Svc venogram s&i 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.

$116.57 with Texas Health Network vs $10,103.40 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 $116.57
Amerigroup MGMCD $118.95
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $118.95
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $118.95
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $118.95
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $119.63
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $119.63
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $119.63
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $119.63
United MGMCD $122.02
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $129.20
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $130.85
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $130.85
Molina Healthcare STAR $130.85
Molina Healthcare CHIP $130.85
Humana MCD $148.69
Cigna CSN $241.28
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $261.12
Cigna PPO $310.40
Aetna QHPExchange $400.09
Aetna NBPPO $531.76
Aetna NBHMO $531.76
Aetna NBPOS $531.76
Aetna COMMPPO $565.67
Aetna COMMPOS $565.67
Aetna COMMHMO $565.67
Aetna OONPOS $665.12
Aetna OONHMO $665.12
Aetna OONPPO $665.12
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $673.56
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $673.56
Superior Health Plan CHIP $673.56
Superior Health Plan STAR $673.56
Superior Health Plan STARKids $673.56
Aetna ASAPOS $718.81
Aetna ASAHMO $718.81
Aetna ASAPPO $718.81
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,109.70
BCBS BAV $1,197.97
Humana PPO $1,446.61
Humana HMO $1,446.61
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,863.52
United OptionsPPO $1,885.97
BCBS HMO $2,143.73
BCBS EPOSOA $2,225.70
BCBS PPO $2,301.36
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $2,671.67
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $2,694.24
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,862.63
Evry Health BroadNetwork $3,064.70
United SmallGroup $3,163.82
United AllPayerAppendix $3,163.82
BCBS Traditional $3,929.10
Imagine Health PPO $3,929.10
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $4,490.40
Curative Administrators COMM $4,490.40
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $4,827.18
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $5,051.70
United GlobalAppendix $5,051.70
Averde Health Commercial $5,051.70
Coventry National First Health COMM $5,983.46
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $6,174.30
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $6,174.30
Triumph COMM $6,735.60
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $6,735.60
Independent Medical System COMM $6,735.60
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $6,735.60
Coastal Comp COMM $7,296.90
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $8,419.50
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $8,980.80
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $9,205.32
Physicians, INC COMM $9,542.10
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $9,542.10
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $9,542.10
Affiliated PPO COMM $10,103.40

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Svc venogram s&i at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $1,691.55 $118.95 – $4,833.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $1,691.55 $118.95 – $4,833.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $119.63 – $1,109.70
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $118.95 – $1,109.70
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,934.62 $118.95 – $3,967.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,040.37 $419.98 – $3,967.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,864.99 $118.95 – $3,967.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,934.62 $118.95 – $3,967.42

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