Pretreat rbc density gradient separation reference at HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST
621 RAYFORD RD, SPRING, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1740450121
$760.82
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.
$760.82
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.
$45.65 with Superior Health Plan vs $457.76 with BCBS — 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 | STAR | $45.65 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $45.65 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $45.65 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $45.65 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $45.65 | ↓ -94% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $98.91 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $98.91 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $98.91 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $98.91 | ↓ -87% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $126.30 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $127.82 | ↓ -83% |
| Oscar | HIX | $148.36 | ↓ -80% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $149.16 | ↓ -80% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $149.16 | ↓ -80% |
| United | SmallGroup | $149.16 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $155.25 | ↓ -80% |
| Cigna | CSN | $164.50 | ↓ -78% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $178.17 | ↓ -77% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $180.31 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $180.31 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $194.01 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $206.47 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $206.47 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $206.47 | ↓ -73% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $207.70 | ↓ -73% |
| Cigna | PPO | $211.98 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $219.35 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $219.35 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $219.35 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $257.68 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $257.68 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $257.68 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $266.29 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $278.62 | ↓ -63% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $278.62 | ↓ -63% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $278.62 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $289.87 | ↓ -62% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $304.33 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | BAV | $320.00 | ↓ -58% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $342.37 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS | HMO | $400.37 | ↓ -47% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $405.52 | ↓ -47% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $429.07 | ↓ -44% |
| Humana | PPO | $438.43 | ↓ -42% |
| Humana | HMO | $438.43 | ↓ -42% |
| BCBS | PPO | $457.76 | ↓ -40% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $237.30 | $98.32 – $678.00 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $47.73 | $10.00 – $423.12 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $196.70 | $12.00 – $423.12 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $182.31 | $12.00 – $423.12 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $47.73 | $10.00 – $423.12 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $196.70 | $12.00 – $423.12 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $196.70 | $8.00 – $423.12 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $182.31 | $12.00 – $423.12 |