Mayo infectious agent nucleic acid quantification cytomegalovirus 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

$1,618.00

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.

$1,618.00

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.

$35.27 with Texas Health Network vs $1,456.20 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
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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 $35.27 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $35.99 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $35.99 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $35.99 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $35.99 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $35.99 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $35.99 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $35.99 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $35.99 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $36.71 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $38.87 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $39.59 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $39.59 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $39.59 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $39.59 ↓ -98%
Oscar MGMCR $41.98 ↓ -97%
WellMed MGMCR $42.63 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MGMCR $42.84 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRPPO $42.84 ↓ -97%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $42.84 ↓ -97%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $42.84 ↓ -97%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $42.84 ↓ -97%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $42.84 ↓ -97%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $42.84 ↓ -97%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $42.84 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $42.84 ↓ -97%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $42.84 ↓ -97%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $42.84 ↓ -97%
United SmallGroup $42.84 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup DualEligible $42.84 ↓ -97%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $42.84 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $42.84 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $42.84 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $42.84 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $42.84 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $42.84 ↓ -97%
Aetna MCR $43.20 ↓ -97%
Van Lang IPA MCR $43.27 ↓ -97%
United MCR $43.70 ↓ -97%
WellCare MCRHMO $44.13 ↓ -97%
WellCare POS $44.13 ↓ -97%
WellCare SNP $44.13 ↓ -97%
WellCare PPO $44.13 ↓ -97%
WellCare PFFS $44.13 ↓ -97%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $44.13 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $44.98 ↓ -97%
American Health Plan MGMCR $44.98 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $44.98 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $44.98 ↓ -97%
Shared Health MGMCR $44.98 ↓ -97%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $44.98 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $44.98 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $44.98 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $44.98 ↓ -97%
Humana MCD $44.99 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $45.41 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $45.41 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $45.41 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $45.41 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $45.41 ↓ -97%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $46.37 ↓ -97%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $46.37 ↓ -97%
Molina MGMCR $46.70 ↓ -97%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $51.41 ↓ -97%
Verda Health Plan MCR $55.69 ↓ -97%
Superior ValueHMO $62.12 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice HIX $62.12 ↓ -96%
Superior HMO $66.40 ↓ -96%
Superior EPO $66.40 ↓ -96%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $84.82 ↓ -95%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $86.54 ↓ -95%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $89.96 ↓ -94%
Molina Healthcare HIX $92.11 ↓ -94%
BCBS BAV $95.53 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $97.08 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $97.08 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $97.08 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $97.08 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $97.08 ↓ -94%
BCBS HMO $119.52 ↓ -93%
Oscar HIX $123.81 ↓ -92%
BCBS EPOSOA $128.09 ↓ -92%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $128.50 ↓ -92%
BCBS PPO $136.66 ↓ -92%
Aetna QHPExchange $156.94 ↓ -90%
Cigna CSN $175.62 ↓ -89%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $190.23 ↓ -88%
Aetna NBHMO $208.71 ↓ -87%
Aetna NBPPO $208.71 ↓ -87%
Aetna NBPOS $208.71 ↓ -87%
Aetna COMMPPO $221.73 ↓ -86%
Aetna COMMPOS $221.73 ↓ -86%
Aetna COMMHMO $221.73 ↓ -86%
Cigna PPO $226.32 ↓ -86%
Aetna OONHMO $260.48 ↓ -84%
Aetna OONPPO $260.48 ↓ -84%
Aetna OONPOS $260.48 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $268.59 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $271.82 ↓ -83%
Aetna ASAPPO $281.64 ↓ -83%
Aetna ASAHMO $281.64 ↓ -83%
Aetna ASAPOS $281.64 ↓ -83%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $388.32 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $441.71 ↓ -73%
Imagine Health PPO $566.30 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $566.30 ↓ -65%
Humana PPO $572.16 ↓ -65%
Humana HMO $572.16 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $695.74 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $728.10 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $728.10 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $728.10 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $862.39 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $889.90 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $889.90 ↓ -45%
Triumph COMM $970.80 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $970.80 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $970.80 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $970.80 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $1,051.70 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,213.50 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,294.40 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,326.76 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,375.30 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,375.30 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,375.30 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,456.20 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $1,124.92 $35.99 – $175.62
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $230.65 $30.84 – $659.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $230.65 $30.84 – $659.00
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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $587.43 $10.00 – $165.21
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $587.43 $12.00 – $198.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $587.43 $12.00 – $165.21
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