Echo exam of fetal heart at HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST
621 RAYFORD RD, SPRING, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1740450121
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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.
$157.04 with Texas Childrens Health Plans vs $2,173.78 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $157.04 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $157.04 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $157.38 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $157.38 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $157.38 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $157.38 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $160.53 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $169.97 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $172.74 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $172.74 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $172.74 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $172.74 | — |
| Humana | MCD | $196.30 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $213.00 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $218.82 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $277.26 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $422.72 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $437.25 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $438.88 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $453.80 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $517.79 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $517.79 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $714.51 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $949.66 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $949.66 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $949.66 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $1,010.21 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $1,010.21 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $1,010.21 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $1,187.83 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $1,187.83 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $1,187.83 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $1,283.70 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $1,283.70 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $1,283.70 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $2,173.78 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $2,173.78 | — |
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Echo exam of fetal heart at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $378.00 | $157.04 – $607.02 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $569.48 | $117.22 – $854.22 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $767.01 | $157.04 – $958.76 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $378.00 | $157.04 – $607.02 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $569.48 | $168.03 – $854.22 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $569.48 | $157.04 – $854.22 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $767.01 | $157.04 – $1,150.52 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $378.00 | $157.04 – $607.02 |