Insertion nontunneled centrally inserted central venous catheter >= 5 years old at HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST
621 RAYFORD RD, SPRING, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1740450121
$7,842.40
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.
$7,842.40
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.
$948.00 with Superior Health Plan vs $11,153.00 with Oscar — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $948.00 | ↓ -88% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $948.00 | ↓ -88% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $948.00 | ↓ -88% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $948.00 | ↓ -88% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $948.00 | ↓ -88% |
| United | MGMCD | $1,199.90 | ↓ -85% |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $1,230.04 | ↓ -84% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $1,230.04 | ↓ -84% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $1,230.04 | ↓ -84% |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $1,230.04 | ↓ -84% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $1,252.41 | ↓ -84% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $1,252.41 | ↓ -84% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $1,252.41 | ↓ -84% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $1,252.41 | ↓ -84% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $1,301.84 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,317.52 | ↓ -83% |
| Humana | MCD | $1,397.78 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $1,411.64 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $1,430.00 | ↓ -82% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $1,858.65 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $1,858.65 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $1,899.00 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $1,899.00 | ↓ -76% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $2,012.00 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $2,017.00 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $2,017.00 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $2,181.00 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $2,317.00 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $2,374.00 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $2,374.00 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna | CSN | $2,428.00 | ↓ -69% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $2,431.00 | ↓ -69% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $2,434.00 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $2,564.00 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $2,564.00 | ↓ -67% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $2,631.00 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $2,727.00 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $2,744.84 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $2,903.41 | ↓ -63% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $2,947.00 | ↓ -62% |
| Cigna | PPO | $3,128.00 | ↓ -60% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $3,136.96 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | BAV | $3,197.01 | ↓ -59% |
| BCBS | HMO | $3,376.44 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $3,529.08 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $3,670.04 | ↓ -53% |
| BCBS | PPO | $3,947.33 | ↓ -50% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $4,180.00 | ↓ -47% |
| United | SmallGroup | $4,183.00 | ↓ -47% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $4,340.00 | ↓ -45% |
| Humana | HMO | $4,690.00 | ↓ -40% |
| Humana | PPO | $4,690.00 | ↓ -40% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $5,976.00 | ↓ -24% |
| Oscar | HIX | $11,153.00 | ↑ +42% |
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Insertion nontunneled centrally inserted central venous catheter >= 5 years old at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $2,965.55 | $958.00 – $8,473.00 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $6,528.70 | $2,038.91 – $3,432.54 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,487.99 | $1,118.22 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $2,723.01 | $71.00 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,928.01 | $71.00 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,487.99 | $1,118.22 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $2,723.01 | $85.00 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $2,723.01 | $1,118.22 – $7,896.23 |