Ortho hnd metcrpl fx prefb w/fit&adj 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.

$116.38 with Oscar vs $913.42 with Humana — 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
Oscar MGMCR $116.38
WellMed MGMCR $118.16
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $118.75
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $118.75
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $118.75
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $118.75
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $118.75
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $118.75
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $118.75
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $118.75
Devoted Health MGMCR $118.75
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $118.75
Amerigroup DualEligible $118.75
BCBS MCRPPO $118.75
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $118.75
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $118.75
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $118.75
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $118.75
CHC Harris Health Indigent $118.75
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $118.75
Aetna MCR $119.76
Van Lang IPA MCR $119.94
United MCR $121.13
WellCare PFFS $122.31
WellCare PPO $122.31
WellCare SNP $122.31
WellCare POS $122.31
WellCare MCRHMO $122.31
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $122.31
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $124.69
Superior Health Plan PFFS $124.69
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $124.69
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $124.69
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $124.69
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $124.69
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $124.69
American Health Plan MGMCR $124.69
Shared Health MGMCR $124.69
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $125.88
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $125.88
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $125.88
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $125.88
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $125.88
Molina MGMCR $129.44
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $142.50
Verda Health Plan MCR $154.38
Superior ValueHMO $172.19
Community Health Choice HIX $172.19
Superior EPO $184.06
Superior HMO $184.06
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $235.13
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $249.38
Molina Healthcare HIX $255.31
Humana PPO $913.42
Humana HMO $913.42

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Ortho hnd metcrpl fx prefb w/fit&adj at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $116.38 – $255.31
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $116.38 – $255.31
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $47.41 $28.45 – $101.59
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $116.38 – $255.31
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $116.38 – $255.31
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $116.38 – $255.31
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $116.38 – $255.31
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $116.38 – $255.31

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