Cryptococcus abs qn - sendout at HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST

621 RAYFORD RD, SPRING, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1740450121

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

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Cash price

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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

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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.

$12.10 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $192.49 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $12.10
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $12.10
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $12.10
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $12.10
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $12.10
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $12.10
United MGMCD $12.34
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $13.07
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $13.31
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $13.31
Molina Healthcare CHIP $13.31
Molina Healthcare STAR $13.31
Oscar MGMCR $14.12
TriWest Healthcare Alliance VeteransPCCC $14.12
Devoted Health MGMCR $14.41
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $14.41
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $14.41
United AllPayerAppendix $14.41
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $14.41
United SmallGroup $14.41
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $14.41
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $14.41
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $14.41
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $14.41
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $14.41
BCBS MCRPPO $14.41
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $14.41
WellMed MGMCR $14.48
Van Lang IPA MCR $14.55
United MCR $14.70
WellCare POS $14.84
WellCare PPO $14.84
WellCare PFFS $14.84
WellCare MCRHMO $14.84
WellCare SNP $14.84
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $14.84
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $15.13
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $15.13
Superior Health Plan PFFS $15.13
Shared Health MGMCR $15.13
American Health Plan MGMCR $15.13
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $15.13
Humana MCD $15.13
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $15.13
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $15.13
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $15.13
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $15.27
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $15.27
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $15.27
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $15.27
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $15.27
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $15.60
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $15.60
Molina MGMCR $15.71
Verda Health Plan MCR $18.73
Community Health Choice HIX $20.89
Superior ValueHMO $20.89
Superior EPO $22.34
Superior HMO $22.34
BCBS MyBlueHealth $29.11
Molina Healthcare HIX $30.98
BCBS BAV $32.13
BCBS HMO $40.20
Oscar HIX $41.64
BCBS EPOSOA $43.09
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $43.23
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $43.23
BCBS PPO $45.97
Aetna QHPExchange $52.78
Cigna CSN $59.93
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $64.91
Aetna NBPPO $70.19
Aetna NBHMO $70.19
Aetna NBPOS $70.19
Aetna COMMPOS $74.57
Aetna COMMPPO $74.57
Aetna COMMHMO $74.57
Cigna PPO $77.23
Aetna OONPOS $87.60
Aetna OONPPO $87.60
Aetna OONHMO $87.60
Aetna ASAPOS $94.72
Aetna ASAHMO $94.72
Aetna ASAPPO $94.72
Humana PPO $192.49
Humana HMO $192.49
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