Cardioassist internal at HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST
621 RAYFORD RD, SPRING, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1740450121
$9,076.53
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.
$9,076.53
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.
$544.59 with Superior Health Plan vs $9,000.00 with United — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $544.59 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $544.59 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $544.59 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $544.59 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $544.59 | ↓ -94% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $1,179.95 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $1,179.95 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $1,179.95 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $1,179.95 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | CSN | $1,343.33 | ↓ -85% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $1,452.24 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $1,479.47 | ↓ -84% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $1,506.70 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,524.86 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS | BAV | $1,633.78 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna | PPO | $1,724.54 | ↓ -81% |
| Oscar | HIX | $1,769.92 | ↓ -81% |
| Humana | HMO | $1,923.36 | ↓ -79% |
| Humana | PPO | $1,923.36 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS | HMO | $2,042.22 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $2,087.60 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS | PPO | $2,123.91 | ↓ -77% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $2,151.14 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $2,151.14 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $2,187.44 | ↓ -76% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $2,450.66 | ↓ -73% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $2,477.89 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $2,650.35 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $2,650.35 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $2,650.35 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $2,822.80 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $2,822.80 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $2,822.80 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $3,176.79 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $3,322.01 | ↓ -63% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $3,322.01 | ↓ -63% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $3,322.01 | ↓ -63% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $3,594.31 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $3,594.31 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $3,594.31 | ↓ -60% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $3,630.61 | ↓ -60% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $3,630.61 | ↓ -60% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $4,084.44 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $4,837.79 | ↓ -47% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $5,841.00 | ↓ -36% |
| United | SmallGroup | $6,300.00 | ↓ -31% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $8,757.00 | ↓ -4% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $9,000.00 | ↓ -1% |
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Cardioassist internal at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $4,363.56 | $610.75 – $6,181.71 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $343.04 | $70.61 – $514.56 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $343.04 | $68.61 – $600.80 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $4,363.56 | $465.52 – $6,181.71 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $343.04 | $110.12 – $734.09 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $343.04 | $177.24 – $2,234.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $343.04 | $114.35 – $600.80 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $4,363.56 | $610.75 – $6,181.71 |