Xm archive tissue molec anal 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

$350.00

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.

$350.00

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.

$21.00 with Superior Health Plan vs $315.00 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.

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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
Superior Health Plan STAR $21.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $21.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $21.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $21.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $21.00 ↓ -94%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $24.67 ↓ -93%
United SmallGroup $24.67 ↓ -93%
United AllPayerAppendix $24.67 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $45.50 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $45.50 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $45.50 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $45.50 ↓ -87%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $46.44 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $49.00 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $49.00 ↓ -86%
BCBS BAV $51.27 ↓ -85%
Cigna CSN $54.38 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $58.10 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $58.80 ↓ -83%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $58.91 ↓ -83%
BCBS HMO $64.14 ↓ -82%
Oscar HIX $68.25 ↓ -81%
BCBS EPOSOA $68.74 ↓ -80%
Cigna PPO $70.08 ↓ -80%
Aetna QHPExchange $72.88 ↓ -79%
BCBS PPO $73.34 ↓ -79%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $82.95 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $82.95 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $84.00 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $89.25 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $95.55 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBPOS $96.92 ↓ -72%
Aetna NBHMO $96.92 ↓ -72%
Aetna NBPPO $96.92 ↓ -72%
Aetna COMMPPO $102.97 ↓ -71%
Aetna COMMPOS $102.97 ↓ -71%
Aetna COMMHMO $102.97 ↓ -71%
Aetna OONHMO $120.96 ↓ -65%
Aetna OONPOS $120.96 ↓ -65%
Aetna OONPPO $120.96 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $122.50 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $122.50 ↓ -65%
Aetna ASAPOS $130.79 ↓ -63%
Aetna ASAPPO $130.79 ↓ -63%
Aetna ASAHMO $130.79 ↓ -63%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $140.00 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $150.50 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $157.50 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $157.50 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $157.50 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $186.55 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $192.50 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $192.50 ↓ -45%
Triumph COMM $210.00 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $210.00 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $210.00 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $210.00 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $227.50 ↓ -35%
Humana PPO $256.33 ↓ -27%
Humana HMO $256.33 ↓ -27%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $262.50 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $280.00 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $287.00 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $297.50 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $297.50 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $297.50 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $315.00 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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