Ultrasound breast 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.

$100.85 with Texas Health Network vs $4,405.50 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 $100.85
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $102.91
Amerigroup MGMCD $102.91
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $102.91
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $102.91
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $103.91
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $103.91
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $103.91
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $103.91
United MGMCD $105.99
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $112.22
Molina Healthcare CHIP $113.20
Molina Healthcare STAR $113.20
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $113.20
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $113.20
Humana MCD $128.64
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 STARKids $293.70
Superior Health Plan CHIP $293.70
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $293.70
Superior Health Plan STAR $293.70
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $293.70
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00
BCBS HMO $381.07
BCBS EPOSOA $395.64
BCBS PPO $409.09
Aetna QHPExchange $412.06
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
Aetna NBPPO $547.66
Aetna NBPOS $547.66
Aetna NBHMO $547.66
Aetna COMMPPO $582.58
Aetna COMMPOS $582.58
Aetna COMMHMO $582.58
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00
Aetna OONPOS $685.01
Aetna OONHMO $685.01
Aetna OONPPO $685.01
Aetna ASAPOS $740.30
Aetna ASAPPO $740.30
Aetna ASAHMO $740.30
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $812.57
United OptionsPPO $822.36
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $1,174.80
Humana HMO $1,254.14
Humana PPO $1,254.14
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,336.34
Imagine Health PPO $1,713.25
BCBS Traditional $1,713.25
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,958.00
Curative Administrators COMM $1,958.00
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $2,104.85
United GlobalAppendix $2,202.75
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $2,202.75
Averde Health Commercial $2,202.75
Coventry National First Health COMM $2,609.03
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $2,692.25
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $2,692.25
Triumph COMM $2,937.00
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,937.00
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $2,937.00
Independent Medical System COMM $2,937.00
Coastal Comp COMM $3,181.75
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $3,671.25
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $3,916.00
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $4,013.90
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $4,160.75
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $4,160.75
Physicians, INC COMM $4,160.75
Affiliated PPO COMM $4,405.50

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Ultrasound breast complete at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $980.35 $102.91 – $2,801.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $980.35 $102.91 – $2,801.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $103.91 – $412.06
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $102.91 – $412.06
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $442.26 $99.77 – $552.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $442.26 $91.03 – $663.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $386.64 $99.77 – $483.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $442.26 $99.77 – $552.83

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