Morphometric analysis tumor ihc qn/sq per specimen each single antibody stain manual 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.

$108.90 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,633.50 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
Superior Health Plan STARKids $108.90
Superior Health Plan STAR $108.90
Superior Health Plan CHIP $108.90
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $108.90
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $108.90
United SmallGroup $149.16
United AllPayerAppendix $149.16
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $149.16
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $235.95
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $235.95
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $235.95
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $235.95
Amerigroup MGMCD $254.10
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $254.10
BCBS MyBlueHealth $289.87
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $301.29
United OptionsPPO $304.92
Aetna QHPExchange $305.06
BCBS BAV $320.00
Cigna CSN $321.72
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $348.47
Oscar HIX $353.93
BCBS HMO $400.37
Aetna NBPOS $405.69
Aetna NBHMO $405.69
Aetna NBPPO $405.69
Cigna PPO $414.59
BCBS EPOSOA $429.07
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $430.15
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $430.15
Aetna COMMPOS $431.00
Aetna COMMPPO $431.00
Aetna COMMHMO $431.00
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $435.60
BCBS PPO $457.76
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $462.82
Evry Health BroadNetwork $495.50
Aetna OONHMO $506.32
Aetna OONPOS $506.32
Aetna OONPPO $506.32
Aetna ASAPPO $547.46
Aetna ASAHMO $547.46
Aetna ASAPOS $547.46
BCBS Traditional $635.25
Imagine Health PPO $635.25
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $726.00
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $780.45
United GlobalAppendix $816.75
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $816.75
Averde Health Commercial $816.75
Humana HMO $909.20
Humana PPO $909.20
Coventry National First Health COMM $967.39
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $998.25
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $998.25
Triumph COMM $1,089.00
Independent Medical System COMM $1,089.00
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,089.00
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,089.00
Coastal Comp COMM $1,179.75
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,361.25
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,452.00
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,488.30
Physicians, INC COMM $1,542.75
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,542.75
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,542.75
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,633.50
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Morphometric analysis tumor ihc qn/sq per specimen each single antibody stain manual at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $249.55 $88.10 – $713.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $249.55 $192.51 – $713.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $649.56 $149.16 – $909.20
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $239.95 $36.00 – $423.12
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