Protein s total 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

$955.00

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.

$955.00

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.

$9.55 with Texas Health Network vs $859.50 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 $9.55 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $9.75 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $9.75 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $9.75 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $9.75 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $9.75 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $9.75 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $9.75 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $9.75 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $9.95 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $10.53 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $10.73 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $10.73 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $10.73 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $10.73 ↓ -99%
Oscar MGMCR $11.38 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $11.55 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $11.61 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $11.61 ↓ -99%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $11.61 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $11.61 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $11.61 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $11.61 ↓ -99%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $11.61 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $11.61 ↓ -99%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $11.61 ↓ -99%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $11.61 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $11.61 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $11.61 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $11.61 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $11.61 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $11.61 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $11.61 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $11.61 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $11.61 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $11.61 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $11.71 ↓ -99%
Van Lang IPA MCR $11.73 ↓ -99%
United MCR $11.84 ↓ -99%
WellCare SNP $11.96 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCRHMO $11.96 ↓ -99%
WellCare PFFS $11.96 ↓ -99%
WellCare PPO $11.96 ↓ -99%
WellCare POS $11.96 ↓ -99%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $11.96 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $12.19 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $12.19 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MGMCR $12.19 ↓ -99%
Shared Health MGMCR $12.19 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $12.19 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $12.19 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $12.19 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $12.19 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $12.19 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $12.19 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $12.31 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $12.31 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $12.31 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $12.31 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $12.31 ↓ -99%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $12.57 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $12.57 ↓ -99%
Molina MGMCR $12.65 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $13.93 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MCR $15.09 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice HIX $16.83 ↓ -98%
Superior ValueHMO $16.83 ↓ -98%
Superior HMO $18.00 ↓ -98%
Superior EPO $18.00 ↓ -98%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $22.99 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $23.45 ↓ -98%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $24.38 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare HIX $24.96 ↓ -97%
BCBS BAV $25.89 ↓ -97%
BCBS HMO $32.39 ↓ -97%
Oscar HIX $33.55 ↓ -96%
BCBS EPOSOA $34.71 ↓ -96%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $34.82 ↓ -96%
BCBS PPO $37.04 ↓ -96%
Aetna QHPExchange $42.51 ↓ -96%
Cigna CSN $47.41 ↓ -95%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $51.36 ↓ -95%
Aetna NBPOS $56.54 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBPPO $56.54 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBHMO $56.54 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $57.30 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $57.30 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $57.30 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $57.30 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $57.30 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMHMO $60.06 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMPPO $60.06 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMPOS $60.06 ↓ -94%
Cigna PPO $61.10 ↓ -94%
Aetna OONPOS $70.56 ↓ -93%
Aetna OONHMO $70.56 ↓ -93%
Aetna OONPPO $70.56 ↓ -93%
Aetna ASAPPO $76.29 ↓ -92%
Aetna ASAHMO $76.29 ↓ -92%
Aetna ASAPOS $76.29 ↓ -92%
Humana HMO $155.05 ↓ -84%
Humana PPO $155.05 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $158.53 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $160.44 ↓ -83%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $229.20 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $260.71 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $334.25 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $334.25 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $410.65 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $429.75 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $429.75 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $429.75 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $509.01 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $525.25 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $525.25 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $573.00 ↓ -40%
Triumph COMM $573.00 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $573.00 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $573.00 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $620.75 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $716.25 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $764.00 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $783.10 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $811.75 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $811.75 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $811.75 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $859.50 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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