Warde 3400652 ova & parasites direct smear concentration and id 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

$684.38

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.

$684.38

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.

$7.48 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $364.77 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
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $7.48 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $7.48 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $7.48 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $7.48 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $7.48 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $7.48 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $7.63 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $8.08 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $8.23 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $8.23 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $8.23 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $8.23 ↓ -99%
Oscar MGMCR $8.72 ↓ -99%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance VeteransPCCC $8.72 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $8.90 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $8.90 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $8.90 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $8.90 ↓ -99%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $8.90 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $8.90 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $8.90 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $8.90 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $8.90 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $8.90 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $8.90 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $8.90 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $8.90 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $8.94 ↓ -99%
Van Lang IPA MCR $8.99 ↓ -99%
United MCR $9.08 ↓ -99%
WellCare POS $9.17 ↓ -99%
WellCare PFFS $9.17 ↓ -99%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $9.17 ↓ -99%
WellCare PPO $9.17 ↓ -99%
WellCare SNP $9.17 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCRHMO $9.17 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $9.35 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $9.35 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MGMCR $9.35 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $9.35 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $9.35 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $9.35 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $9.35 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $9.35 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $9.35 ↓ -99%
Shared Health MGMCR $9.35 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $9.43 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $9.43 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $9.43 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $9.43 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $9.43 ↓ -99%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $9.63 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $9.63 ↓ -99%
Molina MGMCR $9.70 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MCR $11.57 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice HIX $12.90 ↓ -98%
Superior ValueHMO $12.90 ↓ -98%
Superior HMO $13.80 ↓ -98%
Superior EPO $13.80 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $17.98 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare HIX $19.14 ↓ -97%
BCBS BAV $19.85 ↓ -97%
BCBS HMO $24.83 ↓ -96%
Oscar HIX $25.72 ↓ -96%
BCBS EPOSOA $26.61 ↓ -96%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $26.70 ↓ -96%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $26.71 ↓ -96%
BCBS PPO $28.39 ↓ -96%
Aetna QHPExchange $32.58 ↓ -95%
Cigna CSN $36.24 ↓ -95%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $39.26 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $41.06 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $41.06 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $41.06 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $41.06 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $41.06 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBPOS $43.33 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBHMO $43.33 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBPPO $43.33 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMPPO $46.04 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMMHMO $46.04 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMMPOS $46.04 ↓ -93%
Cigna PPO $46.70 ↓ -93%
Aetna OONPPO $54.08 ↓ -92%
Aetna OONPOS $54.08 ↓ -92%
Aetna OONHMO $54.08 ↓ -92%
Aetna ASAHMO $58.47 ↓ -91%
Aetna ASAPOS $58.47 ↓ -91%
Aetna ASAPPO $58.47 ↓ -91%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $113.61 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $114.98 ↓ -83%
Humana PPO $118.91 ↓ -83%
Humana HMO $118.91 ↓ -83%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $186.84 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $239.53 ↓ -65%
United GlobalAppendix $307.97 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $364.77 ↓ -47%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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