Warde 3708165 mercury urine 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.

$13.39 with Texas Health Network vs $245.70 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 $13.39
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $13.66
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $13.66
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $13.66
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $13.66
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $13.66
Amerigroup MGMCD $13.66
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $13.66
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $13.66
United MGMCD $13.93
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $14.75
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $15.03
Molina Healthcare STAR $15.03
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $15.03
Molina Healthcare CHIP $15.03
Oscar MGMCR $15.93
WellMed MGMCR $16.18
United AllPayerAppendix $16.26
Devoted Health MGMCR $16.26
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $16.26
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $16.26
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $16.26
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $16.26
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $16.26
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $16.26
CHC Harris Health Indigent $16.26
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $16.26
BCBS MCRPPO $16.26
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $16.26
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $16.26
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $16.26
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $16.26
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $16.26
Amerigroup DualEligible $16.26
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $16.26
United SmallGroup $16.26
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $16.38
Superior Health Plan STARKids $16.38
Superior Health Plan STAR $16.38
Superior Health Plan CHIP $16.38
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $16.38
Aetna MCR $16.40
Van Lang IPA MCR $16.42
United MCR $16.59
WellCare SNP $16.75
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $16.75
WellCare PPO $16.75
WellCare PFFS $16.75
WellCare MCRHMO $16.75
WellCare POS $16.75
Humana MCD $17.07
Shared Health MGMCR $17.07
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $17.07
Superior Health Plan PFFS $17.07
American Health Plan MGMCR $17.07
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $17.07
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $17.07
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $17.07
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $17.07
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $17.07
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $17.24
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $17.24
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $17.24
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $17.24
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $17.24
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $17.60
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $17.60
Molina MGMCR $17.72
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $19.51
Verda Health Plan MCR $21.14
Superior ValueHMO $23.58
Community Health Choice HIX $23.58
Superior HMO $25.20
Superior EPO $25.20
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $32.19
BCBS MyBlueHealth $32.85
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $34.15
Molina Healthcare HIX $34.96
BCBS BAV $36.26
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $45.32
BCBS HMO $45.37
United OptionsPPO $45.86
Oscar HIX $46.99
BCBS EPOSOA $48.62
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $48.77
BCBS PPO $51.87
Aetna QHPExchange $59.58
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $65.52
Cigna CSN $66.90
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $72.46
Evry Health BroadNetwork $74.53
Aetna NBPOS $79.23
Aetna NBPPO $79.23
Aetna NBHMO $79.23
Aetna COMMHMO $84.17
Aetna COMMPPO $84.17
Aetna COMMPOS $84.17
Cigna PPO $86.21
Imagine Health PPO $95.55
BCBS Traditional $95.55
Aetna OONPPO $98.88
Aetna OONHMO $98.88
Aetna OONPOS $98.88
Aetna ASAHMO $106.91
Aetna ASAPPO $106.91
Aetna ASAPOS $106.91
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $117.39
Averde Health Commercial $122.85
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $122.85
United GlobalAppendix $122.85
Coventry National First Health COMM $145.51
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $150.15
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $150.15
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $163.80
Triumph COMM $163.80
Independent Medical System COMM $163.80
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $163.80
Coastal Comp COMM $177.45
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $204.75
Humana HMO $217.16
Humana PPO $217.16
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $218.40
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $223.86
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $232.05
Physicians, INC COMM $232.05
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $232.05
Affiliated PPO COMM $245.70
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $63.70 $11.71 – $182.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $63.70 $11.71 – $182.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $13.66 – $66.90
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $91.48 $10.00 – $39.02
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $117.34 $3.80 – $39.02
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $90.94 $12.00 – $39.02
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $91.48 $10.00 – $39.02
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