Telethx isodose plan simple at HCA HOUSTON WEST
12141 RICHMOND AVENUE, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1275580938
$28,671.00
Cash price 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.
$28,671.00
Gross charge 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.
$142.45 with BCBS vs $25,803.90 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $142.45 | ↓ -100% |
| BCBS | BAV | $157.24 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | PPO | $233.52 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $233.52 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | HMO | $233.52 | ↓ -99% |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $382.60 | ↓ -99% |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $508.52 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $508.52 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $508.52 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $540.94 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $540.94 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $540.94 | ↓ -98% |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $636.05 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $636.05 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $636.05 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $687.39 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $687.39 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $687.39 | ↓ -98% |
| Humana | PPO | $1,383.68 | ↓ -95% |
| Humana | HMO | $1,383.68 | ↓ -95% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $3,727.23 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $3,727.23 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $3,727.23 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $3,727.23 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $4,013.94 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $4,013.94 | ↓ -86% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $4,759.39 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $4,816.73 | ↓ -83% |
| Oscar | HIX | $5,590.85 | ↓ -80% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $6,795.03 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $6,795.03 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $6,881.04 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $7,311.10 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $7,827.18 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $10,034.85 | ↓ -65% |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $10,034.85 | ↓ -65% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $11,468.40 | ↓ -60% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $11,468.40 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $12,328.53 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $12,901.95 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $12,901.95 | ↓ -55% |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $12,901.95 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $15,281.64 | ↓ -47% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $15,769.05 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $15,769.05 | ↓ -45% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $17,202.60 | ↓ -40% |
| Triumph | COMM | $17,202.60 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $17,202.60 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $17,202.60 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $18,636.15 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $21,503.25 | ↓ -25% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $22,936.80 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $23,510.22 | ↓ -18% |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $24,370.35 | ↓ -15% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $24,370.35 | ↓ -15% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $24,370.35 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $25,803.90 | ↓ -10% |
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Telethx isodose plan simple at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $3,902.50 | $93.41 – $11,150.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $3,902.50 | $113.65 – $11,150.00 |
| Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital | Houston | $1,191.00 | $292.47 – $733.47 |
| Houston Methodist Hospital | Houston | $1,051.00 | $308.80 – $1,504.55 |
| Houston Methodist West Hospital | Houston | $1,191.00 | $292.47 – $1,504.55 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $142.45 – $1,383.68 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $142.45 – $1,383.68 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $3,663.61 | $299.68 – $299.68 |