Warde calculus (stone) infrared 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

$981.00

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.

$981.00

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.

$10.62 with Texas Health Network vs $882.90 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 $10.62 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $10.84 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $10.84 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $10.84 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $10.84 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $10.84 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $10.84 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $10.84 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $10.84 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $11.06 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $11.71 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $11.92 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $11.92 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $11.92 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $11.92 ↓ -99%
Oscar MGMCR $12.64 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $12.84 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $12.90 ↓ -99%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $12.90 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $12.90 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $12.90 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $12.90 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $12.90 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $12.90 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $12.90 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $12.90 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $12.90 ↓ -99%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $12.90 ↓ -99%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $12.90 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $12.90 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $12.90 ↓ -99%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $12.90 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $12.90 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $12.90 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $12.90 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $12.90 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $13.01 ↓ -99%
Van Lang IPA MCR $13.03 ↓ -99%
United MCR $13.16 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCRHMO $13.29 ↓ -99%
WellCare PPO $13.29 ↓ -99%
WellCare SNP $13.29 ↓ -99%
WellCare POS $13.29 ↓ -99%
WellCare PFFS $13.29 ↓ -99%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $13.29 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $13.55 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $13.55 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $13.55 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MGMCR $13.55 ↓ -99%
Shared Health MGMCR $13.55 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $13.55 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $13.55 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $13.55 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $13.55 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $13.55 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $13.67 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $13.67 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $13.67 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $13.67 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $13.67 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $13.96 ↓ -99%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $13.96 ↓ -99%
Molina MGMCR $14.06 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $15.48 ↓ -98%
Verda Health Plan MCR $16.77 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice HIX $18.70 ↓ -98%
Superior ValueHMO $18.70 ↓ -98%
Superior HMO $20.00 ↓ -98%
Superior EPO $20.00 ↓ -98%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $25.54 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $26.06 ↓ -97%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $27.09 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare HIX $27.73 ↓ -97%
BCBS BAV $28.77 ↓ -97%
BCBS HMO $35.99 ↓ -96%
Oscar HIX $37.28 ↓ -96%
BCBS EPOSOA $38.57 ↓ -96%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $38.68 ↓ -96%
BCBS PPO $41.15 ↓ -96%
Aetna QHPExchange $47.24 ↓ -95%
Cigna CSN $52.96 ↓ -95%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $57.36 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $58.86 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $58.86 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $58.86 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $58.86 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $58.86 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBHMO $62.82 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBPPO $62.82 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBPOS $62.82 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMPPO $66.74 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMMHMO $66.74 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMMPOS $66.74 ↓ -93%
Cigna PPO $68.24 ↓ -93%
Aetna OONHMO $78.40 ↓ -92%
Aetna OONPPO $78.40 ↓ -92%
Aetna OONPOS $78.40 ↓ -92%
Aetna ASAPPO $84.77 ↓ -91%
Aetna ASAHMO $84.77 ↓ -91%
Aetna ASAPOS $84.77 ↓ -91%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $162.85 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $164.81 ↓ -83%
Humana HMO $172.25 ↓ -82%
Humana PPO $172.25 ↓ -82%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $235.44 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $267.81 ↓ -73%
Imagine Health PPO $343.35 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $343.35 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $421.83 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $441.45 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $441.45 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $441.45 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $522.87 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $539.55 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $539.55 ↓ -45%
Triumph COMM $588.60 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $588.60 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $588.60 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $588.60 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $637.65 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $735.75 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $784.80 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $804.42 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $833.85 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $833.85 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $833.85 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $882.90 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $205.21 $10.84 – $52.96
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