Pregnancy Ultrasound (complete, after first trimester) 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.

$104.75 with Texas Childrens Health Plans vs $2,694.35 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
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $104.75
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $104.75
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $106.88
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $106.88
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $106.88
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $106.88
United MGMCD $109.02
Molina Healthcare CHIP $115.23
Molina Healthcare STAR $115.23
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $115.23
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $115.23
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $115.43
Humana MCD $130.94
BCBS MyBlueHealth $161.11
BCBS BAV $204.13
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $213.00
United SmallGroup $245.18
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Superior Health Plan STAR $303.30
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $303.30
Superior Health Plan CHIP $303.30
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $303.30
Superior Health Plan STARKids $303.30
BCBS HMO $311.24
BCBS EPOSOA $323.14
BCBS PPO $334.12
Aetna QHPExchange $527.53
Aetna NBHMO $701.14
Aetna NBPOS $701.14
Aetna NBPPO $701.14
Aetna COMMPPO $745.85
Aetna COMMHMO $745.85
Aetna COMMPOS $745.85
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $839.14
United OptionsPPO $849.25
Aetna OONPPO $876.98
Aetna OONPOS $876.98
Aetna OONHMO $876.98
Aetna ASAPOS $947.77
Aetna ASAHMO $947.77
Aetna ASAPPO $947.77
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,380.03
Humana PPO $1,613.07
Humana HMO $1,613.07
BCBS Traditional $1,769.27
Curative Administrators COMM $2,022.03
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2,022.03
United GlobalAppendix $2,274.78
Coventry National First Health COMM $2,694.35

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Pregnancy Ultrasound (complete, after first trimester) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $1,088.50 $104.75 – $3,110.00
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,488.91 $352.43 – $352.43
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $590.27 $99.77 – $737.84
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $652.36 $134.28 – $978.54
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $607.12 $99.77 – $758.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $590.27 $99.77 – $737.84
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $652.36 $99.77 – $978.54
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $652.36 $104.75 – $978.54

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