Pr counseling smoke/tobacco intermediate greater 3 - 10 minutes 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

$103.00

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.

$103.00

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.

$6.18 with Superior Health Plan vs $600.00 with Texas Athletic Network — 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 STARPLUS $6.18 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $6.18 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $6.18 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $6.18 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $6.18 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $13.39 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $13.39 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $13.39 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $13.39 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $14.42 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $14.42 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $15.24 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $16.48 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $17.10 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $17.30 ↓ -83%
Cigna PPO $19.57 ↓ -81%
Humana PPO $19.77 ↓ -81%
Humana HMO $19.77 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $20.09 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $24.41 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $24.41 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $24.72 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $26.27 ↓ -74%
Aetna QHPExchange $27.30 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $28.12 ↓ -73%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $29.51 ↓ -71%
BCBS BAV $32.53 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBHMO $33.06 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPPO $33.06 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPOS $33.06 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMPOS $35.23 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMHMO $35.23 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPPO $35.23 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $36.05 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $36.05 ↓ -65%
BCBS HMO $40.73 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $41.20 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $41.20 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $41.30 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $41.30 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $41.30 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $44.29 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $44.60 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPPO $44.60 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $44.60 ↓ -57%
BCBS EPOSOA $45.77 ↓ -56%
Averde Health Commercial $46.35 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $46.35 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $46.35 ↓ -55%
BCBS PPO $50.69 ↓ -51%
Coventry National First Health COMM $54.90 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $56.65 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $56.65 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $61.80 ↓ -40%
Triumph COMM $61.80 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $61.80 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $61.80 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $66.95 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $77.25 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $82.40 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $84.46 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $87.55 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $87.55 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $87.55 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $92.70 ↓ -10%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↑ +191%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↑ +385%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↑ +483%

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Pr counseling smoke/tobacco intermediate greater 3 - 10 minutes at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $19.77 – $29.51
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $126.18 $48.55 – $48.55
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $48.71 $13.80 – $80.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $48.71 $10.03 – $73.07
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $48.71 $9.74 – $71.08
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $48.71 $12.99 – $80.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $48.71 $15.64 – $73.07
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $48.71 $25.17 – $73.07

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