X-ray humerus >= 2 views left 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

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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.

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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.

$31.44 with Texas Health Network vs $2,267.10 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 $31.44
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $32.08
Amerigroup MGMCD $32.08
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $32.08
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $32.08
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $32.41
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $32.41
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $32.41
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $32.41
United MGMCD $33.06
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $35.00
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $35.29
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $35.29
Molina Healthcare CHIP $35.29
Molina Healthcare STAR $35.29
Humana MCD $40.10
Cigna CSN $88.37
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $95.64
Cigna PPO $113.68
BCBS MyBlueHealth $140.47
Aetna QHPExchange $143.16
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $151.14
Superior Health Plan CHIP $151.14
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $151.14
Superior Health Plan STAR $151.14
Superior Health Plan STARKids $151.14
BCBS BAV $151.64
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $153.71
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
United SmallGroup $182.03
Aetna NBPOS $190.27
Aetna NBHMO $190.27
Aetna NBPPO $190.27
Aetna COMMPOS $202.40
Aetna COMMHMO $202.40
Aetna COMMPPO $202.40
Aetna OONPPO $237.99
Aetna OONPOS $237.99
Aetna OONHMO $237.99
Aetna ASAPOS $257.20
Aetna ASAHMO $257.20
Aetna ASAPPO $257.20
BCBS HMO $271.35
BCBS EPOSOA $281.73
BCBS PPO $291.31
Humana HMO $359.35
Humana PPO $359.35
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $418.15
United OptionsPPO $423.19
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $604.56
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $642.35
Evry Health BroadNetwork $687.69
Imagine Health PPO $881.65
BCBS Traditional $881.65
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,007.60
Curative Administrators COMM $1,007.60
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,083.17
Averde Health Commercial $1,133.55
United GlobalAppendix $1,133.55
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,133.55
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,342.63
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,385.45
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,385.45
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,511.40
Triumph COMM $1,511.40
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,511.40
Independent Medical System COMM $1,511.40
Coastal Comp COMM $1,637.35
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,889.25
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $2,015.20
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,065.58
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $2,141.15
Physicians, INC COMM $2,141.15
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $2,141.15
Affiliated PPO COMM $2,267.10

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X-ray humerus >= 2 views left at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $360.85 $32.08 – $1,031.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $360.85 $32.08 – $1,031.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $32.41 – $143.16
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $32.08 – $143.16
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $536.20 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $309.31 $32.08 – $386.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $353.69 $72.80 – $530.54
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $399.22 $32.08 – $499.02

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