Consultation/report referred material w/preparation of slides at HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST
621 RAYFORD RD, SPRING, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1740450121
$1,178.41
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.
$1,178.41
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.
$49.76 with United vs $628.09 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United | SmallGroup | $49.76 | ↓ -96% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $49.76 | ↓ -96% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $49.76 | ↓ -96% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $70.70 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $70.70 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $70.70 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $70.70 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $70.70 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $99.93 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $102.91 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS | BAV | $110.32 | ↓ -91% |
| Cigna | CSN | $116.82 | ↓ -90% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $126.54 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $136.85 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $136.85 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $136.85 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS | HMO | $138.02 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $145.39 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $145.39 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $145.39 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $147.92 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | PPO | $150.55 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $153.19 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $153.19 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $153.19 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $153.19 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS | PPO | $157.81 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $170.80 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $170.80 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $170.80 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $184.68 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $184.68 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $184.68 | ↓ -84% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $195.62 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $197.97 | ↓ -83% |
| Oscar | HIX | $229.79 | ↓ -80% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $279.28 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $279.28 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $300.49 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $321.71 | ↓ -73% |
| Humana | HMO | $339.21 | ↓ -71% |
| Humana | PPO | $339.21 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $412.44 | ↓ -65% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $471.36 | ↓ -60% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $530.28 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $628.09 | ↓ -47% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
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Consultation/report referred material w/preparation of slides at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $259.35 | $65.17 – $741.00 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $275.42 | $35.00 – $344.28 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $309.65 | $36.00 – $464.48 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $230.32 | $36.00 – $287.89 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $275.42 | $35.00 – $344.28 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $309.65 | $36.00 – $464.48 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $309.65 | $26.00 – $464.48 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $230.32 | $36.00 – $345.47 |