Pelvic Ultrasound (limited) at HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST

621 RAYFORD RD, SPRING, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1740450121

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 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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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.

$50.79 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $657.25 with Coventry National First Health — 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
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $50.79
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $50.79
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $50.79
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $50.79
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $50.79
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $50.79
United MGMCD $51.81
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $54.85
Molina Healthcare CHIP $55.87
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $55.87
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $55.87
Molina Healthcare STAR $55.87
Humana MCD $63.49
Superior Health Plan STARKids $73.99
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $73.99
Superior Health Plan CHIP $73.99
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $73.99
Superior Health Plan STAR $73.99
Aetna QHPExchange $145.14
Aetna NBPOS $192.91
Aetna NBPPO $192.91
Aetna NBHMO $192.91
BCBS MyBlueHealth $197.26
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $204.70
Aetna COMMHMO $205.20
Aetna COMMPPO $205.20
Aetna COMMPOS $205.20
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04
United OptionsPPO $207.16
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $213.00
Aetna OONPOS $241.28
Aetna OONHMO $241.28
Aetna OONPPO $241.28
United SmallGroup $245.18
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
BCBS BAV $249.94
Aetna ASAPPO $260.76
Aetna ASAHMO $260.76
Aetna ASAPOS $260.76
Evry Health BroadNetwork $336.64
BCBS HMO $381.07
Humana PPO $393.49
Humana HMO $393.49
BCBS EPOSOA $395.64
BCBS PPO $409.09
BCBS Traditional $431.59
Curative Administrators COMM $493.25
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $493.25
United GlobalAppendix $554.90
Coventry National First Health COMM $657.25

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Pelvic Ultrasound (limited) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $435.40 $50.79 – $1,244.00
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,066.46 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $560.25 $50.79 – $700.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $483.26 $99.47 – $724.89
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $483.26 $50.79 – $604.07
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $560.25 $50.79 – $700.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $483.26 $54.35 – $724.89
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $483.26 $50.79 – $724.89

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