Vaccine Administration (one shot) at HCA HOUSTON WEST

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

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 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.

$7.62 with Superior Health Plan vs $600.00 with Texas Athletic Network — 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
Superior Health Plan STAR $7.62 —
Superior Health Plan CHIP $7.62 —
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $7.62 —
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $7.62 —
Superior Health Plan STARKids $7.62 —
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $16.51 —
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $16.51 —
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $16.51 —
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $16.51 —
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $17.78 —
Amerigroup MGMCD $17.78 —
Cigna CSN $18.80 —
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $20.32 —
United OptionsPPO $21.34 —
Cigna PPO $24.13 —
Oscar HIX $24.77 —
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $30.48 —
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $32.38 —
Evry Health BroadNetwork $34.67 —
Aetna NBPOS $39.50 —
Aetna NBHMO $39.50 —
Aetna NBPPO $39.50 —
Aetna COMMPOS $42.04 —
Aetna COMMHMO $42.04 —
Aetna COMMPPO $42.04 —
Humana HMO $42.08 —
Humana PPO $42.08 —
BCBS Traditional $44.45 —
Imagine Health PPO $44.45 —
Aetna OONHMO $49.28 —
Aetna OONPPO $49.28 —
Aetna OONPOS $49.28 —
Curative Administrators COMM $50.80 —
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $50.80 —
Aetna ASAHMO $53.21 —
Aetna ASAPPO $53.21 —
Aetna ASAPOS $53.21 —
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $54.61 —
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $57.15 —
United GlobalAppendix $57.15 —
Coventry National First Health COMM $65.79 —
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $69.85 —
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $69.85 —
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $76.20 —
Independent Medical System COMM $76.20 —
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $76.20 —
Triumph COMM $76.20 —
Coastal Comp COMM $82.55 —
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $95.25 —
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $101.60 —
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $104.14 —
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $107.95 —
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $107.95 —
Physicians, INC COMM $107.95 —
Affiliated PPO COMM $114.30 —
BCBS MyBlueHealth $141.50 —
BCBS BAV $156.01 —
BCBS HMO $195.32 —
BCBS EPOSOA $219.51 —
BCBS PPO $243.09 —
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 —
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 —
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 —

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Vaccine Administration (one shot) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $72.80 $44.80 – $208.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $72.80 $37.00 – $208.00
Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital Houston $77.50 $72.33 – $141.04
Houston Methodist Hospital Houston $44.50 $72.33 – $289.31
Houston Methodist West Hospital Houston $77.50 $72.33 – $289.31
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $141.50 – $141.50
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $141.50 – $141.50
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $215.25 $232.81 – $232.81

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