X-ray exam of mastoids at HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST
621 RAYFORD RD, SPRING, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1740450121
$3,229.27
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.
$3,229.27
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.
$38.43 with Texas Childrens Health Plans vs $1,721.20 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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| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $38.43 | ↓ -99% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $38.43 | ↓ -99% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $38.76 | ↓ -99% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $38.76 | ↓ -99% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $38.76 | ↓ -99% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $38.76 | ↓ -99% |
| United | MGMCD | $39.54 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $41.86 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $42.27 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $42.27 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $42.27 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $42.27 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | MCD | $48.04 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna | CSN | $108.99 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $117.95 | ↓ -96% |
| Cigna | PPO | $140.21 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $178.98 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $193.76 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $193.76 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $193.76 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $193.76 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $193.76 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $197.26 | ↓ -94% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $207.04 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $237.88 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $237.88 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $237.88 | ↓ -93% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $245.18 | ↓ -92% |
| United | SmallGroup | $245.18 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS | BAV | $249.94 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $253.05 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $253.05 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $253.05 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $297.55 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $297.55 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $297.55 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $321.56 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $321.56 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $321.56 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS | HMO | $381.07 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $395.64 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS | PPO | $409.09 | ↓ -87% |
| Humana | PPO | $421.54 | ↓ -87% |
| Humana | HMO | $421.54 | ↓ -87% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $536.06 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $542.52 | ↓ -83% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $823.46 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $881.59 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,130.24 | ↓ -65% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,291.71 | ↓ -60% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $1,291.71 | ↓ -60% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $1,453.17 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $1,721.20 | ↓ -47% |
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X-ray exam of mastoids at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $193.41 | $38.43 – $272.35 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $279.82 | $57.60 – $419.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $293.81 | $38.43 – $367.27 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $193.41 | $38.43 – $272.35 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $279.82 | $41.12 – $419.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $279.82 | $38.43 – $419.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $293.81 | $38.43 – $440.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $193.41 | $38.43 – $272.35 |