Antibody elution rbc reference 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

$589.92

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.

$589.92

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.

$35.40 with Superior Health Plan vs $457.76 with BCBS — 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 STAR $35.40 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $35.40 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $35.40 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $35.40 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $35.40 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $76.69 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $76.69 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $76.69 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $76.69 ↓ -87%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $97.93 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $99.11 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $115.03 ↓ -81%
Aetna QHPExchange $120.02 ↓ -80%
Cigna CSN $126.87 ↓ -78%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $137.42 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $139.81 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $139.81 ↓ -76%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $149.16 ↓ -75%
United AllPayerAppendix $149.16 ↓ -75%
United SmallGroup $149.16 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $150.43 ↓ -74%
Aetna NBHMO $159.61 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBPOS $159.61 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBPPO $159.61 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $161.05 ↓ -73%
Cigna PPO $163.49 ↓ -72%
Aetna COMMHMO $169.57 ↓ -71%
Aetna COMMPOS $169.57 ↓ -71%
Aetna COMMPPO $169.57 ↓ -71%
Aetna OONHMO $199.20 ↓ -66%
Aetna OONPPO $199.20 ↓ -66%
Aetna OONPOS $199.20 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $206.47 ↓ -65%
Aetna ASAPPO $215.38 ↓ -63%
Aetna ASAHMO $215.38 ↓ -63%
Aetna ASAPOS $215.38 ↓ -63%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $235.97 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $265.46 ↓ -55%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $289.87 ↓ -51%
Coventry National First Health COMM $314.43 ↓ -47%
BCBS BAV $320.00 ↓ -46%
Humana PPO $339.75 ↓ -42%
Humana HMO $339.75 ↓ -42%
BCBS HMO $400.37 ↓ -32%
BCBS EPOSOA $429.07 ↓ -27%
BCBS PPO $457.76 ↓ -22%
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