Tilt table study at HCA HOUSTON WEST
12141 RICHMOND AVENUE, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1275580938
$18,999.00
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.
$18,999.00
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.
$155.17 with BCBS vs $43,890.00 with Curative Administrators — 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 | $155.17 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | BAV | $171.08 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | HMO | $214.18 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $240.71 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | PPO | $266.57 | ↓ -99% |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | ↓ -98% |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | ↓ -97% |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | ↓ -97% |
| United | SmallGroup | $1,120.00 | ↓ -94% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $1,600.00 | ↓ -92% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $1,702.00 | ↓ -91% |
| Oscar | HIX | $2,358.00 | ↓ -88% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $2,469.87 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $2,469.87 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $2,469.87 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $2,469.87 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $2,659.86 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $2,659.86 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | CSN | $2,811.85 | ↓ -85% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $3,039.84 | ↓ -84% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $3,153.83 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $3,191.83 | ↓ -83% |
| Cigna | PPO | $3,609.81 | ↓ -81% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $4,502.76 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $4,502.76 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $4,559.76 | ↓ -76% |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $5,000.00 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $5,034.73 | ↓ -74% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $5,591.00 | ↓ -71% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $5,591.00 | ↓ -71% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $5,591.00 | ↓ -71% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $5,591.00 | ↓ -71% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $5,591.00 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $6,098.68 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $6,098.68 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $6,098.68 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $6,497.66 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $6,497.66 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $6,497.66 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $6,649.65 | ↓ -65% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $7,599.60 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $7,618.60 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $7,618.60 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $7,618.60 | ↓ -60% |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $7,874.00 | ↓ -59% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $8,169.57 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $8,226.57 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $8,226.57 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $8,226.57 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $8,549.55 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $8,798.00 | ↓ -54% |
| Humana | HMO | $10,106.00 | ↓ -47% |
| Humana | PPO | $10,106.00 | ↓ -47% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $10,126.47 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $10,449.45 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $10,449.45 | ↓ -45% |
| Triumph | COMM | $11,399.40 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $11,399.40 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $11,399.40 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $11,399.40 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $12,349.35 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $14,249.25 | ↓ -25% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $15,199.20 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $15,579.18 | ↓ -18% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $16,149.15 | ↓ -15% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $16,149.15 | ↓ -15% |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $16,149.15 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $17,099.10 | ↓ -10% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $21,231.00 | ↑ +12% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $29,288.00 | ↑ +54% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $43,890.00 | ↑ +131% |
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Tilt table study at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $2,480.10 | $78.25 – $7,086.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $2,480.10 | $96.81 – $7,086.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | $2,289.47 | $155.17 – $155.17 |
| Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital | Houston | $6,999.00 | $206.89 – $730.97 |
| Houston Methodist Hospital | Houston | $3,874.00 | $206.89 – $1,499.43 |
| Houston Methodist West Hospital | Houston | $6,999.00 | $206.89 – $1,499.43 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $155.17 – $155.17 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,325.16 | $203.57 – $2,906.45 |