Echocardiogram (Heart Ultrasound) 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.
$300.00 with Texas Athletic Network vs $10,359.90 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 Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $317.09 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $349.62 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $437.70 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $491.90 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $544.75 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $690.66 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $690.66 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $690.66 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $690.66 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $690.66 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $1,268.54 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $1,268.54 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $1,496.43 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $1,496.43 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $1,496.43 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $1,496.43 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $1,611.54 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $1,611.54 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $1,703.63 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $1,841.76 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $1,910.83 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,933.85 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $2,187.09 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $2,244.64 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $2,728.11 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $2,728.11 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $2,762.64 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $2,935.30 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $3,050.41 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $3,142.50 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $3,695.03 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $3,695.03 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $3,695.03 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $3,936.76 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $3,936.76 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $3,936.76 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $4,028.85 | — |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $4,028.85 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $4,604.40 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $4,604.40 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $4,615.91 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $4,615.91 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $4,615.91 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $4,949.73 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $4,984.26 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $4,984.26 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $4,984.26 | — |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $5,179.95 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $5,179.95 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $5,179.95 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $6,135.36 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $6,331.05 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $6,331.05 | — |
| Triumph | COMM | $6,906.60 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $6,906.60 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $6,906.60 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $6,906.60 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $7,482.15 | — |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $8,633.25 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $9,208.80 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $9,439.02 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $9,784.35 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $9,784.35 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $9,784.35 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $10,359.90 | — |
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Echocardiogram (Heart Ultrasound) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $3,379.24 | $317.09 – $1,268.54 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $2,651.25 | $100.00 – $7,575.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $2,651.25 | $100.00 – $7,575.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | $8,257.80 | $317.09 – $1,268.54 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $3,328.88 | $521.71 – $521.71 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,589.56 | $416.02 – $3,236.95 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $2,589.56 | $409.24 – $3,884.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,589.56 | $409.24 – $3,236.95 |