Fibrinogen test at HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST

621 RAYFORD RD, SPRING, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1740450121

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

not published by hospital

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

not published by hospital

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$10.44 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $151.70 with Humana — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $10.44
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $10.44
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $10.44
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $10.44
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $10.44
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $10.44
United MGMCD $10.65
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $11.28
Molina Healthcare CHIP $11.48
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $11.48
Molina Healthcare STAR $11.48
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $11.48
TriWest Healthcare Alliance VeteransPCCC $12.18
Oscar MGMCR $12.18
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $12.43
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $12.43
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $12.43
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $12.43
BCBS MCRPPO $12.43
Devoted Health MGMCR $12.43
United SmallGroup $12.43
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $12.43
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $12.43
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $12.43
United AllPayerAppendix $12.43
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $12.43
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $12.43
WellMed MGMCR $12.49
Van Lang IPA MCR $12.55
United MCR $12.68
WellCare POS $12.80
WellCare MCRHMO $12.80
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $12.80
WellCare PFFS $12.80
WellCare SNP $12.80
WellCare PPO $12.80
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $13.05
Shared Health MGMCR $13.05
Humana MCD $13.05
American Health Plan MGMCR $13.05
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $13.05
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $13.05
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $13.05
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $13.05
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $13.05
Superior Health Plan PFFS $13.05
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $13.18
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $13.18
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $13.18
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $13.18
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $13.18
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $13.45
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $13.45
Molina MGMCR $13.55
Verda Health Plan MCR $16.16
Community Health Choice HIX $18.02
Superior ValueHMO $18.02
Superior HMO $19.27
Superior EPO $19.27
BCBS MyBlueHealth $25.11
Molina Healthcare HIX $26.72
BCBS BAV $27.72
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $34.07
BCBS HMO $34.68
Oscar HIX $35.92
BCBS EPOSOA $37.17
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $37.29
BCBS PPO $39.65
Aetna QHPExchange $45.55
Cigna CSN $51.57
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $55.86
Aetna NBHMO $60.57
Aetna NBPOS $60.57
Aetna NBPPO $60.57
Aetna COMMPPO $64.35
Aetna COMMPOS $64.35
Aetna COMMHMO $64.35
Cigna PPO $66.46
Aetna OONPOS $75.60
Aetna OONHMO $75.60
Aetna OONPPO $75.60
Aetna ASAPOS $81.74
Aetna ASAHMO $81.74
Aetna ASAPPO $81.74
Humana PPO $151.70
Humana HMO $151.70
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Fibrinogen test at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $99.28 $12.00 – $148.92
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $99.28 $10.44 – $124.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $99.28 $11.17 – $148.92
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $99.28 $8.00 – $148.92
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $99.28 $10.44 – $148.92
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $99.28 $10.44 – $124.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $99.28 $10.44 – $148.92
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE Suite 100 $99.28 $10.44 – $148.92

All Texas hospitals for this procedure →