Platelets pheresis leukocytes reduced irradiated each unit 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

$3,190.00

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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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$3,190.00

Gross charge

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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.

$191.40 with Superior Health Plan vs $6,992.14 with Aetna — 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
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $191.40 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $191.40 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $191.40 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $191.40 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $191.40 ↓ -94%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup MGMCD $446.60 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $446.60 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $472.12 ↓ -85%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $483.98 ↓ -85%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $483.98 ↓ -85%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $483.98 ↓ -85%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $483.98 ↓ -85%
United MGMCD $493.66 ↓ -85%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -84%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $510.40 ↓ -84%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $519.97 ↓ -84%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $522.70 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $529.54 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $535.92 ↓ -83%
BCBS BAV $574.20 ↓ -82%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -81%
Cigna PPO $606.10 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $622.05 ↓ -81%
BCBS HMO $717.75 ↓ -78%
BCBS EPOSOA $733.70 ↓ -77%
BCBS PPO $746.46 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $756.03 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $756.03 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $765.60 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $813.45 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $870.87 ↓ -73%
Imagine Health PPO $1,116.50 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $1,116.50 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,276.00 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,276.00 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,371.70 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $1,435.50 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,435.50 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $1,435.50 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,700.27 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,754.50 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,754.50 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $1,914.00 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,914.00 ↓ -40%
Triumph COMM $1,914.00 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,914.00 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $2,073.50 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $2,392.50 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $2,552.00 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,615.80 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $2,711.50 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $2,711.50 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $2,711.50 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $2,871.00 ↓ -10%
Aetna QHPExchange $3,896.20 ↑ +22%
Aetna NBHMO $5,181.46 ↑ +62%
Aetna NBPPO $5,181.46 ↑ +62%
Aetna NBPOS $5,181.46 ↑ +62%
Aetna COMMPPO $5,504.80 ↑ +73%
Aetna COMMPOS $5,504.80 ↑ +73%
Aetna COMMHMO $5,504.80 ↑ +73%
Humana PPO $6,084.19 ↑ +91%
Humana HMO $6,084.19 ↑ +91%
Aetna OONHMO $6,466.72 ↑ +103%
Aetna OONPOS $6,466.72 ↑ +103%
Aetna OONPPO $6,466.72 ↑ +103%
Aetna ASAPPO $6,992.14 ↑ +119%
Aetna ASAPOS $6,992.14 ↑ +119%
Aetna ASAHMO $6,992.14 ↑ +119%

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Platelets pheresis leukocytes reduced irradiated each unit at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $7,021.65 $483.98 – $6,084.19
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $1,373.40 $94.00 – $3,924.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $1,373.40 $88.00 – $3,924.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $483.98 – $6,084.19
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,387.23 $364.83 – $1,748.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,481.28 $284.40 – $2,072.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,206.13 $221.31 – $1,748.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,387.23 $343.37 – $1,748.45

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