Echo guide for artery repair 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.
$259.29 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $3,079.79 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 |
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| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $259.29 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $259.29 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $259.29 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $259.29 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $260.96 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $260.96 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $264.48 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $280.03 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $287.06 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $287.06 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $287.06 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $287.06 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $306.36 | — |
| Humana | MCD | $326.20 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $388.18 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $502.46 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $591.84 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $595.01 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $595.01 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $614.47 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $635.36 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $1,006.85 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $1,338.20 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $1,338.20 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $1,338.20 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $1,423.52 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $1,423.52 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $1,423.52 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $1,673.81 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $1,673.81 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $1,673.81 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $1,808.91 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $1,808.91 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $1,808.91 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $3,079.79 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $3,079.79 | — |
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Echo guide for artery repair at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $215.60 | $61.60 – $616.00 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $687.35 | $206.06 – $859.18 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $512.15 | $105.42 – $777.56 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $612.68 | $206.06 – $777.56 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $687.35 | $206.06 – $859.18 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $512.15 | $206.06 – $777.56 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $512.15 | $260.96 – $777.56 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $612.68 | $206.06 – $919.02 |