Administration vaccine pneumococcal 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

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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.

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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.

$15.20 with Superior Health Plan vs $193.92 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 $15.20
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $15.20
Superior Health Plan STARKids $15.20
Superior Health Plan STAR $15.20
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $15.20
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $32.93
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $32.93
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $32.93
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $32.93
Cigna CSN $37.49
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $40.53
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $42.05
United OptionsPPO $42.56
Cigna PPO $48.13
Oscar HIX $49.40
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $60.03
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $60.03
Aetna QHPExchange $61.05
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $64.59
Evry Health BroadNetwork $69.15
Aetna NBHMO $73.97
Aetna NBPOS $73.97
Aetna NBPPO $73.97
Aetna COMMPOS $78.78
Aetna COMMHMO $78.78
Aetna COMMPPO $78.78
BCBS Traditional $88.66
Aetna OONHMO $92.71
Aetna OONPPO $92.71
Aetna OONPOS $92.71
Aetna ASAHMO $100.31
Aetna ASAPPO $100.31
Aetna ASAPOS $100.31
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $101.32
Curative Administrators COMM $101.32
BCBS MyBlueHealth $112.16
United GlobalAppendix $113.99
BCBS BAV $123.66
Coventry National First Health COMM $135.01
BCBS EPOSOA $154.81
BCBS HMO $154.81
BCBS PPO $154.81
Humana PPO $193.92
Humana HMO $193.92

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Administration vaccine pneumococcal at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $51.80 $37.00 – $148.00
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $45.15 $37.00 – $96.75
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $51.80 $39.96 – $148.00
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $31.50 $82.62 – $145.80
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland $85.13 $112.16 – $193.92
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $51.80 $37.00 – $148.00
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $51.80 $37.00 – $148.00
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $38.15 $16.35 – $94.51

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