Metabolic Blood Panel (Comprehensive) at HCA HOUSTON WEST
12141 RICHMOND AVENUE, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1275580938
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Cash price 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 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.
$9.23 with Texas Health Network vs $1,638.90 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Texas Health Network | MCD | $9.23 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $9.42 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $9.42 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $9.42 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $9.42 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $9.42 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $9.42 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $9.42 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $9.42 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $9.61 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $10.17 | — |
| Oscar | MGMCR | $10.35 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $10.36 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $10.36 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $10.36 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $10.36 | — |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $10.51 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS | $10.56 | — |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $10.56 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $10.56 | — |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $10.56 | — |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $10.56 | — |
| Renaissance IPA Radiology | MCR | $10.56 | — |
| Renaissance IPA Radiology | COMM | $10.56 | — |
| Kelsey Seybold | MGMCR | $10.56 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $10.56 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $10.56 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $10.56 | — |
| Amerigroup | DualEligible | $10.56 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRHMO | $10.56 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRPPO | $10.56 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRSNP | $10.56 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | PFFS | $10.56 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MMP | $10.56 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $10.56 | — |
| BCBS | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $10.56 | — |
| Aetna | MCR | $10.65 | — |
| Van Lang IPA | MCR | $10.67 | — |
| United | MCR | $10.77 | — |
| WellCare | PPO | $10.88 | — |
| WellCare | SNP | $10.88 | — |
| WellCare | POS | $10.88 | — |
| WellCare | MCRHMO | $10.88 | — |
| WellCare | PFFS | $10.88 | — |
| Integranet Amerigroup IPA | MCR | $10.88 | — |
| ProCare Advantage | MGMCR | $11.09 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | DualEligible | $11.09 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRHMO | $11.09 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPOS | $11.09 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPPO | $11.09 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRSNP | $11.09 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | PFFS | $11.09 | — |
| Shared Health | MGMCR | $11.09 | — |
| American Health Plan | MGMCR | $11.09 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | POS | $11.19 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PPO | $11.19 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | SNP | $11.19 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | MCRHMO | $11.19 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PFFS | $11.19 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $11.43 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $11.43 | — |
| Molina | MGMCR | $11.51 | — |
| Humana | MCD | $11.78 | — |
| Universal Healthcare Group | MCR | $12.67 | — |
| Verda Health Plan | MCR | $13.73 | — |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $15.31 | — |
| Community Health Choice | HIX | $15.31 | — |
| Superior | HMO | $16.37 | — |
| Superior | EPO | $16.37 | — |
| Corvel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $20.91 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $21.33 | — |
| OMNI Healthcare | WORKERSCOMP | $22.18 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $22.70 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $23.55 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $29.46 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $30.52 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $31.57 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $31.68 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $33.69 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $38.70 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $43.21 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $46.81 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $51.47 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $51.47 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $51.47 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $54.68 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $54.68 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $54.68 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $55.69 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $64.24 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $64.24 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $64.24 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $69.46 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $69.46 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $69.46 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $109.26 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $109.26 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $109.26 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $109.26 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $109.26 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $141.09 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $141.09 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $302.29 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $305.93 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $437.04 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $497.13 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $637.35 | — |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $637.35 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $783.03 | — |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $819.45 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $819.45 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $819.45 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $970.59 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $1,001.55 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $1,001.55 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $1,092.60 | — |
| Triumph | COMM | $1,092.60 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $1,092.60 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $1,092.60 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $1,183.65 | — |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $1,365.75 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $1,456.80 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,493.22 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $1,547.85 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $1,547.85 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $1,547.85 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $1,638.90 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
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Metabolic Blood Panel (Comprehensive) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $472.85 | $7.60 – $1,351.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $472.85 | $7.60 – $1,351.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $9.42 – $43.21 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $9.42 – $43.21 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $460.40 | $9.50 – $40.66 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $235.72 | $8.87 – $294.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $160.48 | $12.00 – $240.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $214.33 | $8.87 – $267.91 |