Test stress cardiovascular tracing only at HCA HOUSTON WEST
12141 RICHMOND AVENUE, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1275580938
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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.
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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.
$300.00 with Texas Athletic Network vs $5,261.40 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.
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 |
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| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $318.50 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $318.50 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $350.76 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $350.76 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $350.76 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $350.76 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $350.76 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $592.25 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $653.00 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $759.98 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $759.98 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $759.98 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $759.98 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $817.51 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $818.44 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $818.44 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $865.21 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $918.75 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $935.36 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $970.44 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $982.13 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,017.46 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $1,110.74 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $1,139.97 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $1,385.50 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $1,385.50 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $1,403.04 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $1,490.73 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $1,549.19 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $1,595.96 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $1,876.57 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $1,876.57 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $1,876.57 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $1,999.33 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $1,999.33 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $1,999.33 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $2,046.10 | — |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $2,046.10 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $2,338.40 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $2,338.40 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $2,344.25 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $2,344.25 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $2,344.25 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $2,513.78 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $2,531.32 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $2,531.32 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $2,531.32 | — |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $2,630.70 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $2,630.70 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $2,630.70 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $3,115.92 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $3,215.30 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $3,215.30 | — |
| Triumph | COMM | $3,507.60 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $3,507.60 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $3,507.60 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $3,507.60 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $3,799.90 | — |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $4,384.50 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $4,676.80 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $4,793.72 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $4,969.10 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $4,969.10 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $4,969.10 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $5,261.40 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Test stress cardiovascular tracing only at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $1,909.95 | $100.00 – $5,457.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $1,909.95 | $100.00 – $5,457.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $318.50 – $592.25 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $318.50 – $592.25 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $2,010.11 | $974.44 – $974.44 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,251.88 | $206.06 – $1,564.85 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,497.34 | $308.20 – $2,246.01 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,281.95 | $206.06 – $1,602.43 |