Scan duplex abd/pelvis/retroperitoneal limited 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

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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.

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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.

$70.14 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,173.67 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.

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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
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $70.14
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $70.14
Superior Health Plan CHIP $70.14
Superior Health Plan STAR $70.14
Superior Health Plan STARKids $70.14
Texas Health Network MCD $104.74
Amerigroup MGMCD $106.88
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $106.88
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $108.97
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $108.97
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $108.97
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $108.97
United MGMCD $111.15
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $117.57
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $117.57
Molina Healthcare STAR $117.57
Molina Healthcare CHIP $117.57
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $117.69
Humana MCD $133.60
Cigna CSN $173.01
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $187.04
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $194.05
United OptionsPPO $196.39
Cigna PPO $222.11
Oscar HIX $227.96
BCBS MyBlueHealth $263.11
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $277.05
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $277.05
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $280.56
BCBS BAV $290.10
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $298.10
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00
Aetna QHPExchange $309.79
Evry Health BroadNetwork $319.14
BCBS HMO $363.18
Aetna NBHMO $375.25
Aetna NBPOS $375.25
Aetna NBPPO $375.25
Aetna COMMPPO $399.80
Aetna COMMHMO $399.80
Aetna COMMPOS $399.80
BCBS EPOSOA $408.16
Imagine Health PPO $409.15
BCBS Traditional $409.15
BCBS PPO $452.01
Curative Administrators COMM $467.60
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $467.60
Aetna OONPOS $468.77
Aetna OONPPO $468.77
Aetna OONHMO $468.77
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $502.67
Aetna ASAPPO $506.18
Aetna ASAHMO $506.18
Aetna ASAPOS $506.18
United GlobalAppendix $526.05
Averde Health Commercial $526.05
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $526.05
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00
Coventry National First Health COMM $623.08
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $642.95
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $642.95
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $701.40
Triumph COMM $701.40
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $701.40
Independent Medical System COMM $701.40
Coastal Comp COMM $759.85
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $876.75
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $935.20
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $958.58
Physicians, INC COMM $993.65
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $993.65
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $993.65
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,052.10
Humana HMO $1,173.67
Humana PPO $1,173.67

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Scan duplex abd/pelvis/retroperitoneal limited at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $597.45 $106.88 – $1,707.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $597.45 $106.88 – $1,707.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $2,494.93 $106.88 – $440.07
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $108.97 – $440.07
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,891.69 $432.89 – $432.89
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $719.96 $99.77 – $899.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $692.62 $142.56 – $1,117.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $743.89 $99.77 – $1,117.00

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