Electrophysiology evaluation at HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST
621 RAYFORD RD, SPRING, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1740450121
$17,575.12
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.
$17,575.12
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.
$767.43 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 | $767.43 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | BAV | $846.14 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,059.31 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,059.31 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | HMO | $1,059.31 | ↓ -94% |
| United | SmallGroup | $1,120.00 | ↓ -94% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $1,600.00 | ↓ -91% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $1,702.00 | ↓ -90% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $2,284.77 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $2,284.77 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $2,284.77 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $2,284.77 | ↓ -87% |
| Oscar | HIX | $2,358.00 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $2,643.00 | ↓ -85% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $2,917.47 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $2,952.62 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $3,511.00 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $3,511.00 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $3,730.00 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $3,730.00 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $3,792.00 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $4,028.00 | ↓ -77% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $4,165.30 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $4,165.30 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $4,390.00 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $4,390.00 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $4,740.00 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $4,742.00 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $4,742.00 | ↓ -73% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $4,745.28 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $5,120.00 | ↓ -71% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $5,591.00 | ↓ -68% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $5,591.00 | ↓ -68% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $5,591.00 | ↓ -68% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $5,591.00 | ↓ -68% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $5,591.00 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $6,151.29 | ↓ -65% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $7,030.05 | ↓ -60% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $7,908.80 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $9,367.54 | ↓ -47% |
| Humana | PPO | $10,106.00 | ↓ -42% |
| Humana | HMO | $10,106.00 | ↓ -42% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $21,231.00 | ↑ +21% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $29,288.00 | ↑ +67% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $43,890.00 | ↑ +150% |
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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 | $3,215.80 | $100.00 – $9,188.00 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $3,726.39 | $1,006.84 – $5,279.05 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $3,799.82 | $782.13 – $5,699.74 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $5,285.96 | $990.44 – $6,607.45 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $3,726.39 | $767.43 – $5,279.05 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $3,799.82 | $1,210.17 – $5,699.74 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $3,799.82 | $1,963.24 – $5,699.74 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $5,285.96 | $990.44 – $7,928.94 |