Urethrcystgrphy rtrgrde s&i 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.

$79.75 with Texas Health Network vs $2,730.60 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 Health Network MCD $79.75
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $81.38
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $81.38
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $81.38
Amerigroup MGMCD $81.38
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $81.38
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $81.38
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $81.38
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $81.38
United MGMCD $83.01
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $87.89
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $89.52
Molina Healthcare STAR $89.52
Molina Healthcare CHIP $89.52
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $89.52
Humana MCD $101.72
Superior Health Plan CHIP $182.04
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $182.04
Superior Health Plan STARKids $182.04
Superior Health Plan STAR $182.04
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $182.04
Cigna CSN $188.58
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $204.08
Cigna PPO $242.60
BCBS MyBlueHealth $410.15
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $437.25
BCBS BAV $442.78
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $503.64
United OptionsPPO $509.71
United AllPayerAppendix $517.79
United SmallGroup $517.79
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $728.16
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $773.67
BCBS HMO $792.34
BCBS EPOSOA $822.63
Evry Health BroadNetwork $828.28
BCBS PPO $850.60
Imagine Health PPO $1,061.90
BCBS Traditional $1,061.90
Humana PPO $1,175.94
Humana HMO $1,175.94
Curative Administrators COMM $1,213.60
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,213.60
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,304.62
Aetna QHPExchange $1,352.14
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,365.30
United GlobalAppendix $1,365.30
Averde Health Commercial $1,365.30
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,617.12
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,668.70
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,668.70
Aetna NBHMO $1,797.12
Aetna NBPOS $1,797.12
Aetna NBPPO $1,797.12
Independent Medical System COMM $1,820.40
Triumph COMM $1,820.40
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,820.40
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,820.40
Aetna COMMHMO $1,911.71
Aetna COMMPPO $1,911.71
Aetna COMMPOS $1,911.71
Coastal Comp COMM $1,972.10
Aetna OONPOS $2,247.83
Aetna OONPPO $2,247.83
Aetna OONHMO $2,247.83
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $2,275.50
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $2,427.20
Aetna ASAPPO $2,429.27
Aetna ASAHMO $2,429.27
Aetna ASAPOS $2,429.27
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,487.88
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $2,578.90
Physicians, INC COMM $2,578.90
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $2,578.90
Affiliated PPO COMM $2,730.60

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Urethrcystgrphy rtrgrde s&i at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $4,102.56 $81.38 – $1,352.14
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $463.75 $81.38 – $1,325.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $463.75 $81.38 – $1,325.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $3,970.71 $81.38 – $1,352.14
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $615.08 $81.38 – $768.86
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $690.54 $142.14 – $1,035.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $946.62 $81.38 – $1,183.28
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $615.08 $81.38 – $768.86

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