Thyroglobulin antibody 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

$239.00

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.

$239.00

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.

$13.09 with Texas Health Network vs $215.10 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
Texas Health Network MCD $13.09 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup MGMCD $13.36 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $13.36 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $13.36 ↓ -94%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $13.36 ↓ -94%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $13.36 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $13.36 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $13.36 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $13.36 ↓ -94%
United MGMCD $13.63 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $14.34 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $14.34 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $14.34 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $14.34 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $14.34 ↓ -94%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $14.43 ↓ -94%
Molina Healthcare STAR $14.70 ↓ -94%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $14.70 ↓ -94%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $14.70 ↓ -94%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $14.70 ↓ -94%
Oscar MGMCR $15.59 ↓ -93%
WellMed MGMCR $15.83 ↓ -93%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $15.91 ↓ -93%
United AllPayerAppendix $15.91 ↓ -93%
BCBS MCRPPO $15.91 ↓ -93%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $15.91 ↓ -93%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $15.91 ↓ -93%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $15.91 ↓ -93%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $15.91 ↓ -93%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $15.91 ↓ -93%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $15.91 ↓ -93%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $15.91 ↓ -93%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $15.91 ↓ -93%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $15.91 ↓ -93%
Devoted Health MGMCR $15.91 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup DualEligible $15.91 ↓ -93%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $15.91 ↓ -93%
United SmallGroup $15.91 ↓ -93%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $15.91 ↓ -93%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $15.91 ↓ -93%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $15.91 ↓ -93%
Aetna MCR $16.05 ↓ -93%
Van Lang IPA MCR $16.07 ↓ -93%
United MCR $16.23 ↓ -93%
WellCare POS $16.39 ↓ -93%
WellCare PPO $16.39 ↓ -93%
WellCare SNP $16.39 ↓ -93%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $16.39 ↓ -93%
WellCare PFFS $16.39 ↓ -93%
WellCare MCRHMO $16.39 ↓ -93%
Humana MCD $16.70 ↓ -93%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $16.71 ↓ -93%
Shared Health MGMCR $16.71 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $16.71 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $16.71 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $16.71 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $16.71 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $16.71 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $16.71 ↓ -93%
American Health Plan MGMCR $16.71 ↓ -93%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $16.86 ↓ -93%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $16.86 ↓ -93%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $16.86 ↓ -93%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $16.86 ↓ -93%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $16.86 ↓ -93%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $17.22 ↓ -93%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $17.22 ↓ -93%
Molina MGMCR $17.34 ↓ -93%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $19.09 ↓ -92%
Verda Health Plan MCR $20.68 ↓ -91%
Superior ValueHMO $23.07 ↓ -90%
Community Health Choice HIX $23.07 ↓ -90%
Superior HMO $24.66 ↓ -90%
Superior EPO $24.66 ↓ -90%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $31.50 ↓ -87%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $32.14 ↓ -87%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $33.41 ↓ -86%
Molina Healthcare HIX $34.21 ↓ -86%
BCBS BAV $35.48 ↓ -85%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $39.67 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $40.15 ↓ -83%
BCBS HMO $44.39 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $45.98 ↓ -81%
BCBS EPOSOA $47.57 ↓ -80%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $47.73 ↓ -80%
BCBS PPO $50.75 ↓ -79%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $57.36 ↓ -76%
Aetna QHPExchange $58.27 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $65.25 ↓ -73%
Cigna CSN $65.51 ↓ -73%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $70.96 ↓ -70%
Aetna NBHMO $77.50 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPPO $77.50 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPOS $77.50 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMPOS $82.33 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMHMO $82.33 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPPO $82.33 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $83.65 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $83.65 ↓ -65%
Cigna PPO $84.43 ↓ -65%
Aetna OONHMO $96.72 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $96.72 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $96.72 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $102.77 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $104.58 ↓ -56%
Aetna ASAPPO $104.58 ↓ -56%
Aetna ASAPOS $104.58 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $107.55 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $107.55 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $107.55 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $127.39 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $131.45 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $131.45 ↓ -45%
Triumph COMM $143.40 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $143.40 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $143.40 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $143.40 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $155.35 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $179.25 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $191.20 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $195.98 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $203.15 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $203.15 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $203.15 ↓ -15%
Humana HMO $212.50 ↓ -11%
Humana PPO $212.50 ↓ -11%
Affiliated PPO COMM $215.10 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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