3d recon without postprocess indpndt 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

$141.46

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.

$141.46

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.

$8.49 with Superior Health Plan vs $235.15 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.

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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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $8.49 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $8.49 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $8.49 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $8.49 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $8.49 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $18.39 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $18.39 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $18.39 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $18.39 ↓ -87%
Cigna CSN $20.94 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $22.63 ↓ -84%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $23.46 ↓ -83%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $23.48 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $23.77 ↓ -83%
Cigna PPO $26.88 ↓ -81%
BCBS BAV $29.73 ↓ -79%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $33.53 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $33.53 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $36.07 ↓ -75%
Molina Healthcare HIX $38.19 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $38.62 ↓ -73%
BCBS HMO $45.32 ↓ -68%
BCBS EPOSOA $47.05 ↓ -67%
BCBS PPO $48.65 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $49.51 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $56.58 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $56.58 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $63.66 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $75.40 ↓ -47%
Aetna QHPExchange $98.55 ↓ -30%
Aetna NBPPO $130.99 ↓ -7%
Aetna NBPOS $130.99 ↓ -7%
Aetna NBHMO $130.99 ↓ -7%
Aetna COMMHMO $139.34 ↓ -1%
Aetna COMMPPO $139.34 ↓ -1%
Aetna COMMPOS $139.34 ↓ -1%
Aetna OONHMO $163.84 ↑ +16%
Aetna OONPOS $163.84 ↑ +16%
Aetna OONPPO $163.84 ↑ +16%
Aetna ASAPOS $177.06 ↑ +25%
Aetna ASAHMO $177.06 ↑ +25%
Aetna ASAPPO $177.06 ↑ +25%
Humana PPO $235.15 ↑ +66%
Humana HMO $235.15 ↑ +66%

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St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $505.05 $18.80 – $1,443.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $121.28 $26.66 – $171.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $508.13 $44.79 – $762.19
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $121.28 $30.53 – $171.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $508.13 $54.52 – $762.19
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $508.13 $262.53 – $762.19
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $508.13 $44.79 – $762.19

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