Warde lipoprotein (a) 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

$1,309.00

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.

$1,309.00

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.

$11.79 with Texas Health Network vs $1,178.10 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 $11.79 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $12.03 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $12.03 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $12.03 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $12.03 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $12.03 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $12.03 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $12.03 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $12.03 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $12.27 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $12.99 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $13.23 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $13.23 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $13.23 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $13.23 ↓ -99%
Oscar MGMCR $14.03 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $14.25 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $14.32 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $14.32 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $14.32 ↓ -99%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $14.32 ↓ -99%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $14.32 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $14.32 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $14.32 ↓ -99%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $14.32 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $14.32 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $14.32 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $14.32 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $14.32 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $14.32 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $14.32 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $14.32 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $14.32 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $14.32 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $14.32 ↓ -99%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $14.32 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $14.44 ↓ -99%
Van Lang IPA MCR $14.46 ↓ -99%
United MCR $14.61 ↓ -99%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $14.75 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCRHMO $14.75 ↓ -99%
WellCare PFFS $14.75 ↓ -99%
WellCare POS $14.75 ↓ -99%
WellCare PPO $14.75 ↓ -99%
WellCare SNP $14.75 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $15.04 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $15.04 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $15.04 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $15.04 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $15.04 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $15.04 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $15.04 ↓ -99%
Shared Health MGMCR $15.04 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MGMCR $15.04 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $15.04 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $15.18 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $15.18 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $15.18 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $15.18 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $15.18 ↓ -99%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $15.50 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $15.50 ↓ -99%
Molina MGMCR $15.61 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $17.18 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MCR $18.62 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $20.76 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice HIX $20.76 ↓ -98%
Superior HMO $22.20 ↓ -98%
Superior EPO $22.20 ↓ -98%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $28.35 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $28.93 ↓ -98%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $30.07 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare HIX $30.79 ↓ -98%
BCBS BAV $31.93 ↓ -98%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $38.83 ↓ -97%
BCBS HMO $39.95 ↓ -97%
Oscar HIX $41.38 ↓ -97%
BCBS EPOSOA $42.82 ↓ -97%
BCBS PPO $45.68 ↓ -97%
Aetna QHPExchange $52.44 ↓ -96%
Cigna CSN $58.54 ↓ -96%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $63.41 ↓ -95%
Aetna NBHMO $69.74 ↓ -95%
Aetna NBPOS $69.74 ↓ -95%
Aetna NBPPO $69.74 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMMPOS $74.09 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMHMO $74.09 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMPPO $74.09 ↓ -94%
Cigna PPO $75.44 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $78.54 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $78.54 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $78.54 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $78.54 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $78.54 ↓ -94%
Aetna OONPPO $87.04 ↓ -93%
Aetna OONHMO $87.04 ↓ -93%
Aetna OONPOS $87.04 ↓ -93%
Aetna ASAHMO $94.11 ↓ -93%
Aetna ASAPPO $94.11 ↓ -93%
Aetna ASAPOS $94.11 ↓ -93%
Humana PPO $172.90 ↓ -87%
Humana HMO $172.90 ↓ -87%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $217.29 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $219.91 ↓ -83%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $314.16 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $357.36 ↓ -73%
Imagine Health PPO $458.15 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $458.15 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $562.87 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $589.05 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $589.05 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $589.05 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $697.70 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $719.95 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $719.95 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $785.40 ↓ -40%
Triumph COMM $785.40 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $785.40 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $785.40 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $850.85 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $981.75 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,047.20 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,073.38 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,112.65 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,112.65 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,112.65 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,178.10 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Warde lipoprotein (a) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $594.77 $12.03 – $58.54
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $70.70 $10.31 – $202.00
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HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $134.71 $12.03 – $58.54
Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital Houston $130.50 $14.32 – $59.57
Houston Methodist Hospital Houston $130.50 $14.32 – $59.57
Houston Methodist West Hospital Houston $130.50 $14.32 – $59.57
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