Arm or Leg Ultrasound (limited, left side) at HCA HOUSTON WEST
12141 RICHMOND AVENUE, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1275580938
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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.
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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.
$29.74 with Texas Health Network vs $3,851.10 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 |
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| Texas Health Network | MCD | $29.74 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $30.35 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $30.35 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $30.35 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $30.35 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $30.35 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $30.35 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $30.96 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $32.78 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $33.39 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $33.39 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $33.39 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $33.39 | — |
| Humana | MCD | $37.94 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $45.53 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $45.53 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $45.53 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $197.26 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $207.04 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $212.95 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $213.00 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $245.18 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $245.18 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $256.74 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $256.74 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $256.74 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $256.74 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $256.74 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $273.75 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $273.75 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $273.75 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $291.28 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $291.28 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $291.28 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $342.46 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $342.46 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $342.46 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $370.28 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $370.28 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $370.28 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $381.07 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $395.64 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $409.09 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $718.87 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $1,026.96 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $1,168.17 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $1,417.63 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $1,417.63 | — |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $1,497.65 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,497.65 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $1,711.60 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,711.60 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $1,839.97 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $1,925.55 | — |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $1,925.55 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $1,925.55 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $2,216.52 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $2,353.45 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $2,353.45 | — |
| Triumph | COMM | $2,567.40 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $2,567.40 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $2,567.40 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $2,567.40 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $2,781.35 | — |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $3,209.25 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $3,423.20 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $3,508.78 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $3,637.15 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $3,637.15 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $3,637.15 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $3,851.10 | — |
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Arm or Leg Ultrasound (limited, left side) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $1,044.05 | $27.62 – $2,983.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $1,044.05 | $30.35 – $2,983.00 |
| Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital | Houston | $2,166.00 | $105.02 – $204.79 |
| Houston Methodist Hospital | Houston | $941.50 | $105.02 – $420.09 |
| Houston Methodist West Hospital | Houston | $2,166.00 | $105.02 – $420.09 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $30.35 – $273.75 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $30.35 – $273.75 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $932.95 | $431.51 – $431.51 |