Warde apolipoprotein b 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

$798.00

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.

$798.00

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.

$17.37 with Texas Health Network vs $718.20 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 $17.37 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $17.72 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $17.72 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $17.72 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $17.72 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $17.72 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $17.72 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $17.72 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $17.72 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $18.07 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $19.14 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $19.49 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $19.49 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $19.49 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $19.49 ↓ -98%
Oscar MGMCR $20.67 ↓ -97%
WellMed MGMCR $20.98 ↓ -97%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $21.09 ↓ -97%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $21.09 ↓ -97%
United SmallGroup $21.09 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $21.09 ↓ -97%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $21.09 ↓ -97%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $21.09 ↓ -97%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $21.09 ↓ -97%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $21.09 ↓ -97%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $21.09 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $21.09 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $21.09 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $21.09 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $21.09 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRPPO $21.09 ↓ -97%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $21.09 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup DualEligible $21.09 ↓ -97%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $21.09 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MGMCR $21.09 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $21.09 ↓ -97%
Aetna MCR $21.27 ↓ -97%
Van Lang IPA MCR $21.30 ↓ -97%
United MCR $21.51 ↓ -97%
WellCare SNP $21.72 ↓ -97%
WellCare PPO $21.72 ↓ -97%
WellCare PFFS $21.72 ↓ -97%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $21.72 ↓ -97%
WellCare MCRHMO $21.72 ↓ -97%
WellCare POS $21.72 ↓ -97%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $22.14 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $22.14 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $22.14 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $22.14 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $22.14 ↓ -97%
Shared Health MGMCR $22.14 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $22.14 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $22.14 ↓ -97%
American Health Plan MGMCR $22.14 ↓ -97%
Humana MCD $22.15 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $22.36 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $22.36 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $22.36 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $22.36 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $22.36 ↓ -97%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $22.83 ↓ -97%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $22.83 ↓ -97%
Molina MGMCR $22.99 ↓ -97%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $25.31 ↓ -97%
Verda Health Plan MCR $27.42 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice HIX $30.58 ↓ -96%
Superior ValueHMO $30.58 ↓ -96%
Superior EPO $32.69 ↓ -96%
Superior HMO $32.69 ↓ -96%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $41.76 ↓ -95%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $42.60 ↓ -95%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $44.29 ↓ -94%
Molina Healthcare HIX $45.34 ↓ -94%
BCBS BAV $47.03 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $47.88 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $47.88 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $47.88 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $47.88 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $47.88 ↓ -94%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $51.25 ↓ -94%
BCBS HMO $58.84 ↓ -93%
Oscar HIX $60.95 ↓ -92%
BCBS EPOSOA $63.06 ↓ -92%
BCBS PPO $67.28 ↓ -92%
Aetna QHPExchange $77.26 ↓ -90%
Cigna CSN $86.43 ↓ -89%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $93.61 ↓ -88%
Aetna NBPPO $102.75 ↓ -87%
Aetna NBHMO $102.75 ↓ -87%
Aetna NBPOS $102.75 ↓ -87%
Aetna COMMHMO $109.16 ↓ -86%
Aetna COMMPOS $109.16 ↓ -86%
Aetna COMMPPO $109.16 ↓ -86%
Cigna PPO $111.38 ↓ -86%
Aetna OONHMO $128.24 ↓ -84%
Aetna OONPPO $128.24 ↓ -84%
Aetna OONPOS $128.24 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $132.47 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $134.06 ↓ -83%
Aetna ASAPPO $138.66 ↓ -83%
Aetna ASAPOS $138.66 ↓ -83%
Aetna ASAHMO $138.66 ↓ -83%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $191.52 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $217.85 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $228.19 ↓ -71%
Humana HMO $228.19 ↓ -71%
Imagine Health PPO $279.30 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $279.30 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $343.14 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $359.10 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $359.10 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $359.10 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $425.33 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $438.90 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $438.90 ↓ -45%
Triumph COMM $478.80 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $478.80 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $478.80 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $478.80 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $518.70 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $598.50 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $638.40 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $654.36 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $678.30 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $678.30 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $678.30 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $718.20 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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