Cath left heart/lv gram at HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST
621 RAYFORD RD, SPRING, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1740450121
not published by hospital
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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
not published by hospital
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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$2,795.00 with Superior Health Plan vs $19,257.05 with Coventry National First Health — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
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 →
?
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 | CHPFC | $2,795.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $2,795.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $2,795.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $2,795.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $2,795.00 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $4,696.84 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $4,696.84 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $4,696.84 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $4,696.84 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $5,997.51 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $6,069.76 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $6,298.39 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $6,650.00 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $6,765.00 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $6,925.38 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $8,562.70 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $8,562.70 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $8,619.00 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $8,619.00 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $9,064.00 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $9,500.00 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $9,604.33 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $10,120.00 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $10,259.82 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $10,342.00 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $10,843.00 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $10,915.31 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $10,964.00 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $12,039.00 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $12,039.00 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $12,039.00 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $12,645.34 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $12,794.00 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $12,794.00 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $12,794.00 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $13,036.00 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $14,451.82 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $15,050.00 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $15,050.00 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $15,050.00 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $16,258.30 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $16,261.00 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $16,261.00 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $16,261.00 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $16,640.00 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $17,384.00 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $19,257.05 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
Cath left heart/lv gram at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $4,753.35 | $1,358.10 – $13,581.00 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $11,201.25 | $3,093.86 – $14,001.56 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $12,231.53 | $2,517.66 – $18,347.30 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $9,848.25 | $1,969.65 – $17,181.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $11,201.25 | $2,987.00 – $17,181.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $12,231.53 | $3,093.86 – $18,347.30 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $12,231.53 | $6,319.63 – $18,347.30 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $9,848.25 | $3,093.86 – $14,772.38 |