Puncture arterial withdrawal blood for diagnosis at HCA HOUSTON WEST
12141 RICHMOND AVENUE, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1275580938
$525.00
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.
$525.00
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.
$31.50 with Superior Health Plan vs $11,153.00 with Oscar — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $31.50 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $31.50 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $31.50 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $31.50 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $31.50 | ↓ -94% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $68.25 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $68.25 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $68.25 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $68.25 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $73.50 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $73.50 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $85.58 | ↓ -84% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $87.15 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $88.20 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS | BAV | $94.50 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS | HMO | $118.13 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $120.75 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS | PPO | $122.85 | ↓ -77% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $124.42 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $124.42 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $126.00 | ↓ -76% |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $134.32 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $139.13 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $168.53 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $168.53 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $168.53 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $179.55 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $179.55 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $179.55 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $183.75 | ↓ -65% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $210.00 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $210.53 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $210.53 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $210.53 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $225.75 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $227.32 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $227.32 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $227.32 | ↓ -57% |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $236.25 | ↓ -55% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $236.25 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $236.25 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $279.82 | ↓ -47% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $288.75 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $288.75 | ↓ -45% |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | ↓ -43% |
| Triumph | COMM | $315.00 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $315.00 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $315.00 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $315.00 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $341.25 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $393.75 | ↓ -25% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $420.00 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $430.50 | ↓ -18% |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $446.25 | ↓ -15% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $446.25 | ↓ -15% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $446.25 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $472.50 | ↓ -10% |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | ↓ -5% |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | ↑ +14% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,672.00 | ↑ +218% |
| Cigna | CSN | $2,518.00 | ↑ +380% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $2,728.00 | ↑ +420% |
| Cigna | PPO | $3,244.00 | ↑ +518% |
| United | SmallGroup | $4,183.00 | ↑ +697% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $4,340.00 | ↑ +727% |
| Humana | PPO | $4,690.00 | ↑ +793% |
| Humana | HMO | $4,690.00 | ↑ +793% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $5,976.00 | ↑ +1038% |
| Oscar | HIX | $11,153.00 | ↑ +2024% |
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Puncture arterial withdrawal blood for diagnosis at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $92.40 | $71.28 – $264.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $92.40 | $71.28 – $264.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $223.51 – $223.51 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $189.71 – $189.71 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $287.08 | $136.29 – $136.29 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $127.50 | $10.00 – $316.45 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $96.17 | $12.00 – $316.45 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $94.55 | $12.00 – $316.45 |