Ultrasound doppler velocimetry fetal umbilical artery 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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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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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.

$41.63 with Superior Health Plan vs $409.09 with BCBS — 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
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $41.63
Superior Health Plan CHIP $41.63
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $41.63
Superior Health Plan STAR $41.63
Superior Health Plan STARKids $41.63
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $44.78
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $44.78
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $44.78
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $44.78
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $44.78
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $44.78
United MGMCD $45.68
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $48.36
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $49.26
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $49.26
Molina Healthcare STAR $49.26
Molina Healthcare CHIP $49.26
Humana MCD $55.98
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $115.18
United OptionsPPO $116.57
Aetna QHPExchange $127.23
Aetna NBHMO $169.10
Aetna NBPOS $169.10
Aetna NBPPO $169.10
Aetna COMMPPO $179.88
Aetna COMMPOS $179.88
Aetna COMMHMO $179.88
Evry Health BroadNetwork $189.42
BCBS MyBlueHealth $197.26
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04
Aetna OONPOS $211.51
Aetna OONPPO $211.51
Aetna OONHMO $211.51
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $213.00
Humana HMO $221.41
Humana PPO $221.41
Aetna ASAHMO $228.58
Aetna ASAPOS $228.58
Aetna ASAPPO $228.58
BCBS Traditional $242.85
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
United SmallGroup $245.18
BCBS BAV $249.94
Curative Administrators COMM $277.54
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $277.54
United GlobalAppendix $312.24
Coventry National First Health COMM $369.83
BCBS HMO $381.07
BCBS EPOSOA $395.64
BCBS PPO $409.09

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Ultrasound doppler velocimetry fetal umbilical artery at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $340.14 $44.78 – $425.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $322.20 $66.32 – $483.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $303.43 $44.78 – $379.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $340.14 $44.78 – $425.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $322.20 $47.91 – $483.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $322.20 $44.78 – $483.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $303.43 $44.78 – $455.15
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $340.14 $44.78 – $425.18

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