Post-coital mucous exam 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.

$24.50 with TriWest Healthcare Alliance vs $243.50 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
TriWest Healthcare Alliance VeteransPCCC $24.50
Oscar MGMCR $24.50
United AllPayerAppendix $25.00
Devoted Health MGMCR $25.00
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $25.00
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $25.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $25.00
United SmallGroup $25.00
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $25.00
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $25.00
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $25.00
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $25.00
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $25.00
BCBS MCRPPO $25.00
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $25.00
WellMed MGMCR $25.12
Van Lang IPA MCR $25.25
United MCR $25.50
WellCare SNP $25.75
WellCare PPO $25.75
WellCare MCRHMO $25.75
WellCare PFFS $25.75
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $25.75
WellCare POS $25.75
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $26.25
American Health Plan MGMCR $26.25
Shared Health MGMCR $26.25
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $26.25
Superior Health Plan PFFS $26.25
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $26.25
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $26.25
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $26.25
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $26.25
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $26.50
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $26.50
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $26.50
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $26.50
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $26.50
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $27.06
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $27.06
Molina MGMCR $27.25
Verda Health Plan MCR $32.50
Superior ValueHMO $36.25
Community Health Choice HIX $36.25
Superior HMO $38.75
Superior EPO $38.75
BCBS MyBlueHealth $50.50
Molina Healthcare HIX $53.75
BCBS BAV $55.75
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $60.75
BCBS HMO $69.75
Oscar HIX $72.25
BCBS EPOSOA $74.75
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $75.00
BCBS PPO $79.75
Aetna QHPExchange $91.58
Cigna CSN $103.14
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $111.72
Aetna NBHMO $121.79
Aetna NBPPO $121.79
Aetna NBPOS $121.79
Aetna COMMHMO $129.39
Aetna COMMPOS $129.39
Aetna COMMPPO $129.39
Cigna PPO $132.92
Aetna OONPPO $152.00
Aetna OONPOS $152.00
Aetna OONHMO $152.00
Aetna ASAHMO $164.35
Aetna ASAPOS $164.35
Aetna ASAPPO $164.35
Humana HMO $243.50
Humana PPO $243.50

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Post-coital mucous exam at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $22.50 – $96.25
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $24.50 – $103.14
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $24.50 – $103.14
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $54.60 – $109.00
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $24.50 – $103.14
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $24.50 – $103.14
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $24.50 – $103.14
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $24.50 – $103.14

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