Pelvic Ultrasound (complete) 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

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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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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.

$94.35 with Texas Health Network vs $3,778.20 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 $94.35
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $96.28
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $96.28
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $96.28
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $96.28
Amerigroup MGMCD $96.28
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $96.28
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $96.28
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $96.28
United MGMCD $98.21
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $103.98
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $105.91
Molina Healthcare STAR $105.91
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $105.91
Molina Healthcare CHIP $105.91
Humana MCD $120.35
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 STAR $251.88
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $251.88
Superior Health Plan STARKids $251.88
Superior Health Plan CHIP $251.88
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $251.88
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00
BCBS HMO $381.07
BCBS EPOSOA $395.64
BCBS PPO $409.09
Aetna QHPExchange $439.95
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
Aetna NBPOS $584.74
Aetna NBHMO $584.74
Aetna NBPPO $584.74
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00
Aetna COMMPPO $622.02
Aetna COMMPOS $622.02
Aetna COMMHMO $622.02
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $696.87
United OptionsPPO $705.26
Aetna OONPPO $731.39
Aetna OONPOS $731.39
Aetna OONHMO $731.39
Aetna ASAPPO $790.42
Aetna ASAPOS $790.42
Aetna ASAHMO $790.42
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $1,007.52
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,146.05
Humana HMO $1,339.58
Humana PPO $1,339.58
Imagine Health PPO $1,469.30
BCBS Traditional $1,469.30
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,679.20
Curative Administrators COMM $1,679.20
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,805.14
United GlobalAppendix $1,889.10
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,889.10
Averde Health Commercial $1,889.10
Coventry National First Health COMM $2,237.53
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $2,308.90
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $2,308.90
Triumph COMM $2,518.80
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,518.80
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $2,518.80
Independent Medical System COMM $2,518.80
Coastal Comp COMM $2,728.70
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $3,148.50
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $3,358.40
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3,442.36
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $3,568.30
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $3,568.30
Physicians, INC COMM $3,568.30
Affiliated PPO COMM $3,778.20

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Pelvic Ultrasound (complete) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $989.80 $96.28 – $2,828.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $989.80 $96.28 – $2,828.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $96.28 – $439.95
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $96.28 – $439.95
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,178.28 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $761.44 $96.28 – $951.79
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $647.87 $133.35 – $971.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $520.36 $96.28 – $650.45

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