Ecg external < 48 hours scanning analysis w/report at HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST
621 RAYFORD RD, SPRING, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1740450121
$6,043.78
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.
$6,043.78
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.
$255.13 with BCBS vs $3,221.33 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $255.13 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | BAV | $281.30 | ↓ -95% |
| Humana | PPO | $351.42 | ↓ -94% |
| Humana | HMO | $351.42 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $352.17 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | PPO | $352.17 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | HMO | $352.17 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $362.63 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $362.63 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $362.63 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $362.63 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $362.63 | ↓ -94% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $785.69 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $785.69 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $785.69 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $785.69 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | CSN | $894.48 | ↓ -85% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $967.00 | ↓ -84% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $1,003.27 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,015.36 | ↓ -83% |
| Cigna | PPO | $1,148.32 | ↓ -81% |
| Oscar | HIX | $1,178.54 | ↓ -80% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $1,432.38 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $1,432.38 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $1,456.55 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $1,541.16 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $1,649.95 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $1,764.78 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $1,764.78 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $1,764.78 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $1,879.62 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $1,879.62 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $1,879.62 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $2,115.32 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $2,212.02 | ↓ -63% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $2,212.02 | ↓ -63% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $2,212.02 | ↓ -63% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $2,393.34 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $2,393.34 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $2,393.34 | ↓ -60% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $2,417.51 | ↓ -60% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $2,417.51 | ↓ -60% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $2,719.70 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $3,221.33 | ↓ -47% |
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Ecg external < 48 hours scanning analysis w/report at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $908.95 | $100.00 – $2,597.00 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $763.92 | $56.30 – $954.90 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $871.39 | $151.53 – $1,307.09 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $657.76 | $56.30 – $917.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $763.92 | $56.30 – $954.90 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $871.39 | $56.30 – $1,307.09 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $871.39 | $151.53 – $1,307.09 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $657.76 | $56.30 – $986.64 |