Hbb gene dup/del variants 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.

$170.02 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $2,189.97 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
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $170.02
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $170.02
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $170.02
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $170.02
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $170.02
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $170.02
United MGMCD $173.42
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $183.62
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $187.02
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $187.02
Molina Healthcare CHIP $187.02
Molina Healthcare STAR $187.02
Oscar MGMCR $198.35
TriWest Healthcare Alliance VeteransPCCC $198.35
Devoted Health MGMCR $202.40
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $202.40
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $202.40
United AllPayerAppendix $202.40
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $202.40
United SmallGroup $202.40
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $202.40
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $202.40
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $202.40
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $202.40
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $202.40
BCBS MCRPPO $202.40
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $202.40
WellMed MGMCR $203.41
Van Lang IPA MCR $204.42
United MCR $206.45
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $208.47
WellCare POS $208.47
WellCare PFFS $208.47
WellCare SNP $208.47
WellCare MCRHMO $208.47
WellCare PPO $208.47
Shared Health MGMCR $212.52
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $212.52
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $212.52
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $212.52
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $212.52
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $212.52
Superior Health Plan PFFS $212.52
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $212.52
American Health Plan MGMCR $212.52
Humana MCD $212.53
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $214.54
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $214.54
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $214.54
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $214.54
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $214.54
Molina MGMCR $220.62
Verda Health Plan MCR $263.12
Community Health Choice HIX $293.48
Superior ValueHMO $293.48
Superior EPO $313.72
Superior HMO $313.72
BCBS MyBlueHealth $408.85
Molina Healthcare HIX $435.16
BCBS BAV $451.35
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $491.84
BCBS HMO $564.70
Oscar HIX $584.94
BCBS EPOSOA $605.18
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $607.20
BCBS PPO $645.66
Aetna QHPExchange $741.41
Cigna CSN $832.18
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $901.37
Aetna NBPPO $985.99
Aetna NBHMO $985.99
Aetna NBPOS $985.99
Aetna COMMPOS $1,047.51
Aetna COMMPPO $1,047.51
Aetna COMMHMO $1,047.51
Cigna PPO $1,072.42
Aetna OONPOS $1,230.56
Aetna OONPPO $1,230.56
Aetna OONHMO $1,230.56
Aetna ASAPOS $1,330.54
Aetna ASAHMO $1,330.54
Aetna ASAPPO $1,330.54
Humana PPO $2,189.97
Humana HMO $2,189.97
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