Mayo iodine 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

$607.00

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.

$607.00

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.

$19.84 with Texas Health Network vs $546.30 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 $19.84 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $20.25 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $20.25 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $20.25 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $20.25 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $20.25 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $20.25 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $20.25 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $20.25 ↓ -97%
United MGMCD $20.66 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $21.87 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $22.28 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare STAR $22.28 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $22.28 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $22.28 ↓ -96%
Oscar MGMCR $23.63 ↓ -96%
WellMed MGMCR $23.99 ↓ -96%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $24.11 ↓ -96%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $24.11 ↓ -96%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $24.11 ↓ -96%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $24.11 ↓ -96%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $24.11 ↓ -96%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $24.11 ↓ -96%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $24.11 ↓ -96%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $24.11 ↓ -96%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $24.11 ↓ -96%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $24.11 ↓ -96%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $24.11 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health MGMCR $24.11 ↓ -96%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $24.11 ↓ -96%
United AllPayerAppendix $24.11 ↓ -96%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $24.11 ↓ -96%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $24.11 ↓ -96%
United SmallGroup $24.11 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup DualEligible $24.11 ↓ -96%
BCBS MCRPPO $24.11 ↓ -96%
Aetna MCR $24.31 ↓ -96%
Van Lang IPA MCR $24.35 ↓ -96%
United MCR $24.59 ↓ -96%
WellCare MCRHMO $24.83 ↓ -96%
WellCare POS $24.83 ↓ -96%
WellCare SNP $24.83 ↓ -96%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $24.83 ↓ -96%
WellCare PFFS $24.83 ↓ -96%
WellCare PPO $24.83 ↓ -96%
Humana MCD $25.31 ↓ -96%
Shared Health MGMCR $25.32 ↓ -96%
American Health Plan MGMCR $25.32 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $25.32 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $25.32 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $25.32 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $25.32 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $25.32 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $25.32 ↓ -96%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $25.32 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $25.56 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $25.56 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $25.56 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $25.56 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $25.56 ↓ -96%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $26.09 ↓ -96%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $26.09 ↓ -96%
Molina MGMCR $26.28 ↓ -96%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $28.93 ↓ -95%
Verda Health Plan MCR $31.34 ↓ -95%
Superior ValueHMO $34.96 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice HIX $34.96 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $36.42 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $36.42 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $36.42 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $36.42 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $36.42 ↓ -94%
Superior HMO $37.37 ↓ -94%
Superior EPO $37.37 ↓ -94%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $47.74 ↓ -92%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $48.70 ↓ -92%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $50.63 ↓ -92%
Molina Healthcare HIX $51.84 ↓ -91%
BCBS BAV $53.77 ↓ -91%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $58.59 ↓ -90%
BCBS HMO $67.27 ↓ -89%
Oscar HIX $69.68 ↓ -89%
BCBS EPOSOA $72.09 ↓ -88%
BCBS PPO $76.91 ↓ -87%
Aetna QHPExchange $88.30 ↓ -85%
Cigna CSN $98.98 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $100.76 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $101.98 ↓ -83%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $107.21 ↓ -82%
Aetna NBPOS $117.43 ↓ -81%
Aetna NBHMO $117.43 ↓ -81%
Aetna NBPPO $117.43 ↓ -81%
Aetna COMMPPO $124.76 ↓ -79%
Aetna COMMPOS $124.76 ↓ -79%
Aetna COMMHMO $124.76 ↓ -79%
Cigna PPO $127.56 ↓ -79%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $145.68 ↓ -76%
Aetna OONPPO $146.56 ↓ -76%
Aetna OONPOS $146.56 ↓ -76%
Aetna OONHMO $146.56 ↓ -76%
Aetna ASAPPO $158.47 ↓ -74%
Aetna ASAHMO $158.47 ↓ -74%
Aetna ASAPOS $158.47 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $165.71 ↓ -73%
Imagine Health PPO $212.45 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $212.45 ↓ -65%
Humana PPO $260.87 ↓ -57%
Humana HMO $260.87 ↓ -57%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $261.01 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $273.15 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $273.15 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $273.15 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $323.53 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $333.85 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $333.85 ↓ -45%
Triumph COMM $364.20 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $364.20 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $364.20 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $364.20 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $394.55 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $455.25 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $485.60 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $497.74 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $515.95 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $515.95 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $515.95 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $546.30 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $226.25 $10.00 – $196.31
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $226.25 $12.00 – $196.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $226.25 $10.00 – $196.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $226.25 $12.00 – $269.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $226.25 $8.00 – $269.81

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