Sbrt management 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

$43,799.00

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.

$43,799.00

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 $39,419.10 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 ↓ -99%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -99%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,198.34 ↓ -97%
BCBS BAV $1,322.76 ↓ -97%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,964.49 ↓ -96%
BCBS PPO $1,964.49 ↓ -96%
BCBS HMO $1,964.49 ↓ -96%
Aetna MCR $2,903.87 ↓ -93%
Aetna QHPExchange $3,342.54 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBHMO $4,442.56 ↓ -90%
Aetna NBPPO $4,442.56 ↓ -90%
Aetna NBPOS $4,442.56 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMMPOS $4,725.82 ↓ -89%
Aetna COMMHMO $4,725.82 ↓ -89%
Aetna COMMPPO $4,725.82 ↓ -89%
Aetna OONPOS $5,556.73 ↓ -87%
Aetna OONPPO $5,556.73 ↓ -87%
Aetna OONHMO $5,556.73 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $5,693.87 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $5,693.87 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $5,693.87 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $5,693.87 ↓ -87%
Aetna ASAPPO $6,005.24 ↓ -86%
Aetna ASAPOS $6,005.24 ↓ -86%
Aetna ASAHMO $6,005.24 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $6,131.86 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $6,131.86 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $7,270.63 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $7,358.23 ↓ -83%
Humana HMO $7,510.92 ↓ -83%
Humana PPO $7,510.92 ↓ -83%
Superior EPO $7,664.82 ↓ -83%
Superior HMO $7,664.82 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $8,540.81 ↓ -80%
Superior ValueHMO $8,672.20 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $10,380.36 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $10,380.36 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $10,511.76 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $11,168.75 ↓ -74%
Molina Healthcare HIX $11,825.73 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $11,957.13 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $13,139.70 ↓ -70%
Imagine Health PPO $15,329.65 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $15,329.65 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $17,519.60 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $17,519.60 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $18,833.57 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $19,709.55 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $19,709.55 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $19,709.55 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $23,344.87 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $24,089.45 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $24,089.45 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $26,279.40 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $26,279.40 ↓ -40%
Triumph COMM $26,279.40 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $26,279.40 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $28,469.35 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $32,849.25 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $35,039.20 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $35,915.18 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $37,229.15 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $37,229.15 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $37,229.15 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $39,419.10 ↓ -10%

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Sbrt management at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $1,198.34 – $7,510.92
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $1,198.34 – $7,510.92
Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital Houston not published $2,551.78 – $3,018.77
Houston Methodist Hospital Houston not published $2,694.27 – $3,018.77
Houston Methodist West Hospital Houston not published $2,551.78 – $3,018.77
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $563.85 $410.49 – $2,899.80
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $563.85 $1,475.00 – $2,738.70
St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital Navasota $563.85 $1,168.30 – $3,576.42

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