Ablation ire liver 1+ tumor(s) w/image pq at HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST
621 RAYFORD RD, SPRING, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1740450121
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Cash price 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 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.
$948.00 with Superior Health Plan vs $26,281.37 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $948.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $948.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $948.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $948.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $948.00 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $2,996.00 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $2,996.00 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $3,184.00 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $3,184.00 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $3,251.00 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $3,455.00 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $3,747.00 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $3,747.00 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $4,048.00 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $4,048.00 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $4,065.00 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $4,390.00 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $6,300.00 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $8,987.00 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $9,000.00 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $19,330.92 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $21,285.74 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $22,480.34 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $24,435.16 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $26,281.37 | — |
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Ablation ire liver 1+ tumor(s) w/image pq at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital | The Woodlands | $16,290.00 | $10,678.27 – $21,356.54 |
| Houston Methodist Cypress Hospital | Cypress | $16,290.00 | $10,678.27 – $20,822.63 |
| Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital | Houston | $16,290.00 | $10,678.27 – $20,822.63 |
| Houston Methodist Continuing Care Hospital | Katy | $16,290.00 | not published |
| Houston Methodist Hospital | Houston | $16,290.00 | $10,678.27 – $42,713.09 |
| Houston Methodist Clear Lake Hospital | Nassau Bay | $16,290.00 | $10,678.27 – $20,822.63 |
| Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $16,290.00 | $10,678.27 – $20,822.63 |
| Houston Methodist West Hospital | Houston | $16,290.00 | $10,678.27 – $42,713.09 |