Ultrasound breast unilateral limited (both sides) 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.

$85.20 with Texas Childrens Health Plans vs $3,682.92 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 STAR $85.20
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $85.20
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $85.54
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $85.54
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $85.54
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $85.54
United MGMCD $87.25
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $92.38
Molina Healthcare CHIP $93.72
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $93.72
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $93.72
Molina Healthcare STAR $93.72
Humana MCD $106.50
BCBS MyBlueHealth $140.47
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $153.71
BCBS BAV $177.98
United SmallGroup $182.03
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $213.00
BCBS HMO $271.35
BCBS EPOSOA $281.73
BCBS PPO $291.31
Aetna QHPExchange $314.42
Superior Health Plan STAR $414.59
Superior Health Plan STARKids $414.59
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $414.59
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $414.59
Superior Health Plan CHIP $414.59
Aetna NBHMO $417.90
Aetna NBPOS $417.90
Aetna NBPPO $417.90
Aetna COMMHMO $444.54
Aetna COMMPPO $444.54
Aetna COMMPOS $444.54
Aetna OONPOS $522.71
Aetna OONHMO $522.71
Aetna OONPPO $522.71
Aetna ASAPPO $564.90
Aetna ASAHMO $564.90
Aetna ASAPOS $564.90
Humana PPO $955.88
Humana HMO $955.88
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,147.03
United OptionsPPO $1,160.84
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,886.37
BCBS Traditional $2,418.43
Curative Administrators COMM $2,763.92
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2,763.92
United GlobalAppendix $3,109.41
Coventry National First Health COMM $3,682.92

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Ultrasound breast unilateral limited (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $754.95 $85.20 – $2,157.00
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $688.16 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $346.19 $83.05 – $432.74
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $346.09 $71.24 – $519.14
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $346.09 $83.05 – $432.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $346.19 $83.05 – $432.74
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $346.09 $83.05 – $519.14
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $346.09 $85.20 – $519.14

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