Contrast exam thoracic aorta 75605-26 at HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST
621 RAYFORD RD, SPRING, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1740450121
$9,165.91
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.
$9,165.91
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$120.63 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $16,776.09 with BCBS — 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.
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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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| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $120.63 | ↓ -99% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $120.63 | ↓ -99% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $120.63 | ↓ -99% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $120.63 | ↓ -99% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $120.95 | ↓ -99% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $120.95 | ↓ -99% |
| United | MGMCD | $123.04 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $130.28 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $133.05 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $133.05 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $133.05 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $133.05 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | MCD | $151.19 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna | CSN | $247.09 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $267.40 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna | PPO | $317.87 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $405.83 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $539.38 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $539.38 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $539.38 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $549.95 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $549.95 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $549.95 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $549.95 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $549.95 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $573.77 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $573.77 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $573.77 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $674.66 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $674.66 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $674.66 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $729.11 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $729.11 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $729.11 | ↓ -92% |
| Humana | PPO | $1,440.54 | ↓ -84% |
| Humana | HMO | $1,440.54 | ↓ -84% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $1,521.54 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,539.87 | ↓ -83% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $2,337.31 | ↓ -74% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $2,502.29 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $3,208.07 | ↓ -65% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $3,666.36 | ↓ -60% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $3,666.36 | ↓ -60% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $4,124.66 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $4,885.43 | ↓ -47% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $8,089.29 | ↓ -12% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $9,063.70 | ↓ -1% |
| BCBS | BAV | $10,249.50 | ↑ +12% |
| United | SmallGroup | $10,733.33 | ↑ +17% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $10,733.33 | ↑ +17% |
| BCBS | HMO | $15,627.05 | ↑ +70% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $16,224.55 | ↑ +77% |
| BCBS | PPO | $16,776.09 | ↑ +83% |
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Contrast exam thoracic aorta 75605-26 at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $4,982.25 | $120.63 – $14,235.00 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $3,167.26 | $120.95 – $13,613.39 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $4,994.35 | $1,028.00 – $13,613.39 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $3,728.24 | $120.95 – $13,613.39 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $3,167.26 | $120.95 – $13,613.39 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $4,994.35 | $129.42 – $13,613.39 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $4,994.35 | $120.95 – $13,613.39 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $3,728.24 | $120.95 – $13,613.39 |