Consultation pathology during surgery frozen section each additional block 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.
$24.08 with United vs $309.78 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.
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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| United | SmallGroup | $24.08 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $24.08 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $24.08 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $34.87 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $34.87 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $34.87 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $34.87 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $34.87 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $44.40 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $49.02 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $61.32 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $65.72 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $70.12 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $75.56 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $75.56 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $75.56 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $75.56 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $92.45 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $96.48 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $97.64 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $102.88 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $111.43 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $113.34 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $122.94 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $122.94 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $122.94 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $130.62 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $130.62 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $130.62 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $132.58 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $137.75 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $137.75 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $148.21 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $153.44 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $153.44 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $153.44 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $156.93 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $158.67 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $165.91 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $165.91 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $165.91 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $203.42 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $218.67 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $218.67 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $232.48 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $261.54 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $309.78 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
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Consultation pathology during surgery frozen section each additional block at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $103.25 | $32.09 – $295.00 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $154.18 | $35.00 – $218.42 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $152.96 | $31.49 – $229.45 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $117.67 | $23.53 – $147.09 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $154.18 | $35.00 – $218.42 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $152.96 | $36.00 – $229.45 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $152.96 | $26.00 – $229.45 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $117.67 | $36.00 – $176.51 |