Salivary gland imaging at HCA HOUSTON WEST
12141 RICHMOND AVENUE, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1275580938
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Cash price 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 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.
$163.07 with Texas Health Network vs $2,762.02 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Texas Health Network | MCD | $163.07 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $166.40 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $166.40 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $166.40 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $166.40 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $172.08 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $172.08 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $172.08 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $172.08 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $175.52 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $183.04 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $183.04 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $183.04 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $183.04 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $185.85 | — |
| Humana | MCD | $208.00 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $277.82 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $299.91 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $536.69 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $557.21 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $576.15 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $716.53 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $848.52 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $848.52 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $869.35 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $1,155.45 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $1,155.45 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $1,155.45 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $1,229.13 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $1,229.13 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $1,229.13 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $1,445.24 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $1,445.24 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $1,445.24 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $1,561.89 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $1,561.89 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $1,561.89 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $2,762.02 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $2,762.02 | — |
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Salivary gland imaging at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $172.08 – $869.35 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $166.40 – $869.35 |
| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $641.66 | $158.08 – $1,723.00 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $175.35 | $292.25 – $1,052.10 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston | Livingston | $175.35 | $257.18 – $1,052.10 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial San Augustine | San Augustine | $175.35 | $210.42 – $1,215.76 |
| Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $917.28 | $157.85 – $1,496.70 |
| Ascension Seton Northwest (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $917.28 | $157.85 – $1,496.70 |