Mayo gamma-globin full gene sequencing 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

$948.00

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$948.00

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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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$51.81 with BCBS vs $853.20 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

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

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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $51.81 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $56.88 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $56.88 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $56.88 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $56.88 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $56.88 ↓ -94%
BCBS BAV $57.20 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $62.85 ↓ -93%
BCBS HMO $71.56 ↓ -92%
BCBS EPOSOA $76.69 ↓ -92%
BCBS PPO $81.82 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $123.24 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $123.24 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $123.24 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $123.24 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $132.72 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $132.72 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $157.37 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $159.26 ↓ -83%
Superior EPO $165.90 ↓ -83%
Superior HMO $165.90 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $184.86 ↓ -81%
Superior ValueHMO $187.70 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $224.68 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $224.68 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $227.52 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $241.74 ↓ -75%
Aetna QHPExchange $251.22 ↓ -74%
Molina Healthcare HIX $255.96 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $258.80 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $284.40 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $302.51 ↓ -68%
Humana HMO $302.51 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPOS $304.31 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPPO $304.31 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBHMO $304.31 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMPOS $324.22 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMHMO $324.22 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPPO $324.22 ↓ -66%
Imagine Health PPO $331.80 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $331.80 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $379.20 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $380.15 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $380.15 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $380.15 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $407.64 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPPO $410.48 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $410.48 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $410.48 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $426.60 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $426.60 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $426.60 ↓ -55%
Cigna CSN $472.97 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $505.28 ↓ -47%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $512.29 ↓ -46%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $521.40 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $521.40 ↓ -45%
Triumph COMM $568.80 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $568.80 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $568.80 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $568.80 ↓ -40%
Cigna PPO $609.50 ↓ -36%
Coastal Comp COMM $616.20 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $711.00 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $758.40 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $777.36 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $805.80 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $805.80 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $805.80 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $853.20 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Mayo gamma-globin full gene sequencing at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $646.10 $30.78 – $1,846.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $646.10 $37.45 – $1,846.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $51.81 – $472.97
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $51.81 – $472.97
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $7,487.95 $0.01 – $62.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $7,487.95 $0.00 – $0.03
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $7,487.95 $0.00 – $132.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $7,487.95 $0.00 – $93.37

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