Rbc count only automated 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

$127.00

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.

$127.00

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.

$2.49 with Texas Health Network vs $114.30 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 $2.49 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $2.54 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $2.54 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $2.54 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $2.54 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $2.54 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $2.54 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $2.54 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $2.54 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $2.59 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $2.74 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $2.79 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $2.79 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $2.79 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $2.79 ↓ -98%
Oscar MGMCR $2.96 ↓ -98%
WellMed MGMCR $3.00 ↓ -98%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $3.02 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $3.02 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $3.02 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $3.02 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $3.02 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $3.02 ↓ -98%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $3.02 ↓ -98%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $3.02 ↓ -98%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $3.02 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $3.02 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $3.02 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $3.02 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $3.02 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $3.02 ↓ -98%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $3.02 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup DualEligible $3.02 ↓ -98%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $3.02 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MGMCR $3.02 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $3.02 ↓ -98%
Van Lang IPA MCR $3.05 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $3.05 ↓ -98%
United MCR $3.08 ↓ -98%
WellCare PPO $3.11 ↓ -98%
WellCare MCRHMO $3.11 ↓ -98%
WellCare PFFS $3.11 ↓ -98%
WellCare SNP $3.11 ↓ -98%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $3.11 ↓ -98%
WellCare POS $3.11 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $3.17 ↓ -98%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $3.17 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $3.17 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $3.17 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $3.17 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $3.17 ↓ -98%
Shared Health MGMCR $3.17 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $3.17 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $3.17 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan MGMCR $3.17 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $3.20 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $3.20 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $3.20 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $3.20 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $3.20 ↓ -97%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $3.27 ↓ -97%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $3.27 ↓ -97%
Molina MGMCR $3.29 ↓ -97%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $3.62 ↓ -97%
Verda Health Plan MCR $3.93 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice HIX $4.38 ↓ -97%
Superior ValueHMO $4.38 ↓ -97%
Superior EPO $4.68 ↓ -96%
Superior HMO $4.68 ↓ -96%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $5.98 ↓ -95%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $6.10 ↓ -95%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $6.34 ↓ -95%
Molina Healthcare HIX $6.49 ↓ -95%
BCBS BAV $6.73 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $7.62 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $7.62 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $7.62 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $7.62 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $7.62 ↓ -94%
BCBS HMO $8.43 ↓ -93%
Oscar HIX $8.73 ↓ -93%
BCBS EPOSOA $9.03 ↓ -93%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $9.07 ↓ -93%
BCBS PPO $9.63 ↓ -92%
Aetna QHPExchange $11.09 ↓ -91%
Cigna CSN $12.56 ↓ -90%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $13.60 ↓ -89%
Aetna NBHMO $14.74 ↓ -88%
Aetna NBPOS $14.74 ↓ -88%
Aetna NBPPO $14.74 ↓ -88%
Aetna COMMPOS $15.66 ↓ -88%
Aetna COMMHMO $15.66 ↓ -88%
Aetna COMMPPO $15.66 ↓ -88%
Cigna PPO $16.18 ↓ -87%
Aetna OONPPO $18.40 ↓ -86%
Aetna OONPOS $18.40 ↓ -86%
Aetna OONHMO $18.40 ↓ -86%
Aetna ASAPPO $19.89 ↓ -84%
Aetna ASAPOS $19.89 ↓ -84%
Aetna ASAHMO $19.89 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $21.08 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $21.34 ↓ -83%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $30.48 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $34.67 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $40.36 ↓ -68%
Humana PPO $40.36 ↓ -68%
Imagine Health PPO $44.45 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $44.45 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $54.61 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $57.15 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $57.15 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $57.15 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $67.69 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $69.85 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $69.85 ↓ -45%
Triumph COMM $76.20 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $76.20 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $76.20 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $76.20 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $82.55 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $95.25 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $101.60 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $104.14 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $107.95 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $107.95 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $107.95 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $114.30 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Rbc count only automated at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $11.20 $2.17 – $32.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $11.20 $2.17 – $32.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $37.41 $2.54 – $12.56
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $2.54 – $12.56
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $11.85 $2.54 – $14.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $28.98 $4.43 – $43.47
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $27.60 $2.54 – $34.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $11.85 $2.54 – $14.81

All Texas hospitals for this procedure →