Procalcitonin 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

$382.00

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.

$382.00

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.

$22.40 with Texas Health Network vs $357.93 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
Texas Health Network MCD $22.40 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup MGMCD $22.86 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $22.86 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $22.86 ↓ -94%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $22.86 ↓ -94%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $22.86 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $22.86 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $22.86 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $22.86 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $22.92 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $22.92 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $22.92 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $22.92 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $22.92 ↓ -94%
United MGMCD $23.32 ↓ -94%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $24.69 ↓ -94%
Molina Healthcare STAR $25.15 ↓ -93%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $25.15 ↓ -93%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $25.15 ↓ -93%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $25.15 ↓ -93%
Oscar MGMCR $26.68 ↓ -93%
WellMed MGMCR $27.08 ↓ -93%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $27.22 ↓ -93%
United AllPayerAppendix $27.22 ↓ -93%
BCBS MCRPPO $27.22 ↓ -93%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $27.22 ↓ -93%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $27.22 ↓ -93%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $27.22 ↓ -93%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $27.22 ↓ -93%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $27.22 ↓ -93%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $27.22 ↓ -93%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $27.22 ↓ -93%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $27.22 ↓ -93%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $27.22 ↓ -93%
Devoted Health MGMCR $27.22 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup DualEligible $27.22 ↓ -93%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $27.22 ↓ -93%
United SmallGroup $27.22 ↓ -93%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $27.22 ↓ -93%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $27.22 ↓ -93%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $27.22 ↓ -93%
Aetna MCR $27.45 ↓ -93%
Van Lang IPA MCR $27.49 ↓ -93%
United MCR $27.76 ↓ -93%
WellCare POS $28.04 ↓ -93%
WellCare PPO $28.04 ↓ -93%
WellCare SNP $28.04 ↓ -93%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $28.04 ↓ -93%
WellCare PFFS $28.04 ↓ -93%
WellCare MCRHMO $28.04 ↓ -93%
Humana MCD $28.57 ↓ -93%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $28.58 ↓ -93%
Shared Health MGMCR $28.58 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $28.58 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $28.58 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $28.58 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $28.58 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $28.58 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $28.58 ↓ -93%
American Health Plan MGMCR $28.58 ↓ -93%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $28.85 ↓ -92%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $28.85 ↓ -92%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $28.85 ↓ -92%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $28.85 ↓ -92%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $28.85 ↓ -92%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $29.46 ↓ -92%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $29.46 ↓ -92%
Molina MGMCR $29.67 ↓ -92%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $32.66 ↓ -91%
Verda Health Plan MCR $35.39 ↓ -91%
Superior ValueHMO $39.47 ↓ -90%
Community Health Choice HIX $39.47 ↓ -90%
Superior HMO $42.19 ↓ -89%
Superior EPO $42.19 ↓ -89%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $53.90 ↓ -86%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $54.98 ↓ -86%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $57.16 ↓ -85%
Molina Healthcare HIX $58.52 ↓ -85%
BCBS BAV $60.70 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $63.41 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $64.18 ↓ -83%
BCBS HMO $75.94 ↓ -80%
Oscar HIX $78.67 ↓ -79%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $80.39 ↓ -79%
BCBS EPOSOA $81.39 ↓ -79%
BCBS PPO $86.83 ↓ -77%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $91.68 ↓ -76%
Aetna QHPExchange $99.73 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $104.29 ↓ -73%
Cigna CSN $111.50 ↓ -71%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $120.77 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBHMO $132.62 ↓ -65%
Aetna NBPOS $132.62 ↓ -65%
Aetna NBPPO $132.62 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $133.70 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $133.70 ↓ -65%
Aetna COMMPPO $140.90 ↓ -63%
Aetna COMMPOS $140.90 ↓ -63%
Aetna COMMHMO $140.90 ↓ -63%
Cigna PPO $143.69 ↓ -62%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $164.26 ↓ -57%
Aetna OONPOS $165.52 ↓ -57%
Aetna OONHMO $165.52 ↓ -57%
Aetna OONPPO $165.52 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $171.90 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $171.90 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $171.90 ↓ -55%
Aetna ASAHMO $178.97 ↓ -53%
Aetna ASAPPO $178.97 ↓ -53%
Aetna ASAPOS $178.97 ↓ -53%
Coventry National First Health COMM $203.61 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $210.10 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $210.10 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $229.20 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $229.20 ↓ -40%
Triumph COMM $229.20 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $229.20 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $248.30 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $286.50 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $305.60 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $313.24 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $324.70 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $324.70 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $324.70 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $343.80 ↓ -10%
Humana HMO $357.93 ↓ -6%
Humana PPO $357.93 ↓ -6%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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