X-ray surgical specimen 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

$1,211.00

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.

$1,211.00

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.

$41.92 with Texas Health Network vs $1,757.77 with BCBS — 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 $41.92 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $42.10 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $42.10 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $42.10 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $42.10 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $42.78 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup MGMCD $42.78 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $42.78 ↓ -96%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $42.78 ↓ -96%
United MGMCD $42.94 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $45.47 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare STAR $47.06 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $47.06 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $47.06 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $47.06 ↓ -96%
Humana MCD $53.48 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan STAR $72.66 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $72.66 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $72.66 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $72.66 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $72.66 ↓ -94%
Cigna CSN $98.06 ↓ -92%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $106.12 ↓ -91%
Cigna PPO $126.15 ↓ -90%
Aetna QHPExchange $151.09 ↓ -88%
Humana PPO $154.38 ↓ -87%
Humana HMO $154.38 ↓ -87%
Aetna NBPOS $200.81 ↓ -83%
Aetna NBPPO $200.81 ↓ -83%
Aetna NBHMO $200.81 ↓ -83%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $201.03 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $203.45 ↓ -83%
Aetna COMMPPO $213.61 ↓ -82%
Aetna COMMHMO $213.61 ↓ -82%
Aetna COMMPOS $213.61 ↓ -82%
Aetna OONPOS $251.17 ↓ -79%
Aetna OONPPO $251.17 ↓ -79%
Aetna OONHMO $251.17 ↓ -79%
Aetna ASAHMO $271.44 ↓ -78%
Aetna ASAPPO $271.44 ↓ -78%
Aetna ASAPOS $271.44 ↓ -78%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $290.64 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $308.81 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $330.60 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $423.85 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $423.85 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $484.40 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $484.40 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $520.73 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $544.95 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $544.95 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $544.95 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $645.46 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $666.05 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $666.05 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $726.60 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $726.60 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $726.60 ↓ -40%
Triumph COMM $726.60 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $787.15 ↓ -35%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $847.58 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $908.25 ↓ -25%
BCBS BAV $915.00 ↓ -24%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $917.49 ↓ -24%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $968.80 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $993.02 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,029.35 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,029.35 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,029.35 ↓ -15%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,086.50 ↓ -10%
United SmallGroup $1,086.50 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,089.90 ↓ -10%
BCBS HMO $1,637.37 ↑ +35%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,699.98 ↑ +40%
BCBS PPO $1,757.77 ↑ +45%

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X-ray surgical specimen at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $1,549.31 $42.10 – $847.58
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $642.95 $42.10 – $1,837.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $642.95 $42.10 – $1,837.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $42.10 – $847.58
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $458.88 $42.78 – $1,366.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $638.62 $131.45 – $1,366.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $565.09 $42.78 – $1,366.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $458.88 $42.78 – $1,366.64

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