Reticulated platelet assay at HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST
621 RAYFORD RD, SPRING, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1740450121
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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.
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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.
$30.02 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $386.71 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.
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 |
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| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $30.02 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $30.02 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $30.02 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $30.02 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $30.02 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $30.02 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $30.62 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $32.42 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $33.02 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $33.02 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $33.02 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $33.02 | — |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | VeteransPCCC | $35.03 | — |
| Oscar | MGMCR | $35.03 | — |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $35.74 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $35.74 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS | $35.74 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $35.74 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $35.74 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $35.74 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRHMO | $35.74 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRPPO | $35.74 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRSNP | $35.74 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | PFFS | $35.74 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MMP | $35.74 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $35.74 | — |
| BCBS | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $35.74 | — |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $35.92 | — |
| Van Lang IPA | MCR | $36.10 | — |
| United | MCR | $36.45 | — |
| Integranet Amerigroup IPA | MCR | $36.81 | — |
| WellCare | POS | $36.81 | — |
| WellCare | PPO | $36.81 | — |
| WellCare | PFFS | $36.81 | — |
| WellCare | SNP | $36.81 | — |
| WellCare | MCRHMO | $36.81 | — |
| Humana | MCD | $37.52 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPPO | $37.53 | — |
| Shared Health | MGMCR | $37.53 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | DualEligible | $37.53 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRHMO | $37.53 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPOS | $37.53 | — |
| ProCare Advantage | MGMCR | $37.53 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRSNP | $37.53 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | PFFS | $37.53 | — |
| American Health Plan | MGMCR | $37.53 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PFFS | $37.88 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PPO | $37.88 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | SNP | $37.88 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | POS | $37.88 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | MCRHMO | $37.88 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $38.68 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $38.68 | — |
| Molina | MGMCR | $38.96 | — |
| Verda Health Plan | MCR | $46.46 | — |
| Community Health Choice | HIX | $51.82 | — |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $51.82 | — |
| Superior | EPO | $55.40 | — |
| Superior | HMO | $55.40 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $72.19 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $76.84 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $79.70 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $86.85 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $99.71 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $103.29 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $106.86 | — |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $107.22 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $114.01 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $130.91 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $146.35 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $158.52 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $174.10 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $174.10 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $174.10 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $184.96 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $184.96 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $184.96 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $188.60 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $217.28 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $217.28 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $217.28 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $234.93 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $234.93 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $234.93 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $386.71 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $386.71 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Reticulated platelet assay at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $97.20 | $32.17 – $137.60 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $49.40 | $10.00 – $85.78 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $49.40 | $10.17 – $85.78 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $47.05 | $12.00 – $85.78 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $49.40 | $10.00 – $85.78 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $49.40 | $12.00 – $85.78 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $49.40 | $8.00 – $85.78 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $47.05 | $12.00 – $85.78 |