Albuterol non-comp con 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

$7.65

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.

$7.65

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.

$0.18 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $4.08 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
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $0.18 ↓ -98%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $0.18 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.20 ↓ -97%
BCBS PPO $0.27 ↓ -96%
BCBS EPOSOA $0.27 ↓ -96%
BCBS HMO $0.27 ↓ -96%
BCBS BAV $0.34 ↓ -96%
Cigna CSN $0.39 ↓ -95%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.42 ↓ -95%
United SmallGroup $0.43 ↓ -94%
United AllPayerAppendix $0.43 ↓ -94%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.43 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $0.46 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $0.46 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $0.46 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $0.46 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $0.46 ↓ -94%
Cigna PPO $0.50 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $0.99 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $0.99 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $0.99 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $0.99 ↓ -87%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1.27 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $1.29 ↓ -83%
Humana HMO $1.46 ↓ -81%
Humana PPO $1.46 ↓ -81%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $1.81 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $1.81 ↓ -76%
Molina Healthcare HIX $2.07 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $2.68 ↓ -65%
United GlobalAppendix $3.44 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $4.08 ↓ -47%

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Albuterol non-comp con at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $40.82 $0.18 – $1.46
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $5.40 $0.18 – $1.46
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $20.22 $0.20 – $1.46
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $7.50 $0.20 – $1.46
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland $13.23 $0.18 – $1.46
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $9.25 $0.20 – $1.46
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $5.40 $0.18 – $1.46
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $0.39 – $0.39

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