Tl-201 thallium diag per mci at HCA HOUSTON WEST
12141 RICHMOND AVENUE, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1275580938
$175.00
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.
$175.00
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.
$10.50 with Superior Health Plan vs $600.00 with Texas Athletic Network — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $10.50 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $10.50 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $10.50 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $10.50 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $10.50 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | MCR | $11.60 | ↓ -93% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $22.75 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $22.75 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $22.75 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $22.75 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $24.50 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $24.50 | ↓ -86% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $29.05 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $29.40 | ↓ -83% |
| Superior | HMO | $30.63 | ↓ -82% |
| Superior | EPO | $30.63 | ↓ -82% |
| Oscar | HIX | $34.13 | ↓ -80% |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $34.65 | ↓ -80% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $41.48 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $41.48 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $42.00 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $44.63 | ↓ -74% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $47.25 | ↓ -73% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $47.77 | ↓ -73% |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $52.50 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $56.17 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $56.17 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $56.17 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $59.85 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $59.85 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $59.85 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $61.25 | ↓ -65% |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $61.25 | ↓ -65% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $70.00 | ↓ -60% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $70.00 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $70.17 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $70.17 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $70.17 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $75.25 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $75.77 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $75.77 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $75.77 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $78.75 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $78.75 | ↓ -55% |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $78.75 | ↓ -55% |
| United | SmallGroup | $78.80 | ↓ -55% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $78.80 | ↓ -55% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $78.80 | ↓ -55% |
| Cigna | CSN | $80.61 | ↓ -54% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $87.27 | ↓ -50% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $93.28 | ↓ -47% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $96.25 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $96.25 | ↓ -45% |
| Cigna | PPO | $103.93 | ↓ -41% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $105.00 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $105.00 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $105.00 | ↓ -40% |
| Triumph | COMM | $105.00 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $113.75 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $131.25 | ↓ -25% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $140.00 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $143.50 | ↓ -18% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $148.75 | ↓ -15% |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $148.75 | ↓ -15% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $148.75 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $157.50 | ↓ -10% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $297.53 | ↑ +70% |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | ↑ +71% |
| BCBS | BAV | $327.89 | ↑ +87% |
| Humana | PPO | $340.71 | ↑ +95% |
| Humana | HMO | $340.71 | ↑ +95% |
| BCBS | PPO | $409.86 | ↑ +134% |
| BCBS | HMO | $409.86 | ↑ +134% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $409.86 | ↑ +134% |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | ↑ +186% |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | ↑ +243% |
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Tl-201 thallium diag per mci at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $28.35 | $21.87 – $538.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $28.35 | $21.06 – $538.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $78.80 – $340.71 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $78.80 – $340.71 |
| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $27.09 | $20.13 – $538.00 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $33.78 | $24.59 – $193.00 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $171.90 | $38.72 – $954.90 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $28.35 | $21.06 – $538.00 |