Hc i-131 sodium iodide cap dx per mci at HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST
621 RAYFORD RD, SPRING, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1740450121
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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.
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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.
$91.71 with BCBS vs $455.73 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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| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $91.71 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $126.33 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $126.33 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $126.33 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $157.68 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $160.92 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $160.92 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $160.92 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $194.30 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $210.36 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $250.50 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $455.73 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $455.73 | — |
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Hc i-131 sodium iodide cap dx per mci at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $136.50 | $51.00 – $390.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | $246.65 | $91.71 – $455.73 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $300.71 | $91.71 – $455.73 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $42.00 | $174.99 – $186.82 |
| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | $391.11 | $91.71 – $455.73 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | $349.11 | $91.71 – $455.73 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $136.50 | $42.11 – $390.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $136.50 | $51.00 – $390.00 |