Russell viper venom diluted 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

$311.00

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.

$311.00

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.

$7.89 with Texas Health Network vs $279.90 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 $7.89 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $8.05 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $8.05 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $8.05 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $8.05 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $8.05 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $8.05 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $8.05 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $8.05 ↓ -97%
United MGMCD $8.21 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $8.69 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $8.86 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STAR $8.86 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $8.86 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $8.86 ↓ -97%
Oscar MGMCR $9.39 ↓ -97%
WellMed MGMCR $9.53 ↓ -97%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $9.58 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $9.58 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $9.58 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $9.58 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $9.58 ↓ -97%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $9.58 ↓ -97%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $9.58 ↓ -97%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $9.58 ↓ -97%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $9.58 ↓ -97%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $9.58 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MGMCR $9.58 ↓ -97%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $9.58 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $9.58 ↓ -97%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $9.58 ↓ -97%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $9.58 ↓ -97%
United SmallGroup $9.58 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup DualEligible $9.58 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRPPO $9.58 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $9.58 ↓ -97%
Aetna MCR $9.66 ↓ -97%
Van Lang IPA MCR $9.68 ↓ -97%
United MCR $9.77 ↓ -97%
WellCare PFFS $9.87 ↓ -97%
WellCare POS $9.87 ↓ -97%
WellCare SNP $9.87 ↓ -97%
WellCare PPO $9.87 ↓ -97%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $9.87 ↓ -97%
WellCare MCRHMO $9.87 ↓ -97%
Shared Health MGMCR $10.06 ↓ -97%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $10.06 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $10.06 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $10.06 ↓ -97%
American Health Plan MGMCR $10.06 ↓ -97%
Humana MCD $10.06 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $10.06 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $10.06 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $10.06 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $10.06 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $10.15 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $10.15 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $10.15 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $10.15 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $10.15 ↓ -97%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $10.37 ↓ -97%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $10.37 ↓ -97%
Molina MGMCR $10.44 ↓ -97%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $11.50 ↓ -96%
Verda Health Plan MCR $12.45 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice HIX $13.89 ↓ -96%
Superior ValueHMO $13.89 ↓ -96%
Superior HMO $14.85 ↓ -95%
Superior EPO $14.85 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $18.66 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $18.66 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $18.66 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $18.66 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $18.66 ↓ -94%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $18.97 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $19.35 ↓ -94%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $20.12 ↓ -94%
Molina Healthcare HIX $20.60 ↓ -93%
BCBS BAV $21.36 ↓ -93%
BCBS HMO $26.73 ↓ -91%
Oscar HIX $27.69 ↓ -91%
BCBS EPOSOA $28.64 ↓ -91%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $28.74 ↓ -91%
BCBS PPO $30.56 ↓ -90%
Aetna QHPExchange $35.09 ↓ -89%
Cigna CSN $39.01 ↓ -87%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $42.26 ↓ -86%
Aetna NBHMO $46.66 ↓ -85%
Aetna NBPPO $46.66 ↓ -85%
Aetna NBPOS $46.66 ↓ -85%
Aetna COMMPPO $49.58 ↓ -84%
Aetna COMMHMO $49.58 ↓ -84%
Aetna COMMPOS $49.58 ↓ -84%
Cigna PPO $50.28 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $51.63 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $52.25 ↓ -83%
Aetna OONHMO $58.24 ↓ -81%
Aetna OONPPO $58.24 ↓ -81%
Aetna OONPOS $58.24 ↓ -81%
Aetna ASAPPO $62.97 ↓ -80%
Aetna ASAHMO $62.97 ↓ -80%
Aetna ASAPOS $62.97 ↓ -80%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $74.64 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $84.90 ↓ -73%
Imagine Health PPO $108.85 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $108.85 ↓ -65%
Humana HMO $128.00 ↓ -59%
Humana PPO $128.00 ↓ -59%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $133.73 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $139.95 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $139.95 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $139.95 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $165.76 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $171.05 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $171.05 ↓ -45%
Triumph COMM $186.60 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $186.60 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $186.60 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $186.60 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $202.15 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $233.25 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $248.80 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $255.02 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $264.35 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $264.35 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $264.35 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $279.90 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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