94
Aetna COMMPPO $104.94
Cigna PPO $107.81
Aetna OONPOS $123.28
Aetna OONPPO $123.28
Aetna OONHMO $123.28
Aetna ASAPOS $133.30
Aetna ASAHMO $133.30
Aetna ASAPPO $133.30
Humana HMO $270.93
Humana PPO $270.93
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Mayo chromium at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $17.04 – $83.66
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $17.04 – $83.66
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $130.68 $10.00 – $163.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $128.84 $12.00 – $193.26
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $111.18 $12.00 – $138.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $130.68 $10.00 – $163.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $128.84 $12.00 – $193.26
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $128.84 $8.00 – $193.26

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