Cine/video x-rays add-on 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.
$25.38 with BCBS vs $635.17 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.
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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| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $25.38 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $32.16 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $49.03 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $50.90 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $52.63 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $168.29 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $223.68 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $223.68 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $223.68 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $237.94 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $237.94 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $237.94 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $279.77 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $279.77 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $279.77 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $302.35 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $302.35 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $302.35 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $635.17 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $635.17 | — |
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Cine/video x-rays add-on at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $347.56 | $28.84 – $492.38 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $133.48 | $27.47 – $200.21 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $140.15 | $28.03 – $175.19 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $347.56 | $33.02 – $492.38 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $133.48 | $42.85 – $200.21 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $133.48 | $68.96 – $200.21 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $140.15 | $46.72 – $210.22 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $347.56 | $28.84 – $492.38 |