Multi den insert custom mold 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.

$54.06 with Oscar vs $424.27 with Humana — 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
Oscar MGMCR $54.06
WellMed MGMCR $54.88
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $55.16
CHC Harris Health Indigent $55.16
BCBS MCRPPO $55.16
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $55.16
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $55.16
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $55.16
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $55.16
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $55.16
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $55.16
Devoted Health MGMCR $55.16
Amerigroup DualEligible $55.16
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $55.16
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $55.16
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $55.16
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $55.16
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $55.16
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $55.16
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $55.16
Aetna MCR $55.63
Van Lang IPA MCR $55.71
BCBS MyBlueHealth $55.75
United MCR $56.26
WellCare PFFS $56.81
WellCare MCRHMO $56.81
WellCare POS $56.81
WellCare SNP $56.81
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $56.81
WellCare PPO $56.81
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $57.92
American Health Plan MGMCR $57.92
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $57.92
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $57.92
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $57.92
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $57.92
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $57.92
Superior Health Plan PFFS $57.92
Shared Health MGMCR $57.92
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $58.47
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $58.47
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $58.47
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $58.47
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $58.47
Molina MGMCR $60.12
BCBS BAV $61.60
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $66.19
Verda Health Plan MCR $71.71
BCBS HMO $76.88
Superior ValueHMO $79.98
Community Health Choice HIX $79.98
BCBS EPOSOA $81.38
Superior HMO $85.50
Superior EPO $85.50
BCBS PPO $85.87
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $109.22
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $115.84
Molina Healthcare HIX $118.59
Humana HMO $424.27
Humana PPO $424.27

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Multi den insert custom mold at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $54.06 – $118.59
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $54.06 – $118.59
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $54.06 – $118.59
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $51.70 – $51.70
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $54.06 – $118.59
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $54.06 – $118.59
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $54.06 – $118.59
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $54.06 – $118.59

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