Cytopath c/v index add-on 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.

$12.31 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $158.51 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 $12.31
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $12.31
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $12.31
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $12.31
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $12.31
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $12.31
United MGMCD $12.56
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $13.29
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $13.54
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $13.54
Molina Healthcare CHIP $13.54
Molina Healthcare STAR $13.54
Oscar MGMCR $14.36
TriWest Healthcare Alliance VeteransPCCC $14.36
Devoted Health MGMCR $14.65
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $14.65
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $14.65
United AllPayerAppendix $14.65
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $14.65
United SmallGroup $14.65
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $14.65
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $14.65
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $14.65
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $14.65
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $14.65
BCBS MCRPPO $14.65
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $14.65
WellMed MGMCR $14.72
Van Lang IPA MCR $14.80
United MCR $14.94
WellCare POS $15.09
WellCare SNP $15.09
WellCare MCRHMO $15.09
WellCare PFFS $15.09
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $15.09
WellCare PPO $15.09
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $15.38
American Health Plan MGMCR $15.38
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $15.38
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $15.38
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $15.38
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $15.38
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $15.38
Superior Health Plan PFFS $15.38
Shared Health MGMCR $15.38
Humana MCD $15.39
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $15.53
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $15.53
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $15.53
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $15.53
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $15.53
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $15.86
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $15.86
Molina MGMCR $15.97
Verda Health Plan MCR $19.05
Superior ValueHMO $21.24
Community Health Choice HIX $21.24
Superior EPO $22.71
Superior HMO $22.71
BCBS MyBlueHealth $29.59
Molina Healthcare HIX $31.50
BCBS BAV $32.67
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $35.60
BCBS HMO $40.87
Oscar HIX $42.34
BCBS EPOSOA $43.80
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $43.95
BCBS PPO $46.73
Aetna QHPExchange $53.65
Cigna CSN $59.93
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $64.91
Aetna NBPPO $71.34
Aetna NBHMO $71.34
Aetna NBPOS $71.34
Aetna COMMPOS $75.80
Aetna COMMPPO $75.80
Aetna COMMHMO $75.80
Cigna PPO $77.23
Aetna OONPOS $89.04
Aetna OONPPO $89.04
Aetna OONHMO $89.04
Aetna ASAPOS $96.27
Aetna ASAHMO $96.27
Aetna ASAPPO $96.27
Humana PPO $158.51
Humana HMO $158.51
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