Ultrasound guidance for vascular access at HCA HOUSTON WEST
12141 RICHMOND AVENUE, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1275580938
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Cash price 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 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.
$34.88 with BCBS vs $1,854.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $34.88 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $37.66 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $67.39 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $69.96 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $72.34 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $123.60 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $123.60 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $123.60 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $123.60 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $123.60 | — |
| Aetna | MCR | $136.58 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $153.35 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $203.82 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $203.82 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $203.82 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $216.82 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $216.82 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $216.82 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $254.94 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $254.94 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $254.94 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $267.80 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $267.80 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $267.80 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $267.80 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $275.52 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $275.52 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $275.52 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $288.40 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $288.40 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $298.26 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $298.26 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $341.96 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $346.08 | — |
| Superior | HMO | $360.50 | — |
| Superior | EPO | $360.50 | — |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $407.88 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $488.22 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $488.22 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $494.40 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $525.30 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $556.20 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $562.38 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | — |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $618.00 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $721.00 | — |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $721.00 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $824.00 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $824.00 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $885.80 | — |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $927.00 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $927.00 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $927.00 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $1,097.98 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $1,133.00 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $1,133.00 | — |
| Triumph | COMM | $1,236.00 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $1,236.00 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $1,236.00 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $1,236.00 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $1,339.00 | — |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $1,545.00 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $1,648.00 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,689.20 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $1,751.00 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $1,751.00 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $1,751.00 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $1,854.00 | — |
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Ultrasound guidance for vascular access at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $952.70 | $23.78 – $2,722.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $952.70 | $27.95 – $2,722.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $34.88 – $298.26 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $34.88 – $298.26 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $1,631.77 | $76.31 – $76.31 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $631.95 | $39.64 – $895.26 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $621.95 | $66.60 – $932.93 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $605.63 | $66.60 – $757.04 |