Syme typ expandabl wall sckt 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.

$620.59 with Oscar vs $4,871.17 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 $620.59
WellMed MGMCR $630.09
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $633.26
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $633.26
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $633.26
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $633.26
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $633.26
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $633.26
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $633.26
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $633.26
Devoted Health MGMCR $633.26
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $633.26
Amerigroup DualEligible $633.26
BCBS MCRPPO $633.26
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $633.26
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $633.26
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $633.26
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $633.26
CHC Harris Health Indigent $633.26
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $633.26
Aetna MCR $638.64
Van Lang IPA MCR $639.59
United MCR $645.93
WellCare PFFS $652.26
WellCare PPO $652.26
WellCare SNP $652.26
WellCare POS $652.26
WellCare MCRHMO $652.26
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $652.26
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $664.92
Superior Health Plan PFFS $664.92
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $664.92
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $664.92
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $664.92
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $664.92
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $664.92
American Health Plan MGMCR $664.92
Shared Health MGMCR $664.92
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $671.26
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $671.26
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $671.26
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $671.26
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $671.26
Molina MGMCR $690.25
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $759.91
Verda Health Plan MCR $823.24
Superior ValueHMO $918.23
Community Health Choice HIX $918.23
Superior EPO $981.55
Superior HMO $981.55
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $1,253.85
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $1,329.85
Molina Healthcare HIX $1,361.51
Humana PPO $4,871.17
Humana HMO $4,871.17

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Syme typ expandabl wall sckt at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $620.59 – $1,361.51
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $620.59 – $1,361.51
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $620.59 – $1,361.51
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $620.59 – $1,361.51
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $620.59 – $1,361.51
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $620.59 – $1,361.51
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $620.59 – $1,361.51
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $620.59 – $1,361.51

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