Pt re-evaluation patient/family at HCA HOUSTON WEST
12141 RICHMOND AVENUE, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1275580938
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Cash price 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.
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Gross charge 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.
$58.31 with Oscar vs $1,188.90 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Oscar | MGMCR | $58.31 | — |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $59.20 | — |
| Renaissance IPA Radiology | COMM | $59.50 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $59.50 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS | $59.50 | — |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $59.50 | — |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $59.50 | — |
| Renaissance IPA Radiology | MCR | $59.50 | — |
| BCBS | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $59.50 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $59.50 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MMP | $59.50 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | PFFS | $59.50 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRSNP | $59.50 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRPPO | $59.50 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRHMO | $59.50 | — |
| Amerigroup | DualEligible | $59.50 | — |
| Kelsey Seybold | MGMCR | $59.50 | — |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $59.50 | — |
| Aetna | MCR | $60.00 | — |
| Van Lang IPA | MCR | $60.09 | — |
| United | MCR | $60.69 | — |
| WellCare | PPO | $61.28 | — |
| WellCare | SNP | $61.28 | — |
| WellCare | POS | $61.28 | — |
| WellCare | MCRHMO | $61.28 | — |
| WellCare | PFFS | $61.28 | — |
| Integranet Amerigroup IPA | MCR | $61.28 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPPO | $62.47 | — |
| American Health Plan | MGMCR | $62.47 | — |
| ProCare Advantage | MGMCR | $62.47 | — |
| Shared Health | MGMCR | $62.47 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | PFFS | $62.47 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | DualEligible | $62.47 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRHMO | $62.47 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPOS | $62.47 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRSNP | $62.47 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PPO | $63.07 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PFFS | $63.07 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | MCRHMO | $63.07 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | POS | $63.07 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | SNP | $63.07 | — |
| Molina | MGMCR | $64.85 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $67.61 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $67.61 | — |
| Universal Healthcare Group | MCR | $71.40 | — |
| Verda Health Plan | MCR | $77.35 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $79.26 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $79.26 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $79.26 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $79.26 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $79.26 | — |
| Community Health Choice | HIX | $86.27 | — |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $86.27 | — |
| Superior | EPO | $92.22 | — |
| Superior | HMO | $92.22 | — |
| Corvel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $117.80 | — |
| OMNI Healthcare | WORKERSCOMP | $124.94 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $127.92 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $137.45 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $151.55 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $171.73 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $171.73 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $171.73 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $171.73 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $184.94 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $184.94 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $189.73 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $205.51 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $213.23 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $219.29 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $221.93 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $236.13 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $257.60 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $273.00 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $273.00 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $273.00 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $289.54 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $289.54 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $289.54 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $313.08 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $313.08 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $317.04 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $341.35 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $341.35 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $341.35 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $368.35 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $368.35 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $368.35 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $462.35 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $544.37 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $544.37 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $568.03 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $594.45 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $594.45 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $704.09 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $726.55 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $726.55 | — |
| Triumph | COMM | $792.60 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $792.60 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $792.60 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $792.60 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $858.65 | — |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $990.75 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $1,056.80 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,083.22 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $1,122.85 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $1,122.85 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $1,122.85 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $1,188.90 | — |
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Pt re-evaluation patient/family at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $58.31 – $205.51 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $58.31 – $127.92 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $128.83 | $36.50 – $204.36 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $205.19 | $42.24 – $307.79 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $224.67 | $44.93 – $280.84 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $128.83 | $34.35 – $204.36 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $205.19 | $65.87 – $307.79 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $205.19 | $106.02 – $307.79 |