Aortic Aneurysm Screening Ultrasound at HCA HOUSTON WEST

12141 RICHMOND AVENUE, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1275580938

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 2026

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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.

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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.

$102.66 with Texas Health Network vs $3,439.80 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.

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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 $102.66 —
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $104.75 —
Amerigroup MGMCD $104.75 —
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $106.88 —
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $106.88 —
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $106.88 —
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $106.88 —
United MGMCD $109.02 —
Molina Healthcare CHIP $115.23 —
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $115.23 —
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $115.23 —
Molina Healthcare STAR $115.23 —
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $115.43 —
Humana MCD $130.94 —
BCBS MyBlueHealth $153.49 —
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $157.13 —
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $157.13 —
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $157.13 —
BCBS BAV $165.70 —
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04 —
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $213.00 —
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $229.32 —
Superior Health Plan CHIP $229.32 —
Superior Health Plan STAR $229.32 —
Superior Health Plan STARKids $229.32 —
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $229.32 —
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 —
United SmallGroup $245.18 —
BCBS HMO $296.51 —
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 —
BCBS EPOSOA $307.85 —
BCBS PPO $318.32 —
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 —
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 —
United OptionsPPO $642.10 —
Aetna NBHMO $672.27 —
Aetna NBPPO $672.27 —
Aetna NBPOS $672.27 —
Aetna COMMPPO $715.31 —
Aetna COMMPOS $715.31 —
Aetna COMMHMO $715.31 —
Aetna OONPOS $841.02 —
Aetna OONPPO $841.02 —
Aetna OONHMO $841.02 —
Aetna ASAHMO $909.34 —
Aetna ASAPOS $909.34 —
Aetna ASAPPO $909.34 —
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $917.28 —
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,043.41 —
Humana HMO $1,266.23 —
Humana PPO $1,266.23 —
BCBS Traditional $1,337.70 —
Imagine Health PPO $1,337.70 —
Curative Administrators COMM $1,528.80 —
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,528.80 —
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,643.46 —
United GlobalAppendix $1,719.90 —
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,719.90 —
Averde Health Commercial $1,719.90 —
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,979.80 —
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $2,102.10 —
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $2,102.10 —
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,293.20 —
Triumph COMM $2,293.20 —
Independent Medical System COMM $2,293.20 —
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $2,293.20 —
Coastal Comp COMM $2,484.30 —
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $2,866.50 —
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $3,057.60 —
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3,134.04 —
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $3,248.70 —
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $3,248.70 —
Physicians, INC COMM $3,248.70 —
Affiliated PPO COMM $3,439.80 —

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Aortic Aneurysm Screening Ultrasound at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $698.25 $104.65 – $1,995.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $698.25 $104.75 – $1,995.00
Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital Houston $1,579.50 $105.02 – $204.79
Houston Methodist Hospital Houston $634.00 $105.02 – $420.09
Houston Methodist West Hospital Houston $1,579.50 $105.02 – $420.09
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $104.75 – $672.27
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $104.75 – $672.27
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $950.10 $335.76 – $335.76

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