Surgical pathology level 2 gross & microscopic examination at HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST
621 RAYFORD RD, SPRING, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1740450121
$1,249.60
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.
$1,249.60
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.
$24.67 with United vs $666.04 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.
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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| United | AllPayerAppendix | $24.67 | ↓ -98% |
| United | SmallGroup | $24.67 | ↓ -98% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $24.67 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $46.44 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | BAV | $51.27 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | HMO | $64.14 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $68.74 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | PPO | $73.34 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $74.98 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $74.98 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $74.98 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $74.98 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $74.98 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $95.05 | ↓ -92% |
| Cigna | CSN | $108.47 | ↓ -91% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $117.48 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $126.41 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $126.41 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $126.41 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $134.29 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $134.29 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $134.29 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | PPO | $139.78 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $157.76 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $157.76 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $157.76 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $162.45 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $162.45 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $162.45 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $162.45 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $170.58 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $170.58 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $170.58 | ↓ -86% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $207.43 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $209.93 | ↓ -83% |
| Oscar | HIX | $243.67 | ↓ -81% |
| Humana | PPO | $244.21 | ↓ -80% |
| Humana | HMO | $244.21 | ↓ -80% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $296.16 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $296.16 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $318.65 | ↓ -74% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $341.14 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $437.36 | ↓ -65% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $499.84 | ↓ -60% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $562.32 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $666.04 | ↓ -47% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
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Surgical pathology level 2 gross & microscopic examination at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $273.70 | $33.57 – $782.00 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $176.63 | $35.00 – $220.78 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $187.56 | $36.00 – $281.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $182.09 | $35.64 – $227.61 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $176.63 | $35.00 – $220.78 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $187.56 | $35.64 – $281.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $187.56 | $26.00 – $281.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $182.09 | $35.64 – $273.13 |