Scan duplex aorta/ivc/iliac unilateral/limited 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.
$67.68 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,015.20 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $67.68 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $67.68 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $67.68 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $67.68 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $67.68 | — |
| 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 | $166.94 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $180.48 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $187.25 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $189.50 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $214.32 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $219.96 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $262.27 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $267.34 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $267.34 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $270.72 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $287.64 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $289.17 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $298.92 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $307.94 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $362.02 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $362.09 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $362.09 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $362.09 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $385.78 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $385.78 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $385.78 | — |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $394.80 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $394.80 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $406.85 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $450.56 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $451.20 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $451.20 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $452.33 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $452.33 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $452.33 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $485.04 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $488.42 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $488.42 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $488.42 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $507.60 | — |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $507.60 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $507.60 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $601.22 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $620.40 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $620.40 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $676.80 | — |
| Triumph | COMM | $676.80 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $676.80 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $676.80 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $733.20 | — |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $846.00 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $902.40 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $903.97 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $903.97 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $924.96 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $958.80 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $958.80 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $958.80 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $1,015.20 | — |
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Scan duplex aorta/ivc/iliac unilateral/limited at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $2,846.68 | $108.97 – $342.99 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $324.10 | $101.86 – $926.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $324.10 | $74.08 – $926.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $106.88 – $342.99 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $509.35 | $99.77 – $636.68 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $422.32 | $86.93 – $1,117.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $497.68 | $99.77 – $1,117.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $509.35 | $99.77 – $1,117.00 |