Prq trluml c angiop 1art&/br 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

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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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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.

$300.00 with Texas Athletic Network vs $43,890.00 with Curative Administrators — 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 Athletic Network Premier $300.00
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $3,852.94
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $3,852.94
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $3,852.94
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $3,852.94
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $4,149.32
Amerigroup MGMCD $4,149.32
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $4,919.91
United OptionsPPO $4,979.18
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $5,591.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $5,591.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $5,591.00
Superior Health Plan STAR $5,591.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $5,591.00
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $7,024.21
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $7,024.21
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $7,113.12
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $9,241.00
BCBS MyBlueHealth $9,313.35
United SmallGroup $9,503.00
Humana PPO $10,106.00
Humana HMO $10,106.00
BCBS Traditional $10,373.30
Oscar HIX $11,153.00
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $11,855.20
BCBS BAV $12,038.00
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $12,744.34
United GlobalAppendix $13,337.10
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $13,337.10
United AllPayerAppendix $13,575.00
Aetna QHPExchange $15,703.00
Coventry National First Health COMM $15,797.05
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $16,300.90
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $16,300.90
BCBS HMO $16,694.68
Triumph COMM $17,782.80
Independent Medical System COMM $17,782.80
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $17,782.80
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $17,782.80
BCBS EPOSOA $17,834.08
BCBS PPO $18,973.48
Coastal Comp COMM $19,264.70
Aetna NBPPO $20,855.00
Aetna NBPOS $20,855.00
Aetna NBHMO $20,855.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $21,231.00
Aetna COMMPOS $22,161.00
Aetna COMMPPO $22,161.00
Aetna COMMHMO $22,161.00
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $22,228.50
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $23,710.40
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $24,303.16
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $25,192.30
Physicians, INC COMM $25,192.30
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $25,192.30
Aetna OONPPO $26,074.00
Aetna OONPOS $26,074.00
Aetna OONHMO $26,074.00
Affiliated PPO COMM $26,674.20
Aetna ASAPPO $28,167.00
Aetna ASAHMO $28,167.00
Aetna ASAPOS $28,167.00
Cigna CSN $28,305.00
Evry Health BroadNetwork $29,288.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $30,666.00
Cigna PPO $36,462.00
Curative Administrators COMM $43,890.00

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Prq trluml c angiop 1art&/br at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $5,953.85 $1,871.21 – $17,011.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $5,953.85 $1,360.88 – $17,011.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $10,948.14 – $10,948.14
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $10,948.14 – $10,948.14
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $12,569.50 $3,561.36 – $15,711.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $12,597.94 $2,593.08 – $18,896.91
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $12,333.02 $2,466.60 – $15,416.27
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $12,569.50 $3,351.87 – $16,180.00

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