Tc-99m pentetate dtpa 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

$4,662.00

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.

$4,662.00

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.

$47.39 with United vs $4,195.80 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
United AllPayerAppendix $47.39 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $47.39 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $47.39 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $61.17 ↓ -99%
BCBS BAV $67.41 ↓ -99%
Cigna CSN $77.34 ↓ -98%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $83.74 ↓ -98%
BCBS PPO $84.27 ↓ -98%
BCBS EPOSOA $84.27 ↓ -98%
BCBS HMO $84.27 ↓ -98%
Cigna PPO $99.72 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $279.72 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $279.72 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $279.72 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $279.72 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $279.72 ↓ -94%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $309.09 ↓ -93%
Humana PPO $366.22 ↓ -92%
Humana HMO $366.22 ↓ -92%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -89%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $606.06 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $606.06 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $606.06 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $606.06 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $652.68 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $652.68 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $773.89 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $783.22 ↓ -83%
Superior EPO $815.85 ↓ -83%
Superior HMO $815.85 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $909.09 ↓ -81%
Superior ValueHMO $923.08 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $1,104.89 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $1,104.89 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $1,118.88 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,188.81 ↓ -75%
Molina Healthcare HIX $1,258.74 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,272.73 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $1,398.60 ↓ -70%
Aetna NBHMO $1,496.50 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPPO $1,496.50 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPOS $1,496.50 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMHMO $1,594.40 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPPO $1,594.40 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPOS $1,594.40 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $1,631.70 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $1,631.70 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,864.80 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,864.80 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $1,869.46 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $1,869.46 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $1,869.46 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $2,004.66 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $2,018.65 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $2,018.65 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPPO $2,018.65 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $2,097.90 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $2,097.90 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $2,097.90 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $2,484.85 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $2,564.10 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $2,564.10 ↓ -45%
Triumph COMM $2,797.20 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,797.20 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $2,797.20 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $2,797.20 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $3,030.30 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $3,496.50 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $3,729.60 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3,822.84 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $3,962.70 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $3,962.70 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $3,962.70 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $4,195.80 ↓ -10%

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Tc-99m pentetate dtpa at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $1,338.99 $47.39 – $366.22
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $426.65 $28.09 – $1,219.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $426.65 $34.02 – $1,219.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $47.39 – $366.22
Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital Houston not published $121.72 – $164.56
Houston Methodist Hospital Houston not published $121.72 – $149.07
Houston Methodist West Hospital Houston not published $121.72 – $164.56
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $893.78 $47.39 – $366.22

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