Insertion/replacement temporary single chamber electrode/pacemaker catheter at HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST
621 RAYFORD RD, SPRING, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1740450121
$4,575.82
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.
$4,575.82
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.
$274.55 with Superior Health Plan vs $24,035.00 with Curative Administrators — 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 | CHPFC | $274.55 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $274.55 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $274.55 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $274.55 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $274.55 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $745.86 | ↓ -84% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $759.59 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $768.74 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS | BAV | $823.65 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS | HMO | $1,029.56 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,052.44 | ↓ -77% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $1,084.47 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $1,084.47 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,601.54 | ↓ -65% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $1,830.33 | ↓ -60% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $2,059.12 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $2,156.00 | ↓ -53% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $2,438.91 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $2,864.00 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $2,864.00 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $3,044.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $3,044.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $3,108.00 | ↓ -32% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $3,303.00 | ↓ -28% |
| United | MGMCD | $3,563.13 | ↓ -22% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $3,582.00 | ↓ -22% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $3,582.00 | ↓ -22% |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $3,652.65 | ↓ -20% |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $3,652.65 | ↓ -20% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $3,652.65 | ↓ -20% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $3,652.65 | ↓ -20% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $3,719.06 | ↓ -19% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $3,719.06 | ↓ -19% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $3,719.06 | ↓ -19% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $3,719.06 | ↓ -19% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $3,870.00 | ↓ -15% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $3,870.00 | ↓ -15% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $3,886.00 | ↓ -15% |
| Humana | MCD | $4,150.74 | ↓ -9% |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $4,191.91 | ↓ -8% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $4,197.00 | ↓ -8% |
| Humana | PPO | $4,690.00 | ↑ +2% |
| Humana | HMO | $4,690.00 | ↑ +2% |
| United | SmallGroup | $6,300.00 | ↑ +38% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $8,987.00 | ↑ +96% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $9,000.00 | ↑ +97% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $9,124.00 | ↑ +99% |
| Cigna | CSN | $10,740.00 | ↑ +135% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $11,636.00 | ↑ +154% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $12,193.00 | ↑ +166% |
| Cigna | PPO | $13,835.00 | ↑ +202% |
| Oscar | HIX | $17,551.00 | ↑ +284% |
| BCBS | PPO | $18,493.28 | ↑ +304% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $24,035.00 | ↑ +425% |
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Insertion/replacement temporary single chamber electrode/pacemaker catheter at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $2,895.55 | $2,233.71 – $8,273.00 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $7,753.75 | $3,320.59 – $21,045.99 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $9,127.60 | $71.00 – $21,045.99 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $7,513.67 | $71.00 – $21,045.99 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $7,753.75 | $3,320.59 – $21,045.99 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $9,127.60 | $85.00 – $21,045.99 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $9,127.60 | $3,320.59 – $21,045.99 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $7,513.67 | $71.00 – $21,045.99 |