Abdominal and Pelvic Blood Vessel Ultrasound (limited) at HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER
1313 Hermann Dr, Houston, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1073043592
$3,033.49
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.
$3,033.49
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.
$106.88 with Amerigroup vs $2,578.47 with Multiplan — 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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| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $106.88 | ↓ -96% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $106.88 | ↓ -96% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $108.97 | ↓ -96% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $108.97 | ↓ -96% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $108.97 | ↓ -96% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $108.97 | ↓ -96% |
| United | MGMCD | $111.15 | ↓ -96% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $117.57 | ↓ -96% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $117.57 | ↓ -96% |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $117.57 | ↓ -96% |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $117.57 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $117.69 | ↓ -96% |
| Humana | MCD | $133.60 | ↓ -96% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $182.01 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $182.01 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $182.01 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $182.01 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $182.01 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $263.11 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS | BAV | $290.10 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS | PPO | $363.18 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $363.18 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS | HMO | $363.18 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna | CSN | $440.07 | ↓ -85% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $476.26 | ↓ -84% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $509.63 | ↓ -83% |
| Cigna | PPO | $566.14 | ↓ -81% |
| Oscar | HIX | $591.53 | ↓ -81% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $773.54 | ↓ -74% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $828.14 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $943.42 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $943.42 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $943.42 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $1,004.09 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $1,004.09 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $1,004.09 | ↓ -67% |
| Humana | PPO | $1,005.00 | ↓ -67% |
| Humana | HMO | $1,005.00 | ↓ -67% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,061.72 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $1,176.99 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $1,176.99 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $1,176.99 | ↓ -61% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,213.40 | ↓ -60% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $1,213.40 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $1,271.03 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $1,271.03 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $1,271.03 | ↓ -58% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $1,365.07 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $1,571.35 | ↓ -48% |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $2,275.12 | ↓ -25% |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $2,578.47 | ↓ -15% |
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Abdominal and Pelvic Blood Vessel Ultrasound (limited) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $597.45 | $106.88 – $1,707.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $597.45 | $106.88 – $1,707.00 |
| Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital | Houston | $1,223.50 | $105.02 – $204.79 |
| Houston Methodist Hospital | Houston | $970.50 | $105.02 – $420.09 |
| Houston Methodist West Hospital | Houston | $1,223.50 | $105.02 – $420.09 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $104.74 – $440.07 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $106.88 – $440.07 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $1,891.69 | $432.89 – $432.89 |