Warde amino acids 6 or more quantitative each specimen 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

$2,532.00

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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$2,532.00

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.

$13.89 with Texas Health Network vs $2,278.80 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 $13.89 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $14.17 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $14.17 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $14.17 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $14.17 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $14.17 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $14.17 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $14.17 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $14.17 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $14.45 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $15.30 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $15.59 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $15.59 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $15.59 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $15.59 ↓ -99%
Oscar MGMCR $16.53 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $16.79 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $16.87 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $16.87 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $16.87 ↓ -99%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $16.87 ↓ -99%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $16.87 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $16.87 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $16.87 ↓ -99%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $16.87 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $16.87 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $16.87 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $16.87 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $16.87 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $16.87 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $16.87 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $16.87 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $16.87 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $16.87 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $16.87 ↓ -99%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $16.87 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $17.01 ↓ -99%
Van Lang IPA MCR $17.04 ↓ -99%
United MCR $17.21 ↓ -99%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $17.38 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCRHMO $17.38 ↓ -99%
WellCare PFFS $17.38 ↓ -99%
WellCare POS $17.38 ↓ -99%
WellCare PPO $17.38 ↓ -99%
WellCare SNP $17.38 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $17.71 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $17.71 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $17.71 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $17.71 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $17.71 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $17.71 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $17.71 ↓ -99%
Shared Health MGMCR $17.71 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MGMCR $17.71 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $17.71 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $17.88 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $17.88 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $17.88 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $17.88 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $17.88 ↓ -99%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $18.26 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $18.26 ↓ -99%
Molina MGMCR $18.39 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $20.24 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MCR $21.93 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $24.46 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice HIX $24.46 ↓ -99%
Superior HMO $26.15 ↓ -99%
Superior EPO $26.15 ↓ -99%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $33.40 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $34.08 ↓ -99%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $35.43 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare HIX $36.27 ↓ -99%
BCBS BAV $37.62 ↓ -99%
BCBS HMO $47.07 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $48.75 ↓ -98%
BCBS EPOSOA $50.44 ↓ -98%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $50.61 ↓ -98%
BCBS PPO $53.82 ↓ -98%
Aetna QHPExchange $61.79 ↓ -98%
Cigna CSN $69.71 ↓ -97%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $75.51 ↓ -97%
Aetna NBHMO $82.18 ↓ -97%
Aetna NBPOS $82.18 ↓ -97%
Aetna NBPPO $82.18 ↓ -97%
Aetna COMMPOS $87.30 ↓ -97%
Aetna COMMHMO $87.30 ↓ -97%
Aetna COMMPPO $87.30 ↓ -97%
Cigna PPO $89.84 ↓ -96%
Aetna OONPPO $102.56 ↓ -96%
Aetna OONPOS $102.56 ↓ -96%
Aetna OONHMO $102.56 ↓ -96%
Aetna ASAHMO $110.89 ↓ -96%
Aetna ASAPPO $110.89 ↓ -96%
Aetna ASAPOS $110.89 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $151.92 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $151.92 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $151.92 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $151.92 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $151.92 ↓ -94%
Humana PPO $225.38 ↓ -91%
Humana HMO $225.38 ↓ -91%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $420.31 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $425.38 ↓ -83%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $607.68 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $691.24 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $886.20 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $886.20 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,088.76 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $1,139.40 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $1,139.40 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,139.40 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,349.56 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,392.60 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,392.60 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $1,519.20 ↓ -40%
Triumph COMM $1,519.20 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,519.20 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,519.20 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $1,645.80 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,899.00 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $2,025.60 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,076.24 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $2,152.20 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $2,152.20 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $2,152.20 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $2,278.80 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Warde amino acids 6 or more quantitative each specimen at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $35.00 $12.15 – $100.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $35.00 $12.15 – $100.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $1,525.10 $14.17 – $69.71
Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital Houston $84.00 $16.87 – $70.18
Houston Methodist Hospital Houston $84.00 $16.87 – $70.18
Houston Methodist West Hospital Houston $84.00 $16.87 – $70.18
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $14.17 – $69.71
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $405.00 $10.00 – $234.62

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