Radiation treatment delivery at HCA HOUSTON WEST
12141 RICHMOND AVENUE, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1275580938
$7,430.00
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.
$7,430.00
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.
$257.87 with BCBS vs $6,687.00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $257.87 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | BAV | $284.64 | ↓ -96% |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $422.73 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | HMO | $422.73 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | PPO | $422.73 | ↓ -94% |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $699.65 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $929.90 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $929.90 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $929.90 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $965.90 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $965.90 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $965.90 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $965.90 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $989.19 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $989.19 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $989.19 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $1,040.20 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $1,040.20 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $1,163.11 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $1,163.11 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $1,163.11 | ↓ -84% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $1,233.38 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,248.24 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $1,256.99 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $1,256.99 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $1,256.99 | ↓ -83% |
| Oscar | HIX | $1,448.85 | ↓ -81% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $1,760.91 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $1,760.91 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $1,783.20 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $1,894.65 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $2,028.39 | ↓ -73% |
| Humana | PPO | $2,370.91 | ↓ -68% |
| Humana | HMO | $2,370.91 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $2,600.50 | ↓ -65% |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $2,600.50 | ↓ -65% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $2,972.00 | ↓ -60% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $2,972.00 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $3,194.90 | ↓ -57% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $3,343.50 | ↓ -55% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $3,343.50 | ↓ -55% |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $3,343.50 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $3,960.19 | ↓ -47% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $4,086.50 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $4,086.50 | ↓ -45% |
| Triumph | COMM | $4,458.00 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $4,458.00 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $4,458.00 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $4,458.00 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $4,829.50 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $5,572.50 | ↓ -25% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $5,944.00 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $6,092.60 | ↓ -18% |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $6,315.50 | ↓ -15% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $6,315.50 | ↓ -15% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $6,315.50 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $6,687.00 | ↓ -10% |
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Radiation treatment delivery at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $235.20 | $169.09 – $672.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $235.20 | $181.44 – $672.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $257.87 – $2,589.98 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $257.87 – $2,589.98 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $1,305.36 | $542.50 – $542.50 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,200.00 | $97.38 – $1,500.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,800.00 | $297.05 – $2,700.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,800.00 | $97.38 – $2,250.00 |