Rmvl perq right heart vad 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

$12,587.00

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.

$12,587.00

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.

$300.00 with Texas Athletic Network vs $13,835.00 with Cigna — 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 Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -98%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -96%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -95%
Aetna MCR $834.52 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $948.00 ↓ -92%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00 ↓ -92%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00 ↓ -92%
Superior Health Plan STAR $948.00 ↓ -92%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00 ↓ -92%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,573.11 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $1,636.31 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $1,636.31 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $1,636.31 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $1,636.31 ↓ -87%
BCBS BAV $1,732.65 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $1,762.18 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $1,762.18 ↓ -86%
BCBS PPO $1,962.53 ↓ -84%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,989.98 ↓ -84%
BCBS HMO $2,017.43 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $2,089.44 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $2,114.62 ↓ -83%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $2,115.00 ↓ -83%
Superior HMO $2,202.72 ↓ -83%
Superior EPO $2,202.72 ↓ -83%
Superior ValueHMO $2,492.23 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $2,983.12 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $2,983.12 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $3,020.88 ↓ -76%
Oscar HIX $3,390.00 ↓ -73%
Molina Healthcare HIX $3,398.49 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $3,436.25 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $3,776.10 ↓ -70%
BCBS Traditional $4,405.45 ↓ -65%
Humana HMO $4,690.00 ↓ -63%
Humana PPO $4,690.00 ↓ -63%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $5,034.80 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $5,412.41 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $5,664.15 ↓ -55%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $5,841.00 ↓ -54%
United SmallGroup $6,300.00 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $6,708.87 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $6,922.85 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $6,922.85 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $7,552.20 ↓ -40%
Triumph COMM $7,552.20 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $7,552.20 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $7,552.20 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $8,181.55 ↓ -35%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $8,757.00 ↓ -30%
United AllPayerAppendix $9,000.00 ↓ -28%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $9,440.25 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $10,069.60 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $10,321.34 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $10,698.95 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $10,698.95 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $10,698.95 ↓ -15%
Cigna CSN $10,740.00 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $11,328.30 ↓ -10%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $11,636.00 ↓ -8%
Curative Administrators COMM $12,018.00 ↓ -5%
Cigna PPO $13,835.00 ↑ +10%
WellMed MGMCR not published by hospital

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Rmvl perq right heart vad at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $11,603.42 $1,573.11 – $1,573.11
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $2,355.85 $740.41 – $6,731.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $2,355.85 $538.48 – $6,731.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $1,573.11 – $1,573.11
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $4,633.06 $289.92 – $6,563.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $547.93 $112.78 – $5,388.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $476.46 $95.29 – $5,388.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $4,633.06 $212.72 – $7,038.00

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