Mayo gamma-globin full gene sequencing 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.

$51.81 with BCBS vs $1,173.32 with Coventry National First Health — 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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $51.81
BCBS BAV $57.20
BCBS HMO $71.56
BCBS EPOSOA $76.69
BCBS PPO $81.82
Superior Health Plan CHIP $132.08
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $132.08
Superior Health Plan STARKids $132.08
Superior Health Plan STAR $132.08
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $132.08
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $286.18
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $286.18
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $286.18
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $286.18
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $365.43
United OptionsPPO $369.83
Oscar HIX $429.27
Cigna CSN $472.97
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $512.29
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $521.72
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $521.72
Aetna QHPExchange $530.53
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $561.35
Molina Healthcare HIX $594.37
Evry Health BroadNetwork $600.97
Cigna PPO $609.50
Aetna NBHMO $642.80
Aetna NBPOS $642.80
Aetna NBPPO $642.80
Aetna COMMPPO $684.62
Aetna COMMHMO $684.62
Aetna COMMPOS $684.62
Humana PPO $702.45
Humana HMO $702.45
BCBS Traditional $770.48
Aetna OONPOS $805.70
Aetna OONPPO $805.70
Aetna OONHMO $805.70
Aetna ASAPOS $871.74
Aetna ASAPPO $871.74
Aetna ASAHMO $871.74
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $880.54
United GlobalAppendix $990.61
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,173.32
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Mayo gamma-globin full gene sequencing at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $646.10 $37.45 – $1,846.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $7,487.95 $0.01 – $62.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $7,487.95 $0.00 – $0.03
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $7,487.95 $0.00 – $132.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $7,487.95 $0.00 – $93.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $7,487.95 $0.01 – $161.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $7,487.95 $0.01 – $8.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $7,487.95 $0.01 – $132.61

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