X-ray ribs w/posterior anterior chest > 4 views bilateral at HCA HOUSTON WEST
12141 RICHMOND AVENUE, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1275580938
$5,642.00
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.
$5,642.00
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.
$51.73 with Texas Health Network vs $5,077.80 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Health Network | MCD | $51.73 | ↓ -99% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $52.79 | ↓ -99% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $52.79 | ↓ -99% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $52.79 | ↓ -99% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $52.79 | ↓ -99% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $52.79 | ↓ -99% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $52.79 | ↓ -99% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $52.79 | ↓ -99% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $52.79 | ↓ -99% |
| United | MGMCD | $53.85 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $57.01 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $58.07 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $58.07 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $58.07 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $58.07 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | MCD | $65.99 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna | CSN | $135.68 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $146.84 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna | PPO | $174.55 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $197.26 | ↓ -97% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $207.04 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | BAV | $212.95 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $222.81 | ↓ -96% |
| United | SmallGroup | $245.18 | ↓ -96% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $245.18 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $296.13 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $296.13 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $296.13 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $315.01 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $315.01 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $315.01 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $338.52 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $338.52 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $338.52 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $338.52 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $338.52 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $370.40 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $370.40 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $370.40 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | HMO | $381.07 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $395.64 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $400.30 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $400.30 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $400.30 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | PPO | $409.09 | ↓ -93% |
| Humana | PPO | $533.42 | ↓ -91% |
| Humana | HMO | $533.42 | ↓ -91% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $936.57 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $947.86 | ↓ -83% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $1,354.08 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $1,438.71 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $1,540.27 | ↓ -73% |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $1,974.70 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,974.70 | ↓ -65% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $2,256.80 | ↓ -60% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $2,256.80 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $2,426.06 | ↓ -57% |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $2,538.90 | ↓ -55% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $2,538.90 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $2,538.90 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $3,007.19 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $3,103.10 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $3,103.10 | ↓ -45% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $3,385.20 | ↓ -40% |
| Triumph | COMM | $3,385.20 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $3,385.20 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $3,385.20 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $3,667.30 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $4,231.50 | ↓ -25% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $4,513.60 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $4,626.44 | ↓ -18% |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $4,795.70 | ↓ -15% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $4,795.70 | ↓ -15% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $4,795.70 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $5,077.80 | ↓ -10% |
Visitor-reported prices
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X-ray ribs w/posterior anterior chest > 4 views bilateral at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $561.40 | $52.79 – $1,604.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $561.40 | $52.79 – $1,604.00 |
| Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital | Houston | $894.00 | $105.02 – $204.79 |
| Houston Methodist Hospital | Houston | $482.50 | $105.02 – $420.09 |
| Houston Methodist West Hospital | Houston | $894.00 | $105.02 – $420.09 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $52.79 – $222.81 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $52.79 – $222.81 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $550.49 | $52.79 – $688.12 |