Rmvl pq vad left hrt vein sep session 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

$66,545.00

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.

$66,545.00

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 $59,890.50 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 Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -100%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -99%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $948.00 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan STAR $948.00 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,916.81 ↓ -97%
BCBS BAV $2,111.20 ↓ -97%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $2,115.00 ↓ -97%
BCBS PPO $2,391.30 ↓ -96%
BCBS EPOSOA $2,424.75 ↓ -96%
BCBS HMO $2,458.19 ↓ -96%
Oscar HIX $3,390.00 ↓ -95%
Aetna MCR $4,411.93 ↓ -93%
Humana HMO $4,690.00 ↓ -93%
Humana PPO $4,690.00 ↓ -93%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $5,841.00 ↓ -91%
United SmallGroup $6,300.00 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $8,650.85 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $8,650.85 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $8,650.85 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $8,650.85 ↓ -87%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $8,757.00 ↓ -87%
United AllPayerAppendix $9,000.00 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $9,316.30 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $9,316.30 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $10,740.00 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $11,046.47 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $11,179.56 ↓ -83%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $11,636.00 ↓ -83%
Superior HMO $11,645.38 ↓ -82%
Superior EPO $11,645.38 ↓ -82%
Curative Administrators COMM $12,018.00 ↓ -82%
Superior ValueHMO $13,175.91 ↓ -80%
Cigna PPO $13,835.00 ↓ -79%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $15,771.17 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $15,771.17 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $15,970.80 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $16,207.00 ↓ -76%
Molina Healthcare HIX $17,967.15 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $19,963.50 ↓ -70%
BCBS Traditional $23,290.75 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $26,618.00 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $28,614.35 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $29,945.25 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $35,468.49 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $36,599.75 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $36,599.75 ↓ -45%
Triumph COMM $39,927.00 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $39,927.00 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $39,927.00 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $39,927.00 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $43,254.25 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $49,908.75 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $53,236.00 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $54,566.90 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $56,563.25 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $56,563.25 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $56,563.25 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $59,890.50 ↓ -10%
WellMed MGMCR not published by hospital

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Rmvl pq vad left hrt vein sep session at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $4,351.29 $1,916.81 – $1,916.81
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $2,722.30 $855.58 – $7,778.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $2,722.30 $622.24 – $7,778.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $4,428.69 $1,916.81 – $1,916.81
Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital Houston $4,413.50 $499.58 – $7,316.00
Houston Methodist Hospital Houston $3,016.00 $499.58 – $7,316.00
Houston Methodist West Hospital Houston $4,413.50 $499.58 – $7,316.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $4,864.71 $1,378.33 – $6,891.67

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