Apheresis plasma 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

$4,070.44

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.

$4,070.44

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.

$602.43 with Cigna vs $2,979.00 with Oscar — 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
Cigna CSN $602.43 ↓ -85%
United MGMCD $605.86 ↓ -85%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $621.08 ↓ -85%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $621.08 ↓ -85%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $621.08 ↓ -85%
Molina Healthcare STAR $621.08 ↓ -85%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $632.37 ↓ -84%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $632.37 ↓ -84%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $632.37 ↓ -84%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $632.37 ↓ -84%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $651.27 ↓ -84%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $663.48 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $675.69 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $683.83 ↓ -83%
Humana MCD $705.77 ↓ -83%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $712.78 ↓ -82%
BCBS BAV $732.68 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $773.38 ↓ -81%
BCBS HMO $915.85 ↓ -77%
BCBS EPOSOA $936.20 ↓ -77%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $948.00 ↓ -77%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00 ↓ -77%
Superior Health Plan STAR $948.00 ↓ -77%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00 ↓ -77%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00 ↓ -77%
BCBS PPO $952.48 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $964.69 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $964.69 ↓ -76%
Aetna QHPExchange $980.98 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,037.96 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,111.23 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBHMO $1,188.57 ↓ -71%
Aetna NBPOS $1,188.57 ↓ -71%
Aetna NBPPO $1,188.57 ↓ -71%
Aetna COMMPPO $1,265.91 ↓ -69%
Aetna COMMHMO $1,265.91 ↓ -69%
Aetna COMMPOS $1,265.91 ↓ -69%
Humana HMO $1,298.88 ↓ -68%
Humana PPO $1,298.88 ↓ -68%
BCBS Traditional $1,424.65 ↓ -65%
Aetna OONHMO $1,489.78 ↓ -63%
Aetna OONPPO $1,489.78 ↓ -63%
Aetna OONPOS $1,489.78 ↓ -63%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,611.89 ↓ -60%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,611.89 ↓ -60%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,611.89 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,628.18 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,628.18 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $1,831.70 ↓ -55%
United SmallGroup $2,030.00 ↓ -50%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $2,130.00 ↓ -48%
Coventry National First Health COMM $2,169.54 ↓ -47%
United AllPayerAppendix $2,900.00 ↓ -29%
Oscar HIX $2,979.00 ↓ -27%

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Apheresis plasma at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $3,293.15 $2,540.43 – $9,409.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $3,546.01 $564.62 – $4,432.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $3,907.45 $604.14 – $5,861.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $3,110.11 $564.62 – $3,887.63
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $3,546.01 $564.62 – $4,432.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $3,907.45 $604.14 – $5,861.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $3,907.45 $564.62 – $5,861.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $3,110.11 $564.62 – $4,665.16

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