Sex chromatin identification 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

$430.00

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.

$430.00

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.

$17.62 with Oscar vs $387.00 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
Oscar MGMCR $17.62 ↓ -96%
WellMed MGMCR $17.89 ↓ -96%
United SmallGroup $17.98 ↓ -96%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $17.98 ↓ -96%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $17.98 ↓ -96%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $17.98 ↓ -96%
United AllPayerAppendix $17.98 ↓ -96%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $17.98 ↓ -96%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $17.98 ↓ -96%
BCBS MCRPPO $17.98 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup DualEligible $17.98 ↓ -96%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $17.98 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health MGMCR $17.98 ↓ -96%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $17.98 ↓ -96%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $17.98 ↓ -96%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $17.98 ↓ -96%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $17.98 ↓ -96%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $17.98 ↓ -96%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $17.98 ↓ -96%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $17.98 ↓ -96%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $17.98 ↓ -96%
Aetna MCR $18.13 ↓ -96%
Van Lang IPA MCR $18.16 ↓ -96%
United MCR $18.34 ↓ -96%
WellCare PPO $18.52 ↓ -96%
WellCare MCRHMO $18.52 ↓ -96%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $18.52 ↓ -96%
WellCare POS $18.52 ↓ -96%
WellCare PFFS $18.52 ↓ -96%
WellCare SNP $18.52 ↓ -96%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $18.88 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $18.88 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $18.88 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $18.88 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $18.88 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $18.88 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $18.88 ↓ -96%
Shared Health MGMCR $18.88 ↓ -96%
American Health Plan MGMCR $18.88 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $19.06 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $19.06 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $19.06 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $19.06 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $19.06 ↓ -96%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $19.46 ↓ -95%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $19.46 ↓ -95%
Molina MGMCR $19.60 ↓ -95%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $21.58 ↓ -95%
Verda Health Plan MCR $23.37 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $25.80 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $25.80 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $25.80 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $25.80 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $25.80 ↓ -94%
Superior ValueHMO $26.07 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice HIX $26.07 ↓ -94%
Superior EPO $27.87 ↓ -94%
Superior HMO $27.87 ↓ -94%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $35.60 ↓ -92%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $36.32 ↓ -92%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $37.76 ↓ -91%
Molina Healthcare HIX $38.66 ↓ -91%
BCBS BAV $40.10 ↓ -91%
BCBS HMO $50.16 ↓ -88%
Oscar HIX $51.96 ↓ -88%
BCBS EPOSOA $53.76 ↓ -87%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $53.92 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $55.90 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $55.90 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $55.90 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $55.90 ↓ -87%
BCBS PPO $57.36 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $60.20 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $60.20 ↓ -86%
Aetna QHPExchange $65.84 ↓ -85%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $71.38 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $72.24 ↓ -83%
Cigna CSN $73.87 ↓ -83%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $80.01 ↓ -81%
Aetna NBHMO $87.56 ↓ -80%
Aetna NBPPO $87.56 ↓ -80%
Aetna NBPOS $87.56 ↓ -80%
Aetna COMMPOS $93.02 ↓ -78%
Aetna COMMHMO $93.02 ↓ -78%
Aetna COMMPPO $93.02 ↓ -78%
Cigna PPO $95.19 ↓ -78%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $101.91 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $101.91 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $103.20 ↓ -76%
Aetna OONPOS $109.28 ↓ -75%
Aetna OONPPO $109.28 ↓ -75%
Aetna OONHMO $109.28 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $117.39 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASAPOS $118.16 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASAPPO $118.16 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASAHMO $118.16 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $150.50 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $150.50 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $184.90 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $193.50 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $193.50 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $193.50 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $229.19 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $236.50 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $236.50 ↓ -45%
Humana HMO $240.10 ↓ -44%
Humana PPO $240.10 ↓ -44%
Triumph COMM $258.00 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $258.00 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $258.00 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $258.00 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $279.50 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $322.50 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $344.00 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $352.60 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $365.50 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $365.50 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $365.50 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $387.00 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Sex chromatin identification at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $17.62 – $73.87
Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital Houston not published $17.98 – $74.80
Houston Methodist Hospital Houston not published $17.98 – $74.80
Houston Methodist West Hospital Houston not published $17.98 – $74.80
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $309.11 $17.62 – $73.87
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $42.00 $16.18 – $216.00
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $42.00 $16.18 – $204.00
St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital Navasota $42.00 $16.18 – $204.00

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