88334 ap bill cytologic exam each additional site 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

$296.41

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.

$296.41

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.

$17.78 with Superior Health Plan vs $164.46 with Humana — 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 CHPFC $17.78 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $17.78 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $17.78 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $17.78 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $17.78 ↓ -94%
United SmallGroup $19.19 ↓ -94%
United AllPayerAppendix $19.19 ↓ -94%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $19.19 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $34.22 ↓ -88%
BCBS BAV $37.78 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $38.53 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $38.53 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $38.53 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $38.53 ↓ -87%
BCBS HMO $47.26 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $49.20 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $49.80 ↓ -83%
BCBS EPOSOA $50.65 ↓ -83%
BCBS PPO $54.04 ↓ -82%
Oscar HIX $57.80 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $70.25 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $70.25 ↓ -76%
Aetna QHPExchange $73.07 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $75.58 ↓ -75%
Molina Healthcare HIX $80.03 ↓ -73%
Cigna CSN $80.84 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $80.92 ↓ -73%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $87.56 ↓ -70%
Aetna NBPOS $97.18 ↓ -67%
Aetna NBHMO $97.18 ↓ -67%
Aetna NBPPO $97.18 ↓ -67%
Aetna COMMPPO $103.24 ↓ -65%
Aetna COMMPOS $103.24 ↓ -65%
Aetna COMMHMO $103.24 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $103.74 ↓ -65%
Cigna PPO $104.18 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $118.56 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $121.28 ↓ -59%
Aetna OONHMO $121.28 ↓ -59%
Aetna OONPOS $121.28 ↓ -59%
Aetna ASAPPO $131.13 ↓ -56%
Aetna ASAPOS $131.13 ↓ -56%
Aetna ASAHMO $131.13 ↓ -56%
United GlobalAppendix $133.38 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $157.99 ↓ -47%
Humana HMO $164.46 ↓ -45%
Humana PPO $164.46 ↓ -45%
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88334 ap bill cytologic exam each additional site at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $97.65 $24.30 – $279.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $101.78 $28.84 – $144.19
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $136.34 $28.06 – $204.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $104.88 $20.98 – $131.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $101.78 $27.14 – $144.19
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $136.34 $36.00 – $204.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $136.34 $26.00 – $204.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $104.88 $34.96 – $157.32

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