Organic acids total quant ea spec 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

$2,156.00

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.

$2,156.00

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.

$19.42 with Texas Health Network vs $1,940.40 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 Health Network MCD $19.42 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $19.82 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $19.82 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $19.82 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $19.82 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $19.82 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $19.82 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $19.82 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $19.82 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $20.22 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $21.41 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $21.80 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $21.80 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $21.80 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $21.80 ↓ -99%
Oscar MGMCR $23.13 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $23.48 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $23.60 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $23.60 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $23.60 ↓ -99%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $23.60 ↓ -99%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $23.60 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $23.60 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $23.60 ↓ -99%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $23.60 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $23.60 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $23.60 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $23.60 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $23.60 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $23.60 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $23.60 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $23.60 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $23.60 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $23.60 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $23.60 ↓ -99%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $23.60 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $23.80 ↓ -99%
Van Lang IPA MCR $23.84 ↓ -99%
United MCR $24.07 ↓ -99%
WellCare PPO $24.31 ↓ -99%
WellCare SNP $24.31 ↓ -99%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $24.31 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCRHMO $24.31 ↓ -99%
WellCare POS $24.31 ↓ -99%
WellCare PFFS $24.31 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $24.77 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $24.78 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $24.78 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $24.78 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MGMCR $24.78 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $24.78 ↓ -99%
Shared Health MGMCR $24.78 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $24.78 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $24.78 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $24.78 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $25.02 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $25.02 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $25.02 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $25.02 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $25.02 ↓ -99%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $25.54 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $25.54 ↓ -99%
Molina MGMCR $25.72 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $28.32 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MCR $30.68 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $34.22 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice HIX $34.22 ↓ -98%
Superior HMO $36.58 ↓ -98%
Superior EPO $36.58 ↓ -98%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $46.73 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $47.67 ↓ -98%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $49.56 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare HIX $50.74 ↓ -98%
BCBS BAV $52.63 ↓ -98%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $57.34 ↓ -97%
BCBS HMO $65.84 ↓ -97%
Oscar HIX $68.20 ↓ -97%
BCBS EPOSOA $70.56 ↓ -97%
BCBS PPO $75.28 ↓ -97%
Aetna QHPExchange $86.47 ↓ -96%
Cigna CSN $97.55 ↓ -95%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $105.67 ↓ -95%
Aetna NBHMO $115.00 ↓ -95%
Aetna NBPOS $115.00 ↓ -95%
Aetna NBPPO $115.00 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMMPOS $122.17 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMHMO $122.17 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMPPO $122.17 ↓ -94%
Cigna PPO $125.72 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $129.36 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $129.36 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $129.36 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $129.36 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $129.36 ↓ -94%
Aetna OONPPO $143.52 ↓ -93%
Aetna OONHMO $143.52 ↓ -93%
Aetna OONPOS $143.52 ↓ -93%
Aetna ASAHMO $155.18 ↓ -93%
Aetna ASAPPO $155.18 ↓ -93%
Aetna ASAPOS $155.18 ↓ -93%
Humana PPO $255.35 ↓ -88%
Humana HMO $255.35 ↓ -88%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $357.90 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $362.21 ↓ -83%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $517.44 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $588.59 ↓ -73%
Imagine Health PPO $754.60 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $754.60 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $927.08 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $970.20 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $970.20 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $970.20 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,149.15 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,185.80 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,185.80 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $1,293.60 ↓ -40%
Triumph COMM $1,293.60 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,293.60 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,293.60 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $1,401.40 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,617.00 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,724.80 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,767.92 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,832.60 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,832.60 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,832.60 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,940.40 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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