Warde adenosine deaminase pleural fluid 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

$244.00

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$244.00

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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$6.66 with Texas Health Network vs $219.60 with Affiliated PPO — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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 $6.66 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $6.80 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $6.80 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $6.80 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $6.80 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $6.80 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $6.80 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $6.80 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $6.80 ↓ -97%
United MGMCD $6.94 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $7.34 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $7.48 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STAR $7.48 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $7.48 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $7.48 ↓ -97%
Oscar MGMCR $7.94 ↓ -97%
WellMed MGMCR $8.06 ↓ -97%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $8.10 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $8.10 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $8.10 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $8.10 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $8.10 ↓ -97%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $8.10 ↓ -97%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $8.10 ↓ -97%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $8.10 ↓ -97%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $8.10 ↓ -97%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $8.10 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MGMCR $8.10 ↓ -97%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $8.10 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $8.10 ↓ -97%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $8.10 ↓ -97%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $8.10 ↓ -97%
United SmallGroup $8.10 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup DualEligible $8.10 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRPPO $8.10 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $8.10 ↓ -97%
Aetna MCR $8.17 ↓ -97%
Van Lang IPA MCR $8.18 ↓ -97%
United MCR $8.26 ↓ -97%
WellCare PFFS $8.34 ↓ -97%
WellCare POS $8.34 ↓ -97%
WellCare SNP $8.34 ↓ -97%
WellCare PPO $8.34 ↓ -97%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $8.34 ↓ -97%
WellCare MCRHMO $8.34 ↓ -97%
Humana MCD $8.50 ↓ -97%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $8.51 ↓ -97%
Shared Health MGMCR $8.51 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $8.51 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $8.51 ↓ -97%
American Health Plan MGMCR $8.51 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $8.51 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $8.51 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $8.51 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $8.51 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $8.59 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $8.59 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $8.59 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $8.59 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $8.59 ↓ -96%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $8.77 ↓ -96%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $8.77 ↓ -96%
Molina MGMCR $8.83 ↓ -96%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $9.72 ↓ -96%
Verda Health Plan MCR $10.53 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice HIX $11.74 ↓ -95%
Superior ValueHMO $11.74 ↓ -95%
Superior HMO $12.55 ↓ -95%
Superior EPO $12.55 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $14.64 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $14.64 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $14.64 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $14.64 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $14.64 ↓ -94%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $16.04 ↓ -93%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $16.36 ↓ -93%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $17.01 ↓ -93%
Molina Healthcare HIX $17.41 ↓ -93%
BCBS BAV $18.06 ↓ -93%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $20.97 ↓ -91%
BCBS HMO $22.60 ↓ -91%
Oscar HIX $23.41 ↓ -90%
BCBS EPOSOA $24.22 ↓ -90%
BCBS PPO $25.84 ↓ -89%
Aetna QHPExchange $29.69 ↓ -88%
Cigna CSN $33.47 ↓ -86%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $36.25 ↓ -85%
Aetna NBPPO $39.49 ↓ -84%
Aetna NBPOS $39.49 ↓ -84%
Aetna NBHMO $39.49 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $40.50 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $40.99 ↓ -83%
Aetna COMMPOS $41.95 ↓ -83%
Aetna COMMHMO $41.95 ↓ -83%
Aetna COMMPPO $41.95 ↓ -83%
Cigna PPO $43.13 ↓ -82%
Aetna OONHMO $49.28 ↓ -80%
Aetna OONPPO $49.28 ↓ -80%
Aetna OONPOS $49.28 ↓ -80%
Aetna ASAPPO $53.28 ↓ -78%
Aetna ASAHMO $53.28 ↓ -78%
Aetna ASAPOS $53.28 ↓ -78%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $58.56 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $66.61 ↓ -73%
Imagine Health PPO $85.40 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $85.40 ↓ -65%
Humana HMO $93.38 ↓ -62%
Humana PPO $93.38 ↓ -62%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $104.92 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $109.80 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $109.80 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $109.80 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $130.05 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $134.20 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $134.20 ↓ -45%
Triumph COMM $146.40 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $146.40 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $146.40 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $146.40 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $158.60 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $183.00 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $195.20 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $200.08 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $207.40 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $207.40 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $207.40 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $219.60 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $524.88 $6.80 – $33.47
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $67.20 $5.83 – $192.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $67.20 $5.83 – $192.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $6.80 – $33.47
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $176.46 $6.21 – $19.44
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $176.46 $2.13 – $19.44
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $176.46 $6.80 – $19.44
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