X-ray nasal bones complete > 3 views 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.

$37.00 with Texas Health Network vs $2,174.40 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 $37.00
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $37.76
Amerigroup MGMCD $37.76
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $37.76
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $37.76
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $38.43
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $38.43
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $38.43
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $38.43
United MGMCD $39.20
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $41.50
Molina Healthcare STAR $41.54
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $41.54
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $41.54
Molina Healthcare CHIP $41.54
Humana MCD $47.20
Cigna CSN $108.99
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $117.95
Cigna PPO $140.21
BCBS MyBlueHealth $140.47
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $144.96
Superior Health Plan CHIP $144.96
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $144.96
Superior Health Plan STAR $144.96
Superior Health Plan STARKids $144.96
BCBS BAV $151.64
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $153.71
Aetna QHPExchange $177.00
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
United SmallGroup $182.03
Aetna NBPOS $235.25
Aetna NBHMO $235.25
Aetna NBPPO $235.25
Aetna COMMPPO $250.25
Aetna COMMHMO $250.25
Aetna COMMPOS $250.25
BCBS HMO $271.35
BCBS EPOSOA $281.73
BCBS PPO $291.31
Aetna OONHMO $294.25
Aetna OONPOS $294.25
Aetna OONPPO $294.25
Aetna ASAPPO $318.00
Aetna ASAPOS $318.00
Aetna ASAHMO $318.00
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $401.06
United OptionsPPO $405.89
Humana HMO $421.54
Humana PPO $421.54
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $579.84
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $616.08
Evry Health BroadNetwork $659.57
Imagine Health PPO $845.60
BCBS Traditional $845.60
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $966.40
Curative Administrators COMM $966.40
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,038.88
Averde Health Commercial $1,087.20
United GlobalAppendix $1,087.20
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,087.20
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,287.73
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,328.80
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,328.80
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,449.60
Triumph COMM $1,449.60
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,449.60
Independent Medical System COMM $1,449.60
Coastal Comp COMM $1,570.40
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,812.00
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,932.80
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,981.12
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $2,053.60
Physicians, INC COMM $2,053.60
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $2,053.60
Affiliated PPO COMM $2,174.40

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X-ray nasal bones complete > 3 views at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $291.55 $37.76 – $833.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $291.55 $37.76 – $833.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $38.43 – $177.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $37.76 – $177.00
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $642.77 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $257.89 $37.76 – $322.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $274.01 $56.40 – $411.02
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $305.39 $37.76 – $381.74

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