Nm imaging gastric emptying study at HCA HOUSTON WEST
12141 RICHMOND AVENUE, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1275580938
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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.
$300.00 with Texas Athletic Network vs $9,292.50 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | — |
| Texas Health Network | MCD | $301.92 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $308.08 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $308.08 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $308.08 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $308.08 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $326.45 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $326.45 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $326.45 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $326.45 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $332.98 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $338.89 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $338.89 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $338.89 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $338.89 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $352.57 | — |
| Humana | MCD | $385.10 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $542.31 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $585.45 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $619.50 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $619.50 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $619.50 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $619.50 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $619.50 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $716.53 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $848.52 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $848.52 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $1,047.64 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,087.70 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,124.67 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $1,643.91 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $1,713.95 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,734.60 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $2,184.91 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $2,184.91 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $2,184.91 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $2,324.22 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $2,324.22 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $2,324.22 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $2,478.00 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $2,632.88 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $2,732.88 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $2,732.88 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $2,732.88 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $2,818.72 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $2,953.46 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $2,953.46 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $2,953.46 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $3,294.71 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $3,294.71 | — |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $3,613.75 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $3,613.75 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $4,130.00 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $4,130.00 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $4,439.75 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $4,646.25 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $4,646.25 | — |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $4,646.25 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $5,503.23 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $5,678.75 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $5,678.75 | — |
| Triumph | COMM | $6,195.00 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $6,195.00 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $6,195.00 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $6,195.00 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $6,711.25 | — |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $7,743.75 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $8,260.00 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $8,466.50 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $8,776.25 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $8,776.25 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $8,776.25 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $9,292.50 | — |
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Nm imaging gastric emptying study at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $5,239.07 | $326.45 – $1,643.91 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $1,282.40 | $308.08 – $3,664.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $1,282.40 | $293.12 – $3,664.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | $12,752.50 | $308.08 – $1,643.91 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,861.14 | $296.71 – $2,326.43 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,719.11 | $353.85 – $2,578.67 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,402.87 | $296.71 – $1,753.58 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,861.14 | $296.71 – $2,326.43 |