Trauma partial team response w/critical care services level 4 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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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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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.

$300.00 with Texas Athletic Network vs $11,272.50 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 Athletic Network Premier $300.00
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $1,628.25
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $1,628.25
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $1,628.25
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $1,628.25
Amerigroup MGMCD $1,753.50
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $1,753.50
Cigna CSN $1,853.70
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,004.00
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $2,079.15
BCBS MyBlueHealth $2,085.29
United OptionsPPO $2,104.20
BCBS BAV $2,299.17
Cigna PPO $2,379.75
Oscar HIX $2,442.38
BCBS HMO $2,878.41
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $2,968.43
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $2,968.43
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $3,006.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $3,193.88
BCBS EPOSOA $3,234.87
Aetna QHPExchange $3,319.13
Evry Health BroadNetwork $3,419.32
BCBS PPO $3,582.42
Humana HMO $3,996.73
Humana PPO $3,996.73
Aetna NBPOS $4,020.53
Aetna NBHMO $4,020.53
Aetna NBPPO $4,020.53
Aetna COMMHMO $4,283.55
Aetna COMMPOS $4,283.55
Aetna COMMPPO $4,283.55
BCBS Traditional $4,383.75
Imagine Health PPO $4,383.75
Curative Administrators COMM $5,010.00
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $5,010.00
Aetna OONHMO $5,022.52
Aetna OONPOS $5,022.52
Aetna OONPPO $5,022.52
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $5,385.75
Aetna ASAPOS $5,423.32
Aetna ASAPPO $5,423.32
Aetna ASAHMO $5,423.32
United GlobalAppendix $5,636.25
Averde Health Commercial $5,636.25
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $5,636.25
Coventry National First Health COMM $6,675.82
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $6,888.75
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $6,888.75
Triumph COMM $7,515.00
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $7,515.00
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $7,515.00
Independent Medical System COMM $7,515.00
Coastal Comp COMM $8,141.25
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $9,393.75
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $10,020.00
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $10,270.50
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $10,646.25
Physicians, INC COMM $10,646.25
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $10,646.25
Affiliated PPO COMM $11,272.50

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Trauma partial team response w/critical care services level 4 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $2,085.29 – $2,085.29
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $2,085.29 – $2,085.29
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $8,026.96 $167.57 – $6,858.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $8,026.96 $121.74 – $6,292.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $8,026.96 $118.29 – $3,391.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $8,026.96 $157.71 – $6,292.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $8,026.96 $189.85 – $6,292.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $8,026.96 $305.57 – $3,391.62

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