Electrophysiology evaluation at HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST
621 RAYFORD RD, SPRING, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1740450121
$4,948.60
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.
$4,948.60
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.
$423.35 with BCBS vs $43,890.00 with Curative Administrators — 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 | $423.35 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS | BAV | $466.77 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $584.37 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS | PPO | $584.37 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS | HMO | $584.37 | ↓ -88% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $643.32 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $643.32 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $643.32 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $643.32 | ↓ -87% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $821.47 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $831.36 | ↓ -83% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $1,172.82 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $1,172.82 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $1,261.89 | ↓ -75% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $1,336.12 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,732.01 | ↓ -65% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $1,979.44 | ↓ -60% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $2,226.87 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $2,637.60 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $2,643.00 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $3,511.00 | ↓ -29% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $3,511.00 | ↓ -29% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $3,730.00 | ↓ -25% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $3,730.00 | ↓ -25% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $3,792.00 | ↓ -23% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $4,028.00 | ↓ -19% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $4,390.00 | ↓ -11% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $4,390.00 | ↓ -11% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $4,740.00 | ↓ -4% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $4,742.00 | ↓ -4% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $4,742.00 | ↓ -4% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $5,120.00 | ↑ +3% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $5,591.00 | ↑ +13% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $5,591.00 | ↑ +13% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $5,591.00 | ↑ +13% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $5,591.00 | ↑ +13% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $5,591.00 | ↑ +13% |
| Humana | PPO | $10,106.00 | ↑ +104% |
| Humana | HMO | $10,106.00 | ↑ +104% |
| United | SmallGroup | $15,400.00 | ↑ +211% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $17,742.00 | ↑ +259% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $22,000.00 | ↑ +345% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $29,288.00 | ↑ +492% |
| Oscar | HIX | $37,284.00 | ↑ +653% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $43,890.00 | ↑ +787% |
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Electrophysiology evaluation at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $2,376.15 | $100.00 – $6,789.00 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $9,934.07 | $555.42 – $14,073.27 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $9,957.23 | $546.38 – $14,935.84 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $6,971.38 | $546.38 – $8,714.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $9,934.07 | $423.35 – $14,073.27 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $9,957.23 | $667.59 – $14,935.84 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $9,957.23 | $5,144.57 – $14,935.84 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $6,971.38 | $546.38 – $10,457.07 |