Thigh/wght bear lacer non-mo 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.

$266.76 with Oscar vs $2,093.91 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 $266.76
WellMed MGMCR $270.84
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $272.20
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $272.20
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $272.20
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $272.20
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $272.20
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $272.20
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $272.20
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $272.20
Devoted Health MGMCR $272.20
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $272.20
Amerigroup DualEligible $272.20
BCBS MCRPPO $272.20
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $272.20
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $272.20
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $272.20
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $272.20
CHC Harris Health Indigent $272.20
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $272.20
Aetna MCR $274.51
Van Lang IPA MCR $274.92
United MCR $277.64
WellCare PFFS $280.37
WellCare PPO $280.37
WellCare SNP $280.37
WellCare POS $280.37
WellCare MCRHMO $280.37
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $280.37
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $285.81
Superior Health Plan PFFS $285.81
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $285.81
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $285.81
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $285.81
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $285.81
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $285.81
American Health Plan MGMCR $285.81
Shared Health MGMCR $285.81
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $288.53
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $288.53
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $288.53
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $288.53
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $288.53
Molina MGMCR $296.70
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $326.64
Verda Health Plan MCR $353.86
Superior ValueHMO $394.69
Community Health Choice HIX $394.69
Superior EPO $421.91
Superior HMO $421.91
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $538.96
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $571.62
Molina Healthcare HIX $585.23
Humana PPO $2,093.91
Humana HMO $2,093.91

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Thigh/wght bear lacer non-mo at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $266.76 – $585.23
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $266.76 – $585.23
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $266.76 – $585.23
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $266.76 – $585.23
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $266.76 – $585.23
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $266.76 – $585.23
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $266.76 – $585.23
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $266.76 – $585.23

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