Ntsty modul rad tx dlvr smpl 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.

$300.00 with Texas Athletic Network vs $21,732.30 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
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $3,139.11
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $3,139.11
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $3,139.11
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $3,139.11
Amerigroup MGMCD $3,380.58
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $3,380.58
BCBS MyBlueHealth $3,935.96
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $4,008.40
United OptionsPPO $4,056.70
BCBS BAV $4,346.46
Oscar HIX $4,708.66
BCBS HMO $5,433.07
BCBS EPOSOA $5,553.81
BCBS PPO $5,650.40
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $5,722.84
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $5,722.84
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $5,795.28
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $6,157.48
Humana HMO $6,168.78
Humana PPO $6,168.78
Aetna QHPExchange $6,398.95
Evry Health BroadNetwork $6,592.13
Aetna NBPOS $7,751.19
Aetna NBHMO $7,751.19
Aetna NBPPO $7,751.19
Aetna COMMHMO $8,258.27
Aetna COMMPOS $8,258.27
Aetna COMMPPO $8,258.27
BCBS Traditional $8,451.45
Imagine Health PPO $8,451.45
Curative Administrators COMM $9,658.80
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $9,658.80
Aetna OONHMO $9,682.95
Aetna OONPOS $9,682.95
Aetna OONPPO $9,682.95
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $10,383.21
Aetna ASAPOS $10,455.65
Aetna ASAPPO $10,455.65
Aetna ASAHMO $10,455.65
United GlobalAppendix $10,866.15
Averde Health Commercial $10,866.15
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $10,866.15
Coventry National First Health COMM $12,870.35
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $13,280.85
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $13,280.85
Triumph COMM $14,488.20
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $14,488.20
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $14,488.20
Independent Medical System COMM $14,488.20
Coastal Comp COMM $15,695.55
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $18,110.25
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $19,317.60
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $19,800.54
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $20,524.95
Physicians, INC COMM $20,524.95
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $20,524.95
Affiliated PPO COMM $21,732.30

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Ntsty modul rad tx dlvr smpl at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $3,428.25 $618.43 – $9,795.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $3,428.25 $752.43 – $9,795.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $943.11 – $6,168.78
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $943.11 – $6,168.78
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,594.96 $735.24 – $3,676.20
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,898.56 $596.62 – $4,347.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,878.27 $575.65 – $3,597.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,594.96 $494.75 – $3,676.20

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