Phosphorus 24 hour urine 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

$93.00

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.

$93.00

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.

$4.76 with Texas Health Network vs $83.70 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 $4.76 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup MGMCD $4.86 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $4.86 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $4.86 ↓ -95%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $4.86 ↓ -95%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $4.86 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $4.86 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $4.86 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $4.86 ↓ -95%
United MGMCD $4.96 ↓ -95%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $5.25 ↓ -94%
Molina Healthcare STAR $5.35 ↓ -94%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $5.35 ↓ -94%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $5.35 ↓ -94%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $5.35 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $5.58 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $5.58 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $5.58 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $5.58 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $5.58 ↓ -94%
Oscar MGMCR $5.66 ↓ -94%
WellMed MGMCR $5.75 ↓ -94%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $5.78 ↓ -94%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $5.78 ↓ -94%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $5.78 ↓ -94%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $5.78 ↓ -94%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $5.78 ↓ -94%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $5.78 ↓ -94%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $5.78 ↓ -94%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $5.78 ↓ -94%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $5.78 ↓ -94%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $5.78 ↓ -94%
BCBS MCRPPO $5.78 ↓ -94%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $5.78 ↓ -94%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $5.78 ↓ -94%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $5.78 ↓ -94%
United AllPayerAppendix $5.78 ↓ -94%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5.78 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup DualEligible $5.78 ↓ -94%
Devoted Health MGMCR $5.78 ↓ -94%
United SmallGroup $5.78 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $5.83 ↓ -94%
Van Lang IPA MCR $5.84 ↓ -94%
United MCR $5.90 ↓ -94%
WellCare PFFS $5.95 ↓ -94%
WellCare MCRHMO $5.95 ↓ -94%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $5.95 ↓ -94%
WellCare POS $5.95 ↓ -94%
WellCare SNP $5.95 ↓ -94%
WellCare PPO $5.95 ↓ -94%
Shared Health MGMCR $6.07 ↓ -93%
American Health Plan MGMCR $6.07 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $6.07 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $6.07 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $6.07 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $6.07 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $6.07 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $6.07 ↓ -93%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $6.07 ↓ -93%
Humana MCD $6.08 ↓ -93%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $6.13 ↓ -93%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $6.13 ↓ -93%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $6.13 ↓ -93%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $6.13 ↓ -93%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $6.13 ↓ -93%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $6.26 ↓ -93%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $6.26 ↓ -93%
Molina MGMCR $6.30 ↓ -93%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $6.94 ↓ -93%
Verda Health Plan MCR $7.51 ↓ -92%
Superior ValueHMO $8.38 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice HIX $8.38 ↓ -91%
Superior HMO $8.96 ↓ -90%
Superior EPO $8.96 ↓ -90%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $11.44 ↓ -88%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $11.68 ↓ -87%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $12.14 ↓ -87%
Molina Healthcare HIX $12.43 ↓ -87%
BCBS BAV $12.89 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $15.44 ↓ -83%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $15.53 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $15.62 ↓ -83%
BCBS HMO $16.13 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $16.70 ↓ -82%
BCBS EPOSOA $17.28 ↓ -81%
BCBS PPO $18.44 ↓ -80%
Aetna QHPExchange $21.16 ↓ -77%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $22.32 ↓ -76%
Cigna CSN $23.69 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $25.39 ↓ -73%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $25.65 ↓ -72%
Aetna NBHMO $28.14 ↓ -70%
Aetna NBPPO $28.14 ↓ -70%
Aetna NBPOS $28.14 ↓ -70%
Aetna COMMHMO $29.90 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMPPO $29.90 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMPOS $29.90 ↓ -68%
Cigna PPO $30.52 ↓ -67%
Imagine Health PPO $32.55 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $32.55 ↓ -65%
Aetna OONHMO $35.12 ↓ -62%
Aetna OONPOS $35.12 ↓ -62%
Aetna OONPPO $35.12 ↓ -62%
Aetna ASAHMO $37.97 ↓ -59%
Aetna ASAPPO $37.97 ↓ -59%
Aetna ASAPOS $37.97 ↓ -59%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $39.99 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $41.85 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $41.85 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $41.85 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $49.57 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $51.15 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $51.15 ↓ -45%
Triumph COMM $55.80 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $55.80 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $55.80 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $55.80 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $60.45 ↓ -35%
Humana HMO $69.14 ↓ -26%
Humana PPO $69.14 ↓ -26%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $69.75 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $74.40 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $76.26 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $79.05 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $79.05 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $79.05 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $83.70 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $29.75 $4.16 – $85.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $59.55 $4.86 – $66.77
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $59.55 $8.47 – $88.20
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $59.55 $4.86 – $70.65
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $59.55 $4.86 – $66.77
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $59.55 $5.20 – $88.20
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $59.55 $4.86 – $88.20

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