Telethx isodose plan cplx 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

$33,936.00

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.

$33,936.00

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.

$257.21 with BCBS vs $30,542.40 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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $257.21 ↓ -99%
BCBS BAV $283.91 ↓ -99%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -99%
BCBS PPO $421.65 ↓ -99%
BCBS EPOSOA $421.65 ↓ -99%
BCBS HMO $421.65 ↓ -99%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -99%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -98%
Aetna QHPExchange $693.63 ↓ -98%
Aetna NBPOS $921.90 ↓ -97%
Aetna NBHMO $921.90 ↓ -97%
Aetna NBPPO $921.90 ↓ -97%
Aetna COMMPPO $980.68 ↓ -97%
Aetna COMMHMO $980.68 ↓ -97%
Aetna COMMPOS $980.68 ↓ -97%
Aetna OONPPO $1,153.11 ↓ -97%
Aetna OONHMO $1,153.11 ↓ -97%
Aetna OONPOS $1,153.11 ↓ -97%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,246.18 ↓ -96%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,246.18 ↓ -96%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,246.18 ↓ -96%
Humana HMO $2,501.11 ↓ -93%
Humana PPO $2,501.11 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $4,411.68 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $4,411.68 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $4,411.68 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $4,411.68 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $4,751.04 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $4,751.04 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $5,633.38 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $5,701.25 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $6,617.52 ↓ -81%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $8,042.83 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $8,042.83 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $8,144.64 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $8,653.68 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $9,264.53 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $11,877.60 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $11,877.60 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $13,574.40 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $13,574.40 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $14,592.48 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $15,271.20 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $15,271.20 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $15,271.20 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $18,087.89 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $18,664.80 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $18,664.80 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $20,361.60 ↓ -40%
Triumph COMM $20,361.60 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $20,361.60 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $20,361.60 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $22,058.40 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $25,452.00 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $27,148.80 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $27,827.52 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $28,845.60 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $28,845.60 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $28,845.60 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $30,542.40 ↓ -10%

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Telethx isodose plan cplx at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $2,987.25 $168.66 – $8,535.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $2,987.25 $205.20 – $8,535.00
Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital Houston $2,393.00 $376.14 – $733.47
Houston Methodist Hospital Houston $2,165.50 $376.14 – $1,504.55
Houston Methodist West Hospital Houston $2,393.00 $376.14 – $1,504.55
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $257.21 – $2,501.11
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $257.21 – $2,501.11
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,794.37 $541.12 – $541.12

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