Ghs path - pap (papanicolau) smear - vagina 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

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Cash price

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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

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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.

$21.98 with United vs $345.16 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
United SmallGroup $21.98
United AllPayerAppendix $21.98
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $21.98
Cigna CSN $64.86
BCBS MyBlueHealth $65.53
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $70.26
BCBS BAV $72.34
Cigna PPO $83.59
Aetna QHPExchange $84.74
BCBS HMO $90.51
BCBS EPOSOA $97.00
BCBS PPO $103.48
Aetna NBPPO $112.69
Aetna NBPOS $112.69
Aetna NBHMO $112.69
Aetna COMMPPO $119.72
Aetna COMMHMO $119.72
Aetna COMMPOS $119.72
Aetna OONHMO $140.64
Aetna OONPOS $140.64
Aetna OONPPO $140.64
Aetna ASAPPO $152.07
Aetna ASAPOS $152.07
Aetna ASAHMO $152.07
Humana PPO $345.16
Humana HMO $345.16
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Ghs path - pap (papanicolau) smear - vagina at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $92.44 $26.19 – $130.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $92.86 $19.11 – $139.28
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $92.86 $18.57 – $167.71
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $92.44 $24.65 – $130.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $92.86 $29.81 – $204.70
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $92.86 $26.00 – $139.28
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $92.86 $30.95 – $167.71
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $92.44 $24.65 – $130.96

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