Warde viscosity 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

$612.00

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.

$612.00

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.

$9.60 with Texas Health Network vs $550.80 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 $9.60 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $9.80 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $9.80 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $9.80 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $9.80 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $9.80 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $9.80 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $9.80 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $9.80 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $10.00 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $10.58 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $10.78 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $10.78 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $10.78 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $10.78 ↓ -98%
Oscar MGMCR $11.44 ↓ -98%
WellMed MGMCR $11.61 ↓ -98%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $11.67 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $11.67 ↓ -98%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $11.67 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $11.67 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $11.67 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $11.67 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $11.67 ↓ -98%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $11.67 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $11.67 ↓ -98%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $11.67 ↓ -98%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $11.67 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $11.67 ↓ -98%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $11.67 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup DualEligible $11.67 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $11.67 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MGMCR $11.67 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $11.67 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $11.67 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $11.67 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $11.77 ↓ -98%
Van Lang IPA MCR $11.79 ↓ -98%
United MCR $11.90 ↓ -98%
WellCare PFFS $12.02 ↓ -98%
WellCare MCRHMO $12.02 ↓ -98%
WellCare POS $12.02 ↓ -98%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $12.02 ↓ -98%
WellCare SNP $12.02 ↓ -98%
WellCare PPO $12.02 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $12.25 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $12.25 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan MGMCR $12.25 ↓ -98%
Shared Health MGMCR $12.25 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $12.25 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $12.25 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $12.25 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $12.25 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $12.25 ↓ -98%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $12.25 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $12.37 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $12.37 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $12.37 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $12.37 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $12.37 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $12.63 ↓ -98%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $12.63 ↓ -98%
Molina MGMCR $12.72 ↓ -98%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $14.00 ↓ -98%
Verda Health Plan MCR $15.17 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice HIX $16.92 ↓ -97%
Superior ValueHMO $16.92 ↓ -97%
Superior HMO $18.09 ↓ -97%
Superior EPO $18.09 ↓ -97%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $23.11 ↓ -96%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $23.57 ↓ -96%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $24.51 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare HIX $25.09 ↓ -96%
BCBS BAV $26.02 ↓ -96%
BCBS HMO $32.56 ↓ -95%
Oscar HIX $33.73 ↓ -94%
BCBS EPOSOA $34.89 ↓ -94%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $35.02 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $36.72 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $36.72 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $36.72 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $36.72 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $36.72 ↓ -94%
BCBS PPO $37.23 ↓ -94%
Aetna QHPExchange $42.75 ↓ -93%
Cigna CSN $47.41 ↓ -92%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $51.36 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBPOS $56.86 ↓ -91%
Aetna NBPPO $56.86 ↓ -91%
Aetna NBHMO $56.86 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMMHMO $60.40 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMMPPO $60.40 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMMPOS $60.40 ↓ -90%
Cigna PPO $61.10 ↓ -90%
Aetna OONHMO $70.96 ↓ -88%
Aetna OONPPO $70.96 ↓ -88%
Aetna OONPOS $70.96 ↓ -88%
Aetna ASAPPO $76.73 ↓ -87%
Aetna ASAHMO $76.73 ↓ -87%
Aetna ASAPOS $76.73 ↓ -87%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $101.59 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $102.82 ↓ -83%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $146.88 ↓ -76%
Humana HMO $155.92 ↓ -75%
Humana PPO $155.92 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $167.08 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $214.20 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $214.20 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $263.16 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $275.40 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $275.40 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $275.40 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $326.20 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $336.60 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $336.60 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $367.20 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $367.20 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $367.20 ↓ -40%
Triumph COMM $367.20 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $397.80 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $459.00 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $489.60 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $501.84 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $520.20 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $520.20 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $520.20 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $550.80 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Warde viscosity at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $22.40 $8.40 – $64.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $22.40 $8.40 – $64.00
Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital Houston $11.50 $11.67 – $48.55
Houston Methodist Hospital Houston $11.50 $11.67 – $48.55
Houston Methodist West Hospital Houston $11.50 $11.67 – $48.55
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $9.80 – $47.41
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $9.80 – $47.41
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $278.72 $10.50 – $44.93

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