Resuscitation delivery/birthing room 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

$1,315.00

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.

$1,315.00

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.

$78.90 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,412.59 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
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $78.90 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $78.90 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $78.90 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $78.90 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $78.90 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $170.95 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $170.95 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $170.95 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $170.95 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $184.10 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $184.10 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $218.29 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $220.92 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $256.43 ↓ -80%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $311.65 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $311.65 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $315.60 ↓ -76%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $348.29 ↓ -74%
Aetna QHPExchange $348.48 ↓ -73%
BCBS BAV $384.01 ↓ -71%
Aetna NBPPO $422.12 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPOS $422.12 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBHMO $422.12 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMHMO $449.73 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPOS $449.73 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPPO $449.73 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $460.25 ↓ -65%
BCBS HMO $480.75 ↓ -63%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -62%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $526.00 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $527.32 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $527.32 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $527.32 ↓ -60%
BCBS EPOSOA $540.29 ↓ -59%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $565.45 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $569.39 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $569.39 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPPO $569.39 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $591.75 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $591.75 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $591.75 ↓ -55%
BCBS PPO $598.34 ↓ -54%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -54%
Coventry National First Health COMM $700.89 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $723.25 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $723.25 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $789.00 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $789.00 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $789.00 ↓ -40%
Triumph COMM $789.00 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $854.75 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $986.25 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,052.00 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,078.30 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,117.75 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,117.75 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,117.75 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,183.50 ↓ -10%
Humana HMO $1,412.59 ↑ +7%
Humana PPO $1,412.59 ↑ +7%

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Resuscitation delivery/birthing room at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $444.15 $100.00 – $1,269.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $444.15 $100.00 – $1,269.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $2,188.04 $348.29 – $1,412.59
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $348.29 – $1,412.59
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $913.29 $258.77 – $1,612.26
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $422.74 $87.01 – $1,612.26
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $732.22 $146.44 – $1,612.26
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $913.29 $243.54 – $1,612.26

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