Alpha-fetoprotein amniotic 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.

$14.28 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $224.08 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
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $14.28
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $14.28
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $14.28
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $14.28
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $14.28
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $14.28
United MGMCD $14.57
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $15.42
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $15.71
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $15.71
Molina Healthcare CHIP $15.71
Molina Healthcare STAR $15.71
Oscar MGMCR $16.66
TriWest Healthcare Alliance VeteransPCCC $16.66
Devoted Health MGMCR $17.00
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $17.00
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $17.00
United AllPayerAppendix $17.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $17.00
United SmallGroup $17.00
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $17.00
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $17.00
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $17.00
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $17.00
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $17.00
BCBS MCRPPO $17.00
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $17.00
WellMed MGMCR $17.08
Van Lang IPA MCR $17.17
United MCR $17.34
WellCare POS $17.51
WellCare PPO $17.51
WellCare PFFS $17.51
WellCare MCRHMO $17.51
WellCare SNP $17.51
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $17.51
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $17.85
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $17.85
Superior Health Plan PFFS $17.85
Shared Health MGMCR $17.85
American Health Plan MGMCR $17.85
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $17.85
Humana MCD $17.85
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $17.85
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $17.85
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $17.85
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $18.02
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $18.02
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $18.02
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $18.02
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $18.02
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $18.40
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $18.40
Molina MGMCR $18.53
Verda Health Plan MCR $22.10
Community Health Choice HIX $24.65
Superior ValueHMO $24.65
Superior EPO $26.35
Superior HMO $26.35
BCBS MyBlueHealth $34.34
Molina Healthcare HIX $36.55
BCBS BAV $37.91
BCBS HMO $47.43
Oscar HIX $49.13
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $50.32
BCBS EPOSOA $50.83
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $51.00
BCBS PPO $54.23
Aetna QHPExchange $62.27
Cigna CSN $69.71
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $75.51
Aetna NBPOS $82.82
Aetna NBPPO $82.82
Aetna NBHMO $82.82
Aetna COMMPOS $87.99
Aetna COMMPPO $87.99
Aetna COMMHMO $87.99
Cigna PPO $89.84
Aetna OONPOS $103.36
Aetna OONPPO $103.36
Aetna OONHMO $103.36
Aetna ASAPOS $111.76
Aetna ASAHMO $111.76
Aetna ASAPPO $111.76
Humana HMO $224.08
Humana PPO $224.08
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