Diathermy eg microwave at HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST
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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.
$7.29 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $66.62 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $7.29 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $7.29 | — |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | VeteransPCCC | $7.30 | — |
| Oscar | MGMCR | $7.30 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRPPO | $7.45 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $7.45 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS | $7.45 | — |
| BCBS | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $7.45 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $7.45 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MMP | $7.45 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | PFFS | $7.45 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRSNP | $7.45 | — |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $7.45 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRHMO | $7.45 | — |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $7.49 | — |
| Van Lang IPA | MCR | $7.52 | — |
| United | MCR | $7.60 | — |
| WellCare | PFFS | $7.67 | — |
| Integranet Amerigroup IPA | MCR | $7.67 | — |
| WellCare | SNP | $7.67 | — |
| WellCare | POS | $7.67 | — |
| WellCare | MCRHMO | $7.67 | — |
| WellCare | PPO | $7.67 | — |
| ProCare Advantage | MGMCR | $7.82 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRSNP | $7.82 | — |
| Shared Health | MGMCR | $7.82 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | DualEligible | $7.82 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRHMO | $7.82 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPOS | $7.82 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPPO | $7.82 | — |
| American Health Plan | MGMCR | $7.82 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | PFFS | $7.82 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PFFS | $7.90 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | POS | $7.90 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | SNP | $7.90 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PPO | $7.90 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | MCRHMO | $7.90 | — |
| Molina | MGMCR | $8.12 | — |
| Verda Health Plan | MCR | $9.69 | — |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $10.80 | — |
| Community Health Choice | HIX | $10.80 | — |
| Superior | EPO | $11.55 | — |
| Superior | HMO | $11.55 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $16.02 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $16.87 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $18.60 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $21.05 | — |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $22.35 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $23.29 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $23.29 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $23.29 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $27.96 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $27.96 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $27.96 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $29.66 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $29.66 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $29.66 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $34.97 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $34.97 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $34.97 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $37.73 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $37.73 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $37.73 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $66.62 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $66.62 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Diathermy eg microwave at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $38.75 | $10.53 – $317.00 |
| Ascension Seton Cedar Park Hospital | Cedar Park | $16.51 | $6.46 – $33.15 |
| Ascension Seton Edgar B. Davis (Ascension Seton) | Luling | $32.13 | $6.46 – $33.15 |
| Ascension Seton Highland Lakes (Ascension Seton) | Burnet | $32.13 | $6.46 – $33.15 |
| Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $32.13 | $6.46 – $33.15 |
| Ascension Seton Northwest (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $32.13 | $6.46 – $33.15 |
| Ascension Seton Smithville (Ascension Seton) | Smithville | $17.37 | $6.46 – $33.15 |
| Dell Children's Medical Center (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $33.78 | $6.46 – $33.15 |