Urinalysis (without microscopy) 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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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.

$1.85 with Texas Health Network vs $164.70 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 $1.85
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $1.89
Amerigroup MGMCD $1.89
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $1.89
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $1.89
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $1.89
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $1.89
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $1.89
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $1.89
United MGMCD $1.93
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $2.04
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $2.08
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $2.08
Molina Healthcare STAR $2.08
Molina Healthcare CHIP $2.08
Oscar MGMCR $2.21
WellMed MGMCR $2.24
BCBS MCRPPO $2.25
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $2.25
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $2.25
United AllPayerAppendix $2.25
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $2.25
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $2.25
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $2.25
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $2.25
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $2.25
CHC Harris Health Indigent $2.25
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $2.25
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $2.25
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $2.25
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $2.25
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $2.25
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $2.25
Amerigroup DualEligible $2.25
Devoted Health MGMCR $2.25
United SmallGroup $2.25
Aetna MCR $2.27
Van Lang IPA MCR $2.27
United MCR $2.29
WellCare SNP $2.32
WellCare MCRHMO $2.32
WellCare PFFS $2.32
WellCare PPO $2.32
WellCare POS $2.32
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $2.32
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $2.36
Humana MCD $2.36
American Health Plan MGMCR $2.36
Shared Health MGMCR $2.36
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $2.36
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $2.36
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $2.36
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $2.36
Superior Health Plan PFFS $2.36
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $2.36
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $2.39
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $2.39
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $2.39
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $2.39
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $2.39
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2.44
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $2.44
Molina MGMCR $2.45
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $2.70
Verda Health Plan MCR $2.93
Community Health Choice HIX $3.26
Superior ValueHMO $3.26
Superior HMO $3.49
Superior EPO $3.49
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $4.46
BCBS MyBlueHealth $4.54
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $4.73
Molina Healthcare HIX $4.84
BCBS BAV $5.02
BCBS HMO $6.28
Oscar HIX $6.50
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $6.73
BCBS EPOSOA $6.73
BCBS PPO $7.18
Aetna QHPExchange $8.24
Cigna CSN $9.74
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $10.55
Aetna NBPOS $10.96
Aetna NBPPO $10.96
Aetna NBHMO $10.96
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $10.98
Superior Health Plan CHIP $10.98
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $10.98
Superior Health Plan STAR $10.98
Superior Health Plan STARKids $10.98
Aetna COMMHMO $11.65
Aetna COMMPPO $11.65
Aetna COMMPOS $11.65
Cigna PPO $12.55
Aetna OONPOS $13.68
Aetna OONHMO $13.68
Aetna OONPPO $13.68
Aetna ASAPPO $14.79
Aetna ASAHMO $14.79
Aetna ASAPOS $14.79
Humana HMO $29.97
Humana PPO $29.97
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $30.38
United OptionsPPO $30.74
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $43.92
Evry Health BroadNetwork $49.96
BCBS Traditional $64.05
Imagine Health PPO $64.05
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $78.69
Averde Health Commercial $82.35
United GlobalAppendix $82.35
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $82.35
Coventry National First Health COMM $97.54
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $100.65
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $100.65
Independent Medical System COMM $109.80
Triumph COMM $109.80
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $109.80
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $109.80
Coastal Comp COMM $118.95
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $137.25
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $146.40
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $150.06
Physicians, INC COMM $155.55
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $155.55
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $155.55
Affiliated PPO COMM $164.70
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Urinalysis (without microscopy) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $53.90 $1.62 – $154.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $53.90 $1.62 – $154.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $1.89 – $9.74
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $1.89 – $9.74
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $67.11 $2.03 – $8.66
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $96.30 $1.89 – $62.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $96.30 $3.30 – $53.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $96.30 $1.89 – $44.98

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