HIV 2 pcr qual - sendout 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.

$18.41 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $267.90 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 CHIP $18.41
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $18.41
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $18.41
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $18.41
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $18.41
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $18.41
United MGMCD $18.78
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $19.88
Molina Healthcare CHIP $20.25
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $20.25
Molina Healthcare STAR $20.25
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $20.25
TriWest Healthcare Alliance VeteransPCCC $21.48
Oscar MGMCR $21.48
Devoted Health MGMCR $21.92
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $21.92
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $21.92
United AllPayerAppendix $21.92
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $21.92
United SmallGroup $21.92
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $21.92
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $21.92
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $21.92
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $21.92
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $21.92
BCBS MCRPPO $21.92
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $21.92
WellMed MGMCR $22.03
Van Lang IPA MCR $22.14
United MCR $22.36
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $22.58
WellCare POS $22.58
WellCare PPO $22.58
WellCare PFFS $22.58
WellCare SNP $22.58
WellCare MCRHMO $22.58
Humana MCD $23.01
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $23.02
Shared Health MGMCR $23.02
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $23.02
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $23.02
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $23.02
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $23.02
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $23.02
Superior Health Plan PFFS $23.02
American Health Plan MGMCR $23.02
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $23.24
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $23.24
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $23.24
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $23.24
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $23.24
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $23.72
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $23.72
Molina MGMCR $23.89
Verda Health Plan MCR $28.50
Community Health Choice HIX $31.78
Superior ValueHMO $31.78
Superior EPO $33.98
Superior HMO $33.98
BCBS MyBlueHealth $44.28
Molina Healthcare HIX $47.13
BCBS BAV $48.88
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $60.17
BCBS HMO $61.16
Oscar HIX $63.35
BCBS EPOSOA $65.54
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $65.76
BCBS PPO $69.92
Aetna QHPExchange $80.30
Cigna CSN $90.63
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $98.16
Aetna NBPPO $106.79
Aetna NBPOS $106.79
Aetna NBHMO $106.79
Aetna COMMPPO $113.45
Aetna COMMHMO $113.45
Aetna COMMPOS $113.45
Cigna PPO $116.79
Aetna OONPOS $133.28
Aetna OONHMO $133.28
Aetna OONPPO $133.28
Aetna ASAPOS $144.11
Aetna ASAHMO $144.11
Aetna ASAPPO $144.11
Humana PPO $267.90
Humana HMO $267.90
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HIV 2 pcr qual - sendout at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $19.73 – $84.39
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $18.04 – $90.63
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $18.41 – $90.63
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $47.88 – $95.57
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $18.04 – $90.63
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $18.04 – $90.63
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $18.41 – $90.63
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $18.04 – $90.63

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