Support clav 29.6-40.5in med 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.

$71.62 with Oscar vs $562.19 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
Oscar MGMCR $71.62
WellMed MGMCR $72.71
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $73.08
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $73.08
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $73.08
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $73.08
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $73.08
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $73.08
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $73.08
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $73.08
Devoted Health MGMCR $73.08
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $73.08
Amerigroup DualEligible $73.08
BCBS MCRPPO $73.08
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $73.08
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $73.08
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $73.08
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $73.08
CHC Harris Health Indigent $73.08
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $73.08
Aetna MCR $73.70
Van Lang IPA MCR $73.81
United MCR $74.54
WellCare PFFS $75.27
WellCare PPO $75.27
WellCare SNP $75.27
WellCare POS $75.27
WellCare MCRHMO $75.27
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $75.27
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $76.73
Superior Health Plan PFFS $76.73
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $76.73
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $76.73
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $76.73
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $76.73
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $76.73
American Health Plan MGMCR $76.73
Shared Health MGMCR $76.73
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $77.46
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $77.46
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $77.46
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $77.46
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $77.46
Molina MGMCR $79.66
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $87.70
Verda Health Plan MCR $95.00
Superior ValueHMO $105.97
Community Health Choice HIX $105.97
Superior EPO $113.27
Superior HMO $113.27
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $144.70
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $153.47
Molina Healthcare HIX $157.12
Humana PPO $562.19
Humana HMO $562.19

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Support clav 29.6-40.5in med at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $15.73 $9.44 – $44.94
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $15.73 $9.44 – $44.94
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $71.62 – $157.12
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $71.62 – $157.12
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $175.89 $41.82 – $196.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $175.89 $7.97 – $58.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $175.89 $7.74 – $51.63
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $175.89 $39.36 – $196.80

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