Echo exam uterus 76831- 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

$3,208.00

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.

$3,208.00

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.

$114.28 with Texas Health Network vs $2,887.20 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 $114.28 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $116.61 ↓ -96%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $116.61 ↓ -96%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $116.61 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup MGMCD $116.61 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $116.95 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $116.95 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $116.95 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $116.95 ↓ -96%
United MGMCD $119.29 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $126.31 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $128.27 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare STAR $128.27 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $128.27 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $128.27 ↓ -96%
Humana MCD $145.76 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $192.48 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $192.48 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $192.48 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $192.48 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $192.48 ↓ -94%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $213.00 ↓ -93%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -91%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $410.15 ↓ -87%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $437.25 ↓ -86%
BCBS BAV $442.78 ↓ -86%
Aetna QHPExchange $493.69 ↓ -85%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -84%
United AllPayerAppendix $517.79 ↓ -84%
United SmallGroup $517.79 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $532.53 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $538.94 ↓ -83%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -81%
Aetna NBPPO $656.16 ↓ -80%
Aetna NBPOS $656.16 ↓ -80%
Aetna NBHMO $656.16 ↓ -80%
Aetna COMMHMO $698.00 ↓ -78%
Aetna COMMPPO $698.00 ↓ -78%
Aetna COMMPOS $698.00 ↓ -78%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $769.92 ↓ -76%
BCBS HMO $792.34 ↓ -75%
Aetna OONHMO $820.72 ↓ -74%
Aetna OONPOS $820.72 ↓ -74%
Aetna OONPPO $820.72 ↓ -74%
BCBS EPOSOA $822.63 ↓ -74%
BCBS PPO $850.60 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $875.78 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASAPPO $886.97 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASAPOS $886.97 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASAHMO $886.97 ↓ -72%
Humana HMO $1,023.67 ↓ -68%
Humana PPO $1,023.67 ↓ -68%
Imagine Health PPO $1,122.80 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $1,122.80 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,283.20 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,283.20 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,379.44 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $1,443.60 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $1,443.60 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,443.60 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,709.86 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,764.40 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,764.40 ↓ -45%
Triumph COMM $1,924.80 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,924.80 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,924.80 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $1,924.80 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $2,085.20 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $2,406.00 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $2,566.40 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,630.56 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $2,726.80 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $2,726.80 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $2,726.80 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $2,887.20 ↓ -10%

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Echo exam uterus 76831- at other Texas hospitals

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HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $4,530.22 $116.95 – $493.69
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $450.45 $116.61 – $1,287.00
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