X-ray pelvis 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

$2,473.00

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.

$2,473.00

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.

$41.59 with Texas Health Network vs $2,225.70 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 $41.59 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $42.44 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $42.44 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $42.44 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $42.44 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $42.44 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $42.44 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $42.44 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $42.44 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $43.29 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $45.84 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $46.68 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $46.68 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $46.68 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $46.68 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $53.05 ↓ -98%
Cigna CSN $110.20 ↓ -96%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $119.26 ↓ -95%
Cigna PPO $141.77 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $148.38 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $148.38 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $148.38 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $148.38 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $148.38 ↓ -94%
Aetna QHPExchange $178.98 ↓ -93%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $197.26 ↓ -92%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04 ↓ -92%
BCBS BAV $212.95 ↓ -91%
Aetna NBPOS $237.88 ↓ -90%
Aetna NBHMO $237.88 ↓ -90%
Aetna NBPPO $237.88 ↓ -90%
United SmallGroup $245.18 ↓ -90%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMMPOS $253.05 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMMHMO $253.05 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMMPPO $253.05 ↓ -90%
Aetna OONHMO $297.55 ↓ -88%
Aetna OONPPO $297.55 ↓ -88%
Aetna OONPOS $297.55 ↓ -88%
Aetna ASAPOS $321.56 ↓ -87%
Aetna ASAHMO $321.56 ↓ -87%
Aetna ASAPPO $321.56 ↓ -87%
BCBS HMO $381.07 ↓ -85%
BCBS EPOSOA $395.64 ↓ -84%
BCBS PPO $409.09 ↓ -83%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $410.52 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $415.46 ↓ -83%
Humana HMO $471.22 ↓ -81%
Humana PPO $471.22 ↓ -81%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $593.52 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $630.62 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $675.13 ↓ -73%
Imagine Health PPO $865.55 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $865.55 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $989.20 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $989.20 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,063.39 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $1,112.85 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $1,112.85 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,112.85 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,318.11 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,360.15 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,360.15 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,483.80 ↓ -40%
Triumph COMM $1,483.80 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,483.80 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $1,483.80 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $1,607.45 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,854.75 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,978.40 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,027.86 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $2,102.05 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $2,102.05 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $2,102.05 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $2,225.70 ↓ -10%

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X-ray pelvis complete > 3 views at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $2,585.17 $42.44 – $197.26
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $690.90 $42.44 – $1,974.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $690.90 $42.44 – $1,974.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $42.44 – $197.26
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $622.03 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $355.88 $42.44 – $444.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $348.19 $71.67 – $522.28
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $400.75 $42.44 – $500.94

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