Transvaginal Pregnancy 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.

$91.03 with Texas Health Network vs $3,786.30 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 $91.03 —
Amerigroup MGMCD $92.89 —
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $92.89 —
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $93.23 —
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $93.23 —
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $93.23 —
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $93.23 —
United MGMCD $95.09 —
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $100.69 —
Molina Healthcare CHIP $102.18 —
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $102.18 —
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $102.18 —
Molina Healthcare STAR $102.18 —
Humana MCD $116.11 —
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $139.34 —
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $139.34 —
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $139.34 —
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 $252.42 —
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $252.42 —
Superior Health Plan STARKids $252.42 —
Superior Health Plan STAR $252.42 —
Superior Health Plan CHIP $252.42 —
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 —
BCBS HMO $381.07 —
BCBS EPOSOA $395.64 —
BCBS PPO $409.09 —
Aetna NBPPO $475.76 —
Aetna NBHMO $475.76 —
Aetna NBPOS $475.76 —
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 —
Aetna COMMPPO $506.22 —
Aetna COMMHMO $506.22 —
Aetna COMMPOS $506.22 —
Aetna OONPPO $595.19 —
Aetna OONHMO $595.19 —
Aetna OONPOS $595.19 —
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 —
Aetna ASAPOS $643.54 —
Aetna ASAHMO $643.54 —
Aetna ASAPPO $643.54 —
United OptionsPPO $706.78 —
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $1,009.68 —
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,148.51 —
Humana HMO $1,393.78 —
Humana PPO $1,393.78 —
Imagine Health PPO $1,472.45 —
BCBS Traditional $1,472.45 —
Curative Administrators COMM $1,682.80 —
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,682.80 —
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,809.01 —
United GlobalAppendix $1,893.15 —
Averde Health Commercial $1,893.15 —
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,893.15 —
Coventry National First Health COMM $2,179.23 —
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $2,313.85 —
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $2,313.85 —
Triumph COMM $2,524.20 —
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $2,524.20 —
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,524.20 —
Independent Medical System COMM $2,524.20 —
Coastal Comp COMM $2,734.55 —
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $3,155.25 —
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $3,365.60 —
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3,449.74 —
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $3,575.95 —
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $3,575.95 —
Physicians, INC COMM $3,575.95 —
Affiliated PPO COMM $3,786.30 —

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Transvaginal Pregnancy Ultrasound at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $710.85 $92.89 – $2,031.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $710.85 $92.89 – $2,031.00
Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital Houston $1,387.00 $105.02 – $204.79
Houston Methodist Hospital Houston $653.00 $105.02 – $420.09
Houston Methodist West Hospital Houston $1,387.00 $105.02 – $420.09
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $92.89 – $475.76
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $92.89 – $475.76
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $954.63 $431.51 – $431.51

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