Ultrasound pregnant uterus < 14 weeks each additional gestation 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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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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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.

$38.68 with BCBS vs $2,565.00 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.

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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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $38.68
BCBS BAV $41.76
Texas Health Network MCD $58.94
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $60.14
Amerigroup MGMCD $60.14
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $60.14
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $60.14
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $61.15
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $61.15
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $61.15
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $61.15
United MGMCD $62.37
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $66.04
Molina Healthcare STAR $66.15
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $66.15
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $66.15
Molina Healthcare CHIP $66.15
BCBS HMO $74.73
Humana MCD $75.17
BCBS EPOSOA $77.59
BCBS PPO $80.23
Aetna QHPExchange $127.44
Aetna NBHMO $169.38
Aetna NBPOS $169.38
Aetna NBPPO $169.38
Superior Health Plan CHIP $171.00
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $171.00
Superior Health Plan STAR $171.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $171.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $171.00
Aetna COMMPOS $180.18
Aetna COMMPPO $180.18
Aetna COMMHMO $180.18
Aetna MCR $188.96
Aetna OONPPO $211.86
Aetna OONPOS $211.86
Aetna OONHMO $211.86
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $213.00
Aetna ASAPPO $228.96
Aetna ASAHMO $228.96
Aetna ASAPOS $228.96
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00
Humana PPO $397.81
Humana HMO $397.81
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $473.10
United OptionsPPO $478.80
Superior EPO $498.75
Superior HMO $498.75
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
Superior ValueHMO $564.30
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $684.00
Molina Healthcare HIX $769.50
Evry Health BroadNetwork $778.05
CHC Harris Health Indigent $855.00
BCBS Traditional $997.50
Imagine Health PPO $997.50
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,140.00
Curative Administrators COMM $1,140.00
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,225.50
United GlobalAppendix $1,282.50
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,282.50
Averde Health Commercial $1,282.50
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,519.05
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,567.50
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,567.50
Triumph COMM $1,710.00
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,710.00
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,710.00
Independent Medical System COMM $1,710.00
Coastal Comp COMM $1,852.50
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $2,137.50
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $2,280.00
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,337.00
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $2,422.50
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $2,422.50
Physicians, INC COMM $2,422.50
Affiliated PPO COMM $2,565.00

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Ultrasound pregnant uterus < 14 weeks each additional gestation at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $478.80 $26.38 – $1,368.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $478.80 $30.99 – $1,368.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $38.68 – $127.44
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $38.68 – $127.44
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $952.55 $84.62 – $84.62
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $362.59 $43.96 – $513.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $352.15 $65.27 – $528.22
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $326.54 $60.14 – $408.18

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