Pediatric electric hand 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.

$8,663.68 with Oscar vs $68,001.86 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 $8,663.68
WellMed MGMCR $8,796.29
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $8,840.49
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $8,840.49
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $8,840.49
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $8,840.49
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $8,840.49
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $8,840.49
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $8,840.49
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $8,840.49
Devoted Health MGMCR $8,840.49
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $8,840.49
Amerigroup DualEligible $8,840.49
BCBS MCRPPO $8,840.49
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $8,840.49
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $8,840.49
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $8,840.49
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $8,840.49
CHC Harris Health Indigent $8,840.49
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $8,840.49
Aetna MCR $8,915.63
Van Lang IPA MCR $8,928.89
United MCR $9,017.30
WellCare PFFS $9,105.70
WellCare PPO $9,105.70
WellCare SNP $9,105.70
WellCare POS $9,105.70
WellCare MCRHMO $9,105.70
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $9,105.70
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $9,282.51
Superior Health Plan PFFS $9,282.51
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $9,282.51
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $9,282.51
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $9,282.51
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $9,282.51
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $9,282.51
American Health Plan MGMCR $9,282.51
Shared Health MGMCR $9,282.51
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $9,370.92
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $9,370.92
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $9,370.92
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $9,370.92
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $9,370.92
Molina MGMCR $9,636.13
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $10,608.59
Verda Health Plan MCR $11,492.64
Superior ValueHMO $12,818.71
Community Health Choice HIX $12,818.71
Superior EPO $13,702.76
Superior HMO $13,702.76
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $17,504.17
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $18,565.03
Molina Healthcare HIX $19,007.05
Humana PPO $68,001.86
Humana HMO $68,001.86

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Pediatric electric hand at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $8,663.68 – $19,007.05
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $8,663.68 – $19,007.05
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $8,663.68 – $19,007.05
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $8,663.68 – $19,007.05
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $8,663.68 – $19,007.05
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $8,663.68 – $19,007.05
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $8,663.68 – $19,007.05
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $8,663.68 – $19,007.05

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