Ultrasound fetal biophysical profile without non-stress testing 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

$5,142.00

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$5,142.00

Gross charge

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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.

$84.16 with Texas Health Network vs $4,627.80 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 $84.16 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $84.20 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $84.20 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $84.20 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $84.20 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $85.88 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $85.88 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $85.88 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $85.88 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $85.88 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $88.79 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $90.94 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $94.47 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $94.47 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $94.47 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $94.47 ↓ -98%
BCBS BAV $95.86 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $107.35 ↓ -98%
BCBS HMO $171.53 ↓ -97%
BCBS EPOSOA $178.09 ↓ -97%
BCBS PPO $184.14 ↓ -96%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04 ↓ -96%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $213.00 ↓ -96%
United SmallGroup $245.18 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -95%
Aetna QHPExchange $278.60 ↓ -95%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $308.52 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $308.52 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $308.52 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $308.52 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $308.52 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBPPO $370.28 ↓ -93%
Aetna NBHMO $370.28 ↓ -93%
Aetna NBPOS $370.28 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMMHMO $393.89 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMMPOS $393.89 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMMPPO $393.89 ↓ -92%
Aetna OONHMO $463.15 ↓ -91%
Aetna OONPPO $463.15 ↓ -91%
Aetna OONPOS $463.15 ↓ -91%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -90%
Aetna ASAPOS $500.53 ↓ -90%
Aetna ASAHMO $500.53 ↓ -90%
Aetna ASAPPO $500.53 ↓ -90%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -88%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $853.57 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $863.86 ↓ -83%
Humana HMO $893.87 ↓ -83%
Humana PPO $893.87 ↓ -83%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $1,234.08 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,403.77 ↓ -73%
Imagine Health PPO $1,799.70 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $1,799.70 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2,056.80 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $2,056.80 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $2,211.06 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $2,313.90 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $2,313.90 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $2,313.90 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $2,740.69 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $2,828.10 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $2,828.10 ↓ -45%
Triumph COMM $3,085.20 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $3,085.20 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $3,085.20 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $3,085.20 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $3,342.30 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $3,856.50 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $4,113.60 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $4,216.44 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $4,370.70 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $4,370.70 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $4,370.70 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $4,627.80 ↓ -10%

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Ultrasound fetal biophysical profile without non-stress testing at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $413.70 $60.54 – $1,182.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $413.70 $71.13 – $1,182.00
Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital Houston $1,816.00 $105.02 – $204.79
Houston Methodist Hospital Houston $574.00 $105.02 – $420.09
Houston Methodist West Hospital Houston $1,816.00 $105.02 – $420.09
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $84.20 – $278.60
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $84.20 – $278.60
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $404.98 $85.88 – $506.23

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