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12141 RICHMOND AVENUE, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1275580938

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published May 14, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$17,224.00

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.

$17,224.00

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.

$300.00 with Texas Athletic Network vs $15,501.60 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 ↓ -98%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -97%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $948.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $948.00 ↓ -94%
Texas Health Network MCD $1,095.86 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup MGMCD $1,174.13 ↓ -93%
United MGMCD $1,199.90 ↓ -93%
Molina Healthcare STAR $1,230.04 ↓ -93%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $1,230.04 ↓ -93%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $1,230.04 ↓ -93%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $1,230.04 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $1,252.41 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $1,252.41 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $1,252.41 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $1,252.41 ↓ -93%
Humana MCD $1,397.78 ↓ -92%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $1,411.64 ↓ -92%
Aetna QHPExchange $1,944.00 ↓ -89%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $2,411.36 ↓ -86%
Aetna NBHMO $2,580.00 ↓ -85%
Aetna NBPOS $2,580.00 ↓ -85%
Aetna COMMHMO $2,742.00 ↓ -84%
Aetna COMMPOS $2,742.00 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $2,859.18 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $2,893.63 ↓ -83%
Aetna NBPPO $2,986.00 ↓ -83%
Aetna COMMPPO $3,174.00 ↓ -82%
WellMed MGMCR $3,187.73 ↓ -81%
Aetna OONHMO $3,228.00 ↓ -81%
Aetna OONPOS $3,228.00 ↓ -81%
Aetna ASAPOS $3,486.00 ↓ -80%
Aetna ASAHMO $3,486.00 ↓ -80%
Aetna OONPPO $3,732.00 ↓ -78%
Aetna ASAPPO $4,034.00 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $4,082.09 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $4,082.09 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $4,133.76 ↓ -76%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $4,505.00 ↓ -74%
Humana HMO $4,690.00 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $4,690.00 ↓ -73%
United SmallGroup $4,760.00 ↓ -72%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $4,822.03 ↓ -72%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $4,988.00 ↓ -71%
BCBS BAV $5,431.71 ↓ -68%
BCBS HMO $5,736.55 ↓ -67%
Curative Administrators COMM $5,849.00 ↓ -66%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5,951.00 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $6,028.40 ↓ -65%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $6,077.00 ↓ -65%
BCBS EPOSOA $6,318.52 ↓ -63%
United AllPayerAppendix $6,800.00 ↓ -61%
BCBS PPO $6,872.77 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $6,889.60 ↓ -60%
Oscar HIX $7,014.00 ↓ -59%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $7,406.32 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $7,750.80 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $9,180.39 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $9,473.20 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $9,473.20 ↓ -45%
Triumph COMM $10,334.40 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $10,334.40 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $10,334.40 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $10,334.40 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $11,195.60 ↓ -35%
Cigna CSN $11,690.00 ↓ -32%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $12,665.00 ↓ -26%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $12,918.00 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $13,779.20 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $14,123.68 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $14,640.40 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $14,640.40 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $14,640.40 ↓ -15%
Cigna PPO $15,059.00 ↓ -13%
Affiliated PPO COMM $15,501.60 ↓ -10%

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