Reinforced solid stirrup 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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

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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.

$232.97 with Oscar vs $1,828.59 with Humana — 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
Oscar MGMCR $232.97
WellMed MGMCR $236.53
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $237.72
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $237.72
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $237.72
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $237.72
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $237.72
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $237.72
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $237.72
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $237.72
Devoted Health MGMCR $237.72
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $237.72
Amerigroup DualEligible $237.72
BCBS MCRPPO $237.72
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $237.72
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $237.72
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $237.72
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $237.72
CHC Harris Health Indigent $237.72
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $237.72
Aetna MCR $239.74
Van Lang IPA MCR $240.10
United MCR $242.47
WellCare PFFS $244.85
WellCare PPO $244.85
WellCare SNP $244.85
WellCare POS $244.85
WellCare MCRHMO $244.85
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $244.85
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $249.61
Superior Health Plan PFFS $249.61
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $249.61
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $249.61
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $249.61
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $249.61
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $249.61
American Health Plan MGMCR $249.61
Shared Health MGMCR $249.61
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $251.98
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $251.98
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $251.98
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $251.98
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $251.98
Molina MGMCR $259.11
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $285.26
Verda Health Plan MCR $309.04
Superior ValueHMO $344.69
Community Health Choice HIX $344.69
Superior EPO $368.47
Superior HMO $368.47
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $470.69
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $499.21
Molina Healthcare HIX $511.10
Humana PPO $1,828.59
Humana HMO $1,828.59

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Reinforced solid stirrup at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $232.97 – $511.10
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $232.97 – $511.10
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $232.97 – $511.10
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $232.97 – $511.10
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $232.97 – $511.10
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $232.97 – $511.10
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $232.97 – $511.10
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $232.97 – $511.10

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