Nr lnr acclrtr tx max 5 sessions 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

$9,771.00

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.

$9,771.00

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.

$300.00 with Texas Athletic Network vs $45,307.00 with Cigna — 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 Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -97%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -95%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $1,270.23 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $1,270.23 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $1,270.23 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $1,270.23 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $1,367.94 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $1,367.94 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,621.99 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $1,641.53 ↓ -83%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $2,315.73 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $2,315.73 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $2,345.04 ↓ -76%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $2,414.48 ↓ -75%
BCBS BAV $2,665.17 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $3,117.93 ↓ -68%
Humana PPO $3,117.93 ↓ -68%
Imagine Health PPO $3,419.85 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $3,419.85 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $3,908.40 ↓ -60%
BCBS HMO $3,958.17 ↓ -59%
BCBS PPO $3,958.17 ↓ -59%
BCBS EPOSOA $3,958.17 ↓ -59%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $4,201.53 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $4,396.95 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $4,396.95 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $4,396.95 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $5,207.94 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $5,374.05 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $5,374.05 ↓ -45%
Aetna QHPExchange $5,374.36 ↓ -45%
Triumph COMM $5,862.60 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $5,862.60 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $5,862.60 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $5,862.60 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $6,351.15 ↓ -35%
United SmallGroup $7,140.00 ↓ -27%
Aetna NBPOS $7,143.04 ↓ -27%
Aetna NBPPO $7,143.04 ↓ -27%
Aetna NBHMO $7,143.04 ↓ -27%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $7,187.00 ↓ -26%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $7,328.25 ↓ -25%
Aetna COMMPPO $7,598.49 ↓ -22%
Aetna COMMPOS $7,598.49 ↓ -22%
Aetna COMMHMO $7,598.49 ↓ -22%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $7,816.80 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $8,012.22 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $8,305.35 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $8,305.35 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $8,305.35 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $8,793.90 ↓ -10%
Aetna OONPOS $8,934.49 ↓ -9%
Aetna OONPPO $8,934.49 ↓ -9%
Aetna OONHMO $8,934.49 ↓ -9%
Aetna ASAPOS $9,655.62 ↓ -1%
Aetna ASAHMO $9,655.62 ↓ -1%
Aetna ASAPPO $9,655.62 ↓ -1%
Oscar HIX $10,151.00 ↑ +4%
United AllPayerAppendix $10,200.00 ↑ +4%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $24,311.00 ↑ +149%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $33,458.00 ↑ +242%
Cigna CSN $35,171.00 ↑ +260%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $38,105.00 ↑ +290%
Curative Administrators COMM $39,710.00 ↑ +306%
Cigna PPO $45,307.00 ↑ +364%

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Nr lnr acclrtr tx max 5 sessions at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $14,014.00 $1,583.27 – $40,040.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $14,014.00 $1,926.31 – $40,040.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $2,414.48 – $24,535.85
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $2,414.48 – $24,535.85
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $8,344.87 $1,706.39 – $10,431.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $8,344.87 $1,717.65 – $12,517.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $7,426.37 $1,485.27 – $9,282.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $8,344.87 $1,266.61 – $10,431.09

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