Ablation cardiac vagal inputs atrium 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

$12,257.45

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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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$12,257.45

Gross charge

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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.

$323.74 with BCBS vs $6,533.22 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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $323.74 ↓ -97%
BCBS BAV $356.94 ↓ -97%
BCBS EPOSOA $446.87 ↓ -96%
BCBS PPO $446.87 ↓ -96%
BCBS HMO $446.87 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $735.45 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $735.45 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $735.45 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $735.45 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $735.45 ↓ -94%
United SmallGroup $1,120.00 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $1,593.47 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $1,593.47 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $1,593.47 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $1,593.47 ↓ -87%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,600.00 ↓ -87%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,672.00 ↓ -86%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,702.00 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $1,814.10 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,961.19 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $2,034.74 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $2,059.25 ↓ -83%
Cigna PPO $2,328.92 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $2,358.00 ↓ -81%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $2,905.02 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $2,905.02 ↓ -76%
Aetna QHPExchange $2,954.05 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $3,125.65 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $3,346.28 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBHMO $3,579.18 ↓ -71%
Aetna NBPOS $3,579.18 ↓ -71%
Aetna NBPPO $3,579.18 ↓ -71%
Aetna COMMHMO $3,812.07 ↓ -69%
Aetna COMMPPO $3,812.07 ↓ -69%
Aetna COMMPOS $3,812.07 ↓ -69%
Humana PPO $3,911.35 ↓ -68%
Humana HMO $3,911.35 ↓ -68%
BCBS Traditional $4,290.11 ↓ -65%
Aetna OONPOS $4,486.23 ↓ -63%
Aetna OONHMO $4,486.23 ↓ -63%
Aetna OONPPO $4,486.23 ↓ -63%
Aetna ASAHMO $4,853.95 ↓ -60%
Aetna ASAPPO $4,853.95 ↓ -60%
Aetna ASAPOS $4,853.95 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $4,902.98 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $5,515.85 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $6,533.22 ↓ -47%

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Ablation cardiac vagal inputs atrium at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $5,111.75 $100.00 – $9,343.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $34,741.90 $0.00 – $386.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $34,741.90 $50.66 – $386.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $34,741.90 $45.84 – $386.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $34,741.90 $0.00 – $386.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $34,741.90 $79.01 – $386.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $34,741.90 $127.17 – $386.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $34,741.90 $71.00 – $386.96

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