Nuclear Stress Test (Heart) at HCA HOUSTON WEST
12141 RICHMOND AVENUE, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1275580938
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Cash price 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 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 $19,422.90 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 |
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| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | — |
| Texas Health Network | MCD | $429.29 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $438.05 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $438.05 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $438.05 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $438.05 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $465.78 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $465.78 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $465.78 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $465.78 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $475.10 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $481.86 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $481.86 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $481.86 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $481.86 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $503.04 | — |
| Humana | MCD | $547.56 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $720.54 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $777.86 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $1,294.86 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $1,294.86 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $1,294.86 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $1,294.86 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $1,294.86 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $1,391.96 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,445.18 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,494.31 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $2,222.77 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $2,481.29 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $2,938.37 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $2,938.37 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $2,954.27 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $2,954.27 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $2,954.27 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $3,142.64 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $3,142.64 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $3,142.64 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $3,582.45 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $3,625.61 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $3,695.19 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $3,695.19 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $3,695.19 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $3,993.44 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $3,993.44 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $3,993.44 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $5,179.44 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $5,503.15 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $5,891.61 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $6,886.50 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $6,886.50 | — |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $7,553.35 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $7,553.35 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $8,632.40 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $8,632.40 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $9,279.83 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $9,711.45 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $9,711.45 | — |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $9,711.45 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $11,502.67 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $11,869.55 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $11,869.55 | — |
| Triumph | COMM | $12,948.60 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $12,948.60 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $12,948.60 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $12,948.60 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $14,027.65 | — |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $16,185.75 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $17,264.80 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $17,696.42 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $18,343.85 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $18,343.85 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $18,343.85 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $19,422.90 | — |
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Nuclear Stress Test (Heart) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $15,906.71 | $465.78 – $2,222.77 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $4,876.90 | $438.05 – $13,934.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $4,876.90 | $438.05 – $13,934.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | $19,592.35 | $438.05 – $2,222.77 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $8,441.82 | $1,576.19 – $1,576.19 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $4,393.64 | $422.34 – $5,492.05 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $4,337.71 | $892.84 – $6,506.56 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $4,337.71 | $422.34 – $5,422.13 |