Vein x-ray kidney at HCA HOUSTON WEST
12141 RICHMOND AVENUE, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1275580938
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Cash price 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 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.
$117.24 with Texas Health Network vs $10,115.17 with BCBS — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Texas Health Network | MCD | $117.24 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $119.63 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $119.63 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $119.63 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $119.63 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $120.63 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $120.63 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $120.63 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $120.63 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $123.04 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $130.28 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $131.59 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $131.59 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $131.59 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $131.59 | — |
| Humana | MCD | $149.54 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $250.74 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $271.36 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $322.57 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $336.96 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $336.96 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $336.96 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $336.96 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $336.96 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $406.04 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $539.66 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $539.66 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $539.66 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $574.07 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $574.07 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $574.07 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $675.01 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $675.01 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $675.01 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $729.49 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $729.49 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $729.49 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $932.26 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $943.49 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $1,347.84 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $1,432.08 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $1,490.22 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $1,490.22 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $1,533.17 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,965.60 | — |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $1,965.60 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $2,246.40 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $2,246.40 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $2,414.88 | — |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $2,527.20 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $2,527.20 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $2,527.20 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $2,993.33 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $3,088.80 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $3,088.80 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $3,369.60 | — |
| Triumph | COMM | $3,369.60 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $3,369.60 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $3,369.60 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $3,650.40 | — |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $4,212.00 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $4,492.80 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $4,605.12 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $4,773.60 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $4,773.60 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $4,773.60 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $4,877.45 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $5,054.40 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $5,265.43 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $5,437.15 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $6,438.74 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $6,438.74 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $9,422.35 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $9,782.62 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $10,115.17 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Vein x-ray kidney at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $3,288.25 | $119.63 – $9,395.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $3,288.25 | $119.63 – $9,395.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $120.63 – $4,877.45 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $119.63 – $4,877.45 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,571.95 | $119.63 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $3,216.83 | $71.00 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,650.18 | $71.00 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,571.95 | $119.63 – $7,896.23 |