Warde calcitonin 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

$1,071.00

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.

$1,071.00

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.

$22.05 with Texas Health Network vs $963.90 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 $22.05 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $22.50 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $22.50 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $22.50 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $22.50 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $22.50 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $22.50 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $22.50 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $22.50 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $22.95 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $24.30 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $24.75 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $24.75 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $24.75 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $24.75 ↓ -98%
Oscar MGMCR $26.25 ↓ -98%
WellMed MGMCR $26.66 ↓ -98%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $26.79 ↓ -97%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $26.79 ↓ -97%
United SmallGroup $26.79 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $26.79 ↓ -97%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $26.79 ↓ -97%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $26.79 ↓ -97%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $26.79 ↓ -97%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $26.79 ↓ -97%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $26.79 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $26.79 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $26.79 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $26.79 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $26.79 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRPPO $26.79 ↓ -97%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $26.79 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup DualEligible $26.79 ↓ -97%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $26.79 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MGMCR $26.79 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $26.79 ↓ -97%
Aetna MCR $27.02 ↓ -97%
Van Lang IPA MCR $27.06 ↓ -97%
United MCR $27.33 ↓ -97%
WellCare PPO $27.59 ↓ -97%
WellCare MCRHMO $27.59 ↓ -97%
WellCare PFFS $27.59 ↓ -97%
WellCare SNP $27.59 ↓ -97%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $27.59 ↓ -97%
WellCare POS $27.59 ↓ -97%
Humana MCD $28.13 ↓ -97%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $28.13 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $28.13 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $28.13 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $28.13 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $28.13 ↓ -97%
Shared Health MGMCR $28.13 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $28.13 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $28.13 ↓ -97%
American Health Plan MGMCR $28.13 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $28.40 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $28.40 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $28.40 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $28.40 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $28.40 ↓ -97%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $28.99 ↓ -97%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $28.99 ↓ -97%
Molina MGMCR $29.20 ↓ -97%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $32.15 ↓ -97%
Verda Health Plan MCR $34.83 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice HIX $38.85 ↓ -96%
Superior ValueHMO $38.85 ↓ -96%
Superior EPO $41.52 ↓ -96%
Superior HMO $41.52 ↓ -96%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $53.04 ↓ -95%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $54.12 ↓ -95%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $56.26 ↓ -95%
Molina Healthcare HIX $57.60 ↓ -95%
BCBS BAV $59.74 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $64.26 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $64.26 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $64.26 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $64.26 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $64.26 ↓ -94%
BCBS HMO $74.74 ↓ -93%
Oscar HIX $77.42 ↓ -93%
BCBS EPOSOA $80.10 ↓ -93%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $80.39 ↓ -92%
BCBS PPO $85.46 ↓ -92%
Aetna QHPExchange $98.14 ↓ -91%
Cigna CSN $110.11 ↓ -90%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $119.27 ↓ -89%
Aetna NBHMO $130.51 ↓ -88%
Aetna NBPOS $130.51 ↓ -88%
Aetna NBPPO $130.51 ↓ -88%
Aetna COMMPOS $138.65 ↓ -87%
Aetna COMMHMO $138.65 ↓ -87%
Aetna COMMPPO $138.65 ↓ -87%
Cigna PPO $141.90 ↓ -87%
Aetna OONPPO $162.88 ↓ -85%
Aetna OONPOS $162.88 ↓ -85%
Aetna OONHMO $162.88 ↓ -85%
Aetna ASAPPO $176.11 ↓ -84%
Aetna ASAPOS $176.11 ↓ -84%
Aetna ASAHMO $176.11 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $177.79 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $179.93 ↓ -83%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $257.04 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $292.38 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $357.93 ↓ -67%
Humana PPO $357.93 ↓ -67%
Imagine Health PPO $374.85 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $374.85 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $460.53 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $481.95 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $481.95 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $481.95 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $570.84 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $589.05 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $589.05 ↓ -45%
Triumph COMM $642.60 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $642.60 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $642.60 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $642.60 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $696.15 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $803.25 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $856.80 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $878.22 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $910.35 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $910.35 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $910.35 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $963.90 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Warde calcitonin at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $53.90 $19.29 – $154.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $53.90 $19.29 – $154.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $204.83 $22.50 – $110.11
Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital Houston $20.00 $26.79 – $111.45
Houston Methodist Hospital Houston $20.00 $26.79 – $111.45
Houston Methodist West Hospital Houston $20.00 $26.79 – $111.45
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $22.50 – $110.11
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $162.01 $10.00 – $202.51

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