Vaccine menigococcal serogroups a/c/w/y quadrivalent tetanus toxoid(menacwy-tt) im 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

$646.00

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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$646.00

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.

$38.76 with Superior Health Plan vs $600.94 with Cigna — 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 STARKids $38.76 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $38.76 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $38.76 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $38.76 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $38.76 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $42.83 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $83.98 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $83.98 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $83.98 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $83.98 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $90.44 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $90.44 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $107.24 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $108.53 ↓ -83%
Superior HMO $113.05 ↓ -83%
Superior EPO $113.05 ↓ -83%
Superior ValueHMO $127.91 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $153.10 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $153.10 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $155.04 ↓ -76%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $166.76 ↓ -74%
Molina Healthcare HIX $174.42 ↓ -73%
BCBS BAV $183.77 ↓ -72%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $185.92 ↓ -71%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $185.92 ↓ -71%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $193.80 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $206.14 ↓ -68%
Humana HMO $206.14 ↓ -68%
BCBS Traditional $226.10 ↓ -65%
BCBS HMO $229.72 ↓ -64%
BCBS PPO $229.72 ↓ -64%
BCBS EPOSOA $229.72 ↓ -64%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $277.78 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $290.70 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $344.32 ↓ -47%
United SmallGroup $350.43 ↓ -46%
United AllPayerAppendix $350.43 ↓ -46%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $350.43 ↓ -46%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $355.30 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $355.30 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $387.60 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $387.60 ↓ -40%
Triumph COMM $387.60 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $387.60 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $419.90 ↓ -35%
Cigna CSN $466.12 ↓ -28%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $484.50 ↓ -25%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $504.64 ↓ -22%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $516.80 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $529.72 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $549.10 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $549.10 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $549.10 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $581.40 ↓ -10%
Cigna PPO $600.94 ↓ -7%

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Vaccine menigococcal serogroups a/c/w/y quadrivalent tetanus toxoid(menacwy-tt) im at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $589.64 $166.76 – $466.12
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $591.95 $166.76 – $466.12
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $250.28 $166.76 – $466.12
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $366.29 $166.76 – $466.12
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $1,273.35 $166.76 – $466.12
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $737.50 $166.76 – $466.12
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $356.05 $166.76 – $466.12
Covenant Hospital Plainview Plainview $126.00 $315.65 – $315.65

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