X-ray pelvis 1-2 views at HCA HOUSTON WEST
12141 RICHMOND AVENUE, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1275580938
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Cash price 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 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.
$27.50 with Texas Health Network vs $1,971.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Texas Health Network | MCD | $27.50 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $28.06 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $28.06 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $28.06 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $28.06 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $28.06 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $28.06 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $28.06 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $28.06 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $28.62 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $30.30 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $30.87 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $30.87 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $30.87 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $30.87 | — |
| Humana | MCD | $35.07 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $71.37 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $77.23 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $91.81 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $115.26 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $131.40 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $131.40 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $131.40 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $131.40 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $131.40 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $153.19 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $153.19 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $153.19 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $162.96 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $162.96 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $162.96 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $191.62 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $191.62 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $191.62 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $197.26 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $207.04 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $207.08 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $207.08 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $207.08 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $212.95 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $245.18 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $245.18 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $363.54 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $367.92 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $381.07 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $395.64 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $402.96 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $402.96 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $409.09 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $525.60 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $558.45 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $597.87 | — |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $766.50 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $766.50 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $876.00 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $876.00 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $941.70 | — |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $985.50 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $985.50 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $985.50 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $1,167.27 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $1,204.50 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $1,204.50 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $1,314.00 | — |
| Triumph | COMM | $1,314.00 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $1,314.00 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $1,314.00 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $1,423.50 | — |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $1,642.50 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $1,752.00 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,795.80 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $1,861.50 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $1,861.50 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $1,861.50 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $1,971.00 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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X-ray pelvis 1-2 views at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $457.45 | $28.06 – $1,307.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $457.45 | $28.06 – $1,307.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $28.06 – $197.26 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $28.06 – $197.26 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $465.62 | $431.51 – $431.51 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $270.84 | $28.06 – $338.55 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $319.22 | $65.71 – $478.83 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $440.66 | $28.06 – $550.82 |