Peri-proc device eval pm 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

$3,280.00

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.

$3,280.00

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.

$47.22 with BCBS vs $2,952.00 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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $47.22 ↓ -99%
BCBS BAV $52.06 ↓ -98%
BCBS HMO $65.18 ↓ -98%
BCBS EPOSOA $73.25 ↓ -98%
BCBS PPO $81.12 ↓ -98%
Humana HMO $137.63 ↓ -96%
Humana PPO $137.63 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $196.80 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $196.80 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $196.80 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $196.80 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $196.80 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $217.46 ↓ -93%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $426.40 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $426.40 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $426.40 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $426.40 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $459.20 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $459.20 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $485.44 ↓ -85%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $524.80 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $544.48 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $551.04 ↓ -83%
Superior EPO $574.00 ↓ -83%
Superior HMO $574.00 ↓ -83%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $623.20 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $639.60 ↓ -81%
Superior ValueHMO $649.44 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $777.36 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $777.36 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $787.20 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $836.40 ↓ -75%
Aetna QHPExchange $869.20 ↓ -74%
Molina Healthcare HIX $885.60 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $895.44 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $984.00 ↓ -70%
Aetna NBPPO $1,052.88 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBHMO $1,052.88 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPOS $1,052.88 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMPOS $1,121.76 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMHMO $1,121.76 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPPO $1,121.76 ↓ -66%
Imagine Health PPO $1,148.00 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $1,148.00 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,312.00 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,312.00 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $1,315.28 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $1,315.28 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $1,315.28 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,410.40 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,420.24 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,420.24 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,420.24 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $1,476.00 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $1,476.00 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,476.00 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,748.24 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,804.00 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,804.00 ↓ -45%
Triumph COMM $1,968.00 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $1,968.00 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,968.00 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,968.00 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $2,132.00 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $2,460.00 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $2,624.00 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,689.60 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $2,788.00 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $2,788.00 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $2,788.00 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $2,952.00 ↓ -10%

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Peri-proc device eval pm at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $605.00 $47.22 – $137.63
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $440.65 $23.81 – $1,259.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $440.65 $29.46 – $1,259.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $599.50 $47.22 – $137.63
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $263.13 $61.95 – $372.77
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $200.92 $41.36 – $917.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $151.92 $30.38 – $917.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $263.13 $47.22 – $917.00

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