Trichinella 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

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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.

$10.34 with Texas Health Network vs $486.00 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 $10.34
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $10.55
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $10.55
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $10.55
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $10.55
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $10.55
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $10.55
Amerigroup MGMCD $10.55
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $10.55
United MGMCD $10.76
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $11.39
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $11.61
Molina Healthcare STAR $11.61
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $11.61
Molina Healthcare CHIP $11.61
Oscar MGMCR $12.31
WellMed MGMCR $12.50
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $12.56
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $12.56
United SmallGroup $12.56
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $12.56
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $12.56
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $12.56
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $12.56
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $12.56
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $12.56
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $12.56
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $12.56
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $12.56
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $12.56
BCBS MCRPPO $12.56
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $12.56
Amerigroup DualEligible $12.56
CHC Harris Health Indigent $12.56
Devoted Health MGMCR $12.56
United AllPayerAppendix $12.56
Aetna MCR $12.67
Van Lang IPA MCR $12.69
United MCR $12.81
WellCare PPO $12.94
WellCare MCRHMO $12.94
WellCare PFFS $12.94
WellCare SNP $12.94
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $12.94
WellCare POS $12.94
Humana MCD $13.19
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $13.19
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $13.19
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $13.19
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $13.19
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $13.19
Shared Health MGMCR $13.19
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $13.19
Superior Health Plan PFFS $13.19
American Health Plan MGMCR $13.19
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $13.31
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $13.31
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $13.31
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $13.31
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $13.31
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $13.59
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $13.59
Molina MGMCR $13.69
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $15.07
Verda Health Plan MCR $16.33
Community Health Choice HIX $18.21
Superior ValueHMO $18.21
Superior EPO $19.47
Superior HMO $19.47
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $24.87
BCBS MyBlueHealth $25.37
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $26.38
Molina Healthcare HIX $27.00
BCBS BAV $28.01
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $32.40
Superior Health Plan CHIP $32.40
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $32.40
Superior Health Plan STAR $32.40
Superior Health Plan STARKids $32.40
BCBS HMO $35.04
Oscar HIX $36.30
BCBS EPOSOA $37.55
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $37.69
BCBS PPO $40.07
Aetna QHPExchange $46.03
Cigna CSN $51.57
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $55.86
Aetna NBHMO $61.22
Aetna NBPOS $61.22
Aetna NBPPO $61.22
Aetna COMMPOS $65.04
Aetna COMMHMO $65.04
Aetna COMMPPO $65.04
Cigna PPO $66.46
Aetna OONPPO $76.40
Aetna OONPOS $76.40
Aetna OONHMO $76.40
Aetna ASAPPO $82.61
Aetna ASAPOS $82.61
Aetna ASAHMO $82.61
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $89.64
United OptionsPPO $90.72
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $129.60
Evry Health BroadNetwork $147.42
Humana HMO $167.82
Humana PPO $167.82
Imagine Health PPO $189.00
BCBS Traditional $189.00
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $232.20
United GlobalAppendix $243.00
Averde Health Commercial $243.00
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $243.00
Coventry National First Health COMM $287.82
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $297.00
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $297.00
Triumph COMM $324.00
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $324.00
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $324.00
Independent Medical System COMM $324.00
Coastal Comp COMM $351.00
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $405.00
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $432.00
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $442.80
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $459.00
Physicians, INC COMM $459.00
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $459.00
Affiliated PPO COMM $486.00
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Trichinella antibody at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $10.55 – $51.57
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $10.55 – $51.57
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $73.06 $10.00 – $91.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $120.82 $12.00 – $181.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $111.71 $10.55 – $139.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $73.06 $10.00 – $91.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $120.82 $11.29 – $181.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $120.82 $8.00 – $181.23

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