Venogram ext bil 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.

$130.98 with Texas Health Network vs $6,734.70 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 $130.98
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $132.99
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $132.99
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $132.99
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $132.99
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $133.65
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $133.65
Amerigroup MGMCD $133.65
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $133.65
United MGMCD $135.65
BCBS MyBlueHealth $140.18
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $143.63
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $147.02
Molina Healthcare CHIP $147.02
Molina Healthcare STAR $147.02
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $147.02
BCBS BAV $151.34
Humana MCD $167.06
Cigna CSN $237.62
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $257.16
BCBS HMO $270.81
BCBS EPOSOA $281.16
BCBS PPO $290.72
Cigna PPO $305.70
Aetna QHPExchange $392.09
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $448.98
Superior Health Plan CHIP $448.98
Superior Health Plan STAR $448.98
Superior Health Plan STARKids $448.98
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $448.98
Aetna NBPOS $521.13
Aetna NBHMO $521.13
Aetna NBPPO $521.13
Aetna COMMPPO $554.35
Aetna COMMHMO $554.35
Aetna COMMPOS $554.35
Aetna OONHMO $651.82
Aetna OONPOS $651.82
Aetna OONPPO $651.82
Aetna ASAPOS $704.43
Aetna ASAPPO $704.43
Aetna ASAHMO $704.43
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,242.18
United OptionsPPO $1,257.14
Humana PPO $1,465.38
Humana HMO $1,465.38
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $1,795.92
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,908.16
Evry Health BroadNetwork $2,042.86
BCBS Traditional $2,619.05
Imagine Health PPO $2,619.05
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $2,671.67
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2,993.20
Curative Administrators COMM $2,993.20
United AllPayerAppendix $3,163.82
United SmallGroup $3,163.82
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $3,217.69
Averde Health Commercial $3,367.35
United GlobalAppendix $3,367.35
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $3,367.35
Coventry National First Health COMM $3,988.44
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $4,115.65
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $4,115.65
Triumph COMM $4,489.80
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $4,489.80
Independent Medical System COMM $4,489.80
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $4,489.80
Coastal Comp COMM $4,863.95
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $5,612.25
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $5,986.40
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $6,136.06
Physicians, INC COMM $6,360.55
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $6,360.55
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $6,360.55
Affiliated PPO COMM $6,734.70

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Venogram ext bil s&i at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $1,512.70 $95.58 – $4,322.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $1,512.70 $112.31 – $4,322.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $132.99 – $392.09
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $132.99 – $392.09
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,438.01 $133.65 – $3,967.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,026.94 $267.62 – $3,967.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,010.86 $133.65 – $3,967.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,438.01 $133.65 – $3,967.42

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