Warde cobalt heavy metal quantitative each nes 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

$1,791.00

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.

$1,791.00

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.

$18.08 with Texas Health Network vs $1,611.90 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 $18.08 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $18.45 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $18.45 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $18.45 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $18.45 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $18.45 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $18.45 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $18.45 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $18.45 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $18.82 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $19.93 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $20.30 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $20.30 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $20.30 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $20.30 ↓ -99%
Oscar MGMCR $21.52 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $21.85 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $21.96 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $21.96 ↓ -99%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $21.96 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $21.96 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $21.96 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $21.96 ↓ -99%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $21.96 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $21.96 ↓ -99%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $21.96 ↓ -99%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $21.96 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $21.96 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $21.96 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $21.96 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $21.96 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $21.96 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $21.96 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $21.96 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $21.96 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $21.96 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $22.15 ↓ -99%
Van Lang IPA MCR $22.18 ↓ -99%
United MCR $22.40 ↓ -99%
WellCare SNP $22.62 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCRHMO $22.62 ↓ -99%
WellCare PFFS $22.62 ↓ -99%
WellCare PPO $22.62 ↓ -99%
WellCare POS $22.62 ↓ -99%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $22.62 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $23.06 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $23.06 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MGMCR $23.06 ↓ -99%
Shared Health MGMCR $23.06 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $23.06 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $23.06 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $23.06 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $23.06 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $23.06 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $23.06 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $23.28 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $23.28 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $23.28 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $23.28 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $23.28 ↓ -99%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $23.77 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $23.77 ↓ -99%
Molina MGMCR $23.94 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $26.35 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MCR $28.55 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice HIX $31.84 ↓ -98%
Superior ValueHMO $31.84 ↓ -98%
Superior HMO $34.04 ↓ -98%
Superior EPO $34.04 ↓ -98%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $43.48 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $44.36 ↓ -98%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $46.12 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare HIX $47.21 ↓ -97%
BCBS BAV $48.97 ↓ -97%
BCBS HMO $61.27 ↓ -97%
Oscar HIX $63.46 ↓ -96%
BCBS EPOSOA $65.66 ↓ -96%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $65.90 ↓ -96%
BCBS PPO $70.05 ↓ -96%
Aetna QHPExchange $80.45 ↓ -96%
Cigna CSN $90.63 ↓ -95%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $98.16 ↓ -95%
Aetna NBPOS $106.98 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBPPO $106.98 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBHMO $106.98 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $107.46 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $107.46 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $107.46 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $107.46 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $107.46 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMHMO $113.66 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMPPO $113.66 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMPOS $113.66 ↓ -94%
Cigna PPO $116.79 ↓ -93%
Aetna OONPOS $133.52 ↓ -93%
Aetna OONHMO $133.52 ↓ -93%
Aetna OONPPO $133.52 ↓ -93%
Aetna ASAPPO $144.37 ↓ -92%
Aetna ASAHMO $144.37 ↓ -92%
Aetna ASAPOS $144.37 ↓ -92%
Humana HMO $293.44 ↓ -84%
Humana PPO $293.44 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $297.31 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $300.89 ↓ -83%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $429.84 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $488.94 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $626.85 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $626.85 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $770.13 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $805.95 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $805.95 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $805.95 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $954.60 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $985.05 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $985.05 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $1,074.60 ↓ -40%
Triumph COMM $1,074.60 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,074.60 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,074.60 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $1,164.15 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,343.25 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,432.80 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,468.62 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,522.35 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,522.35 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,522.35 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,611.90 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital Houston $127.00 $21.96 – $91.35
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