Scrotal (Testicle) 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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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.

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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.

$98.24 with Texas Health Network vs $4,363.20 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 $98.24 —
Amerigroup MGMCD $100.24 —
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $100.24 —
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $101.58 —
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $101.58 —
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $101.58 —
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $101.58 —
United MGMCD $103.61 —
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $109.71 —
Molina Healthcare CHIP $110.26 —
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $110.26 —
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $110.26 —
Molina Healthcare STAR $110.26 —
Humana MCD $125.30 —
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $150.36 —
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $150.36 —
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $150.36 —
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 $290.88 —
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $290.88 —
Superior Health Plan STARKids $290.88 —
Superior Health Plan STAR $290.88 —
Superior Health Plan CHIP $290.88 —
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 —
BCBS HMO $381.07 —
BCBS EPOSOA $395.64 —
BCBS PPO $409.09 —
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 —
Aetna NBHMO $589.32 —
Aetna NBPOS $589.32 —
Aetna NBPPO $589.32 —
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 —
Aetna COMMPPO $627.05 —
Aetna COMMHMO $627.05 —
Aetna COMMPOS $627.05 —
Aetna OONPPO $737.25 —
Aetna OONHMO $737.25 —
Aetna OONPOS $737.25 —
Aetna ASAPOS $797.14 —
Aetna ASAHMO $797.14 —
Aetna ASAPPO $797.14 —
United OptionsPPO $814.46 —
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $1,163.52 —
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,323.50 —
Humana HMO $1,606.14 —
Humana PPO $1,606.14 —
Imagine Health PPO $1,696.80 —
BCBS Traditional $1,696.80 —
Curative Administrators COMM $1,939.20 —
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,939.20 —
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $2,084.64 —
United GlobalAppendix $2,181.60 —
Averde Health Commercial $2,181.60 —
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $2,181.60 —
Coventry National First Health COMM $2,511.26 —
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $2,666.40 —
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $2,666.40 —
Triumph COMM $2,908.80 —
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $2,908.80 —
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,908.80 —
Independent Medical System COMM $2,908.80 —
Coastal Comp COMM $3,151.20 —
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $3,636.00 —
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $3,878.40 —
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3,975.36 —
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $4,120.80 —
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $4,120.80 —
Physicians, INC COMM $4,120.80 —
Affiliated PPO COMM $4,363.20 —

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Scrotal (Testicle) Ultrasound at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $908.25 $100.24 – $2,595.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $908.25 $100.24 – $2,595.00
Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital Houston $1,750.00 $105.02 – $204.79
Houston Methodist Hospital Houston $878.00 $105.02 – $420.09
Houston Methodist West Hospital Houston $1,750.00 $105.02 – $420.09
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $100.24 – $589.32
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $100.24 – $589.32
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,180.35 $431.51 – $431.51

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