Esoph balloon distension tst at HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST
621 RAYFORD RD, SPRING, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1740450121
$3,821.95
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.
$3,821.95
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.
$229.32 with Superior Health Plan vs $3,732.47 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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| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $229.32 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $229.32 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $229.32 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $229.32 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $229.32 | ↓ -94% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $496.85 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $496.85 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $496.85 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $496.85 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | CSN | $565.65 | ↓ -85% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $611.51 | ↓ -84% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $634.44 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $642.09 | ↓ -83% |
| Cigna | PPO | $726.17 | ↓ -81% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $905.80 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $905.80 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $974.60 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $1,020.40 | ↓ -73% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $1,043.39 | ↓ -73% |
| United | SmallGroup | $1,120.00 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS | BAV | $1,125.06 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,337.68 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,408.51 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | HMO | $1,408.51 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,408.51 | ↓ -63% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $1,528.78 | ↓ -60% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $1,600.00 | ↓ -58% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,672.00 | ↓ -56% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $1,702.00 | ↓ -55% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $1,719.88 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $2,037.10 | ↓ -47% |
| Oscar | HIX | $2,358.00 | ↓ -38% |
| Humana | PPO | $3,732.47 | ↓ -2% |
| Humana | HMO | $3,732.47 | ↓ -2% |
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Esoph balloon distension tst at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,330.72 | $356.12 – $1,663.40 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,175.65 | $241.99 – $1,763.47 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,039.09 | $207.82 – $1,327.77 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,330.72 | $354.86 – $1,663.40 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,175.65 | $356.12 – $1,763.47 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,175.65 | $607.42 – $1,763.47 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,039.09 | $346.36 – $1,558.63 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $1,330.72 | $354.86 – $1,663.40 |