Scan duplex extremity veins unilateral/limited study 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.

$104.74 with Texas Health Network vs $8,246.70 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 $104.74
Amerigroup MGMCD $106.88
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $106.88
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $108.97
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $108.97
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $108.97
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $108.97
United MGMCD $111.15
Molina Healthcare CHIP $117.57
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $117.57
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $117.57
Molina Healthcare STAR $117.57
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $117.69
Humana MCD $133.60
BCBS MyBlueHealth $234.44
BCBS BAV $258.49
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00
BCBS HMO $323.61
Cigna CSN $357.55
BCBS EPOSOA $363.69
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $386.95
BCBS PPO $402.76
Cigna PPO $459.97
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $549.78
Superior Health Plan STARKids $549.78
Superior Health Plan CHIP $549.78
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $549.78
Superior Health Plan STAR $549.78
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00
Humana HMO $920.43
Humana PPO $920.43
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,521.06
United OptionsPPO $1,539.38
Oscar HIX $1,786.79
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $2,171.63
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $2,171.63
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $2,199.12
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,336.57
Aetna QHPExchange $2,428.20
Evry Health BroadNetwork $2,501.50
Aetna NBHMO $2,941.32
Aetna NBPOS $2,941.32
Aetna NBPPO $2,941.32
Aetna COMMHMO $3,133.75
Aetna COMMPOS $3,133.75
Aetna COMMPPO $3,133.75
BCBS Traditional $3,207.05
Imagine Health PPO $3,207.05
Curative Administrators COMM $3,665.20
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $3,665.20
Aetna OONHMO $3,674.36
Aetna OONPPO $3,674.36
Aetna OONPOS $3,674.36
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $3,940.09
Aetna ASAPOS $3,967.58
Aetna ASAHMO $3,967.58
Aetna ASAPPO $3,967.58
United GlobalAppendix $4,123.35
Averde Health Commercial $4,123.35
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $4,123.35
Coventry National First Health COMM $4,883.88
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $5,039.65
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $5,039.65
Triumph COMM $5,497.80
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $5,497.80
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $5,497.80
Independent Medical System COMM $5,497.80
Coastal Comp COMM $5,955.95
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $6,872.25
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $7,330.40
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $7,513.66
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $7,788.55
Physicians, INC COMM $7,788.55
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $7,788.55
Affiliated PPO COMM $8,246.70

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Scan duplex extremity veins unilateral/limited study at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $908.95 $106.88 – $2,597.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $908.95 $106.88 – $2,597.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $108.97 – $357.55
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $106.88 – $357.55
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,853.37 $385.73 – $385.73
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $803.29 $99.77 – $1,004.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $803.29 $143.37 – $1,204.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $803.29 $99.77 – $1,117.00

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