Alkaline phosphatase 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

$694.54

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.

$694.54

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.

$4.35 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $370.19 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 STAR+PLUS $4.35 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $4.35 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $4.35 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $4.35 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $4.35 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $4.35 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $4.44 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $4.70 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $4.79 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $4.79 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $4.79 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $4.79 ↓ -99%
Oscar MGMCR $5.08 ↓ -99%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance VeteransPCCC $5.08 ↓ -99%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $5.18 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $5.18 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $5.18 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $5.18 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $5.18 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $5.18 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $5.18 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $5.18 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $5.18 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $5.18 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $5.18 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $5.18 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5.18 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $5.21 ↓ -99%
Van Lang IPA MCR $5.23 ↓ -99%
United MCR $5.28 ↓ -99%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $5.34 ↓ -99%
WellCare SNP $5.34 ↓ -99%
WellCare POS $5.34 ↓ -99%
WellCare PPO $5.34 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCRHMO $5.34 ↓ -99%
WellCare PFFS $5.34 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $5.44 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $5.44 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MGMCR $5.44 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $5.44 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $5.44 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $5.44 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $5.44 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $5.44 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $5.44 ↓ -99%
Shared Health MGMCR $5.44 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $5.49 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $5.49 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $5.49 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $5.49 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $5.49 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $5.61 ↓ -99%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $5.61 ↓ -99%
Molina MGMCR $5.65 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MCR $6.73 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $7.51 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice HIX $7.51 ↓ -99%
Superior HMO $8.03 ↓ -99%
Superior EPO $8.03 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $10.46 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare HIX $11.14 ↓ -98%
BCBS BAV $11.55 ↓ -98%
BCBS HMO $14.45 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $14.97 ↓ -98%
BCBS EPOSOA $15.49 ↓ -98%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $15.53 ↓ -98%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $15.54 ↓ -98%
BCBS PPO $16.52 ↓ -98%
Aetna QHPExchange $18.99 ↓ -97%
Cigna CSN $20.91 ↓ -97%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $22.65 ↓ -97%
Aetna NBHMO $25.26 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBPOS $25.26 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBPPO $25.26 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMMPOS $26.83 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMMPPO $26.83 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMMHMO $26.83 ↓ -96%
Cigna PPO $26.95 ↓ -96%
Aetna OONPPO $31.52 ↓ -95%
Aetna OONPOS $31.52 ↓ -95%
Aetna OONHMO $31.52 ↓ -95%
Aetna ASAHMO $34.08 ↓ -95%
Aetna ASAPPO $34.08 ↓ -95%
Aetna ASAPOS $34.08 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $41.67 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $41.67 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $41.67 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $41.67 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $41.67 ↓ -94%
Humana PPO $69.14 ↓ -90%
Humana HMO $69.14 ↓ -90%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $115.29 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $116.68 ↓ -83%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $189.61 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $243.09 ↓ -65%
United GlobalAppendix $312.54 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $370.19 ↓ -47%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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