Appl modality 1/> areas paraffin bath 97018 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.

$6.01 with TriWest Healthcare Alliance vs $110.17 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 Healthcare Alliance VeteransPCCC $6.01
Oscar MGMCR $6.01
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $6.13
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $6.13
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $6.13
Devoted Health MGMCR $6.13
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $6.13
BCBS MCRPPO $6.13
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $6.13
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $6.13
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $6.13
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $6.13
WellMed MGMCR $6.16
Van Lang IPA MCR $6.19
United MCR $6.25
WellCare POS $6.31
WellCare PFFS $6.31
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $6.31
WellCare SNP $6.31
WellCare MCRHMO $6.31
WellCare PPO $6.31
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $6.32
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $6.32
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $6.44
Shared Health MGMCR $6.44
American Health Plan MGMCR $6.44
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $6.44
Superior Health Plan PFFS $6.44
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $6.44
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $6.44
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $6.44
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $6.44
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $6.50
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $6.50
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $6.50
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $6.50
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $6.50
Molina MGMCR $6.68
Verda Health Plan MCR $7.97
Community Health Choice HIX $8.89
Superior ValueHMO $8.89
Superior HMO $9.50
Superior EPO $9.50
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $12.40
Superior Health Plan STARKids $12.40
Superior Health Plan STAR $12.40
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $12.40
Superior Health Plan CHIP $12.40
Molina Healthcare HIX $13.18
BCBS MyBlueHealth $16.87
Aetna QHPExchange $17.04
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $18.39
BCBS BAV $18.60
Aetna NBHMO $22.63
Aetna NBPOS $22.63
Aetna NBPPO $22.63
BCBS EPOSOA $23.29
BCBS PPO $23.29
BCBS HMO $23.29
Aetna COMMPPO $24.01
Aetna COMMHMO $24.01
Aetna COMMPOS $24.01
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $26.87
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $26.87
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $26.87
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $26.87
Aetna OONPOS $28.30
Aetna OONPPO $28.30
Aetna OONHMO $28.30
Aetna ASAHMO $30.54
Aetna ASAPPO $30.54
Aetna ASAPOS $30.54
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $34.31
United OptionsPPO $34.73
Oscar HIX $40.31
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $48.99
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $48.99
BCBS Traditional $72.34
Humana HMO $82.98
Humana PPO $82.98
United GlobalAppendix $93.02
Coventry National First Health COMM $110.17

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Appl modality 1/> areas paraffin bath 97018 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $37.10 $10.53 – $106.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $84.96 $18.45 – $134.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $108.19 $18.45 – $162.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $96.98 $18.45 – $149.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $84.96 $16.87 – $134.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $108.19 $18.45 – $162.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $108.19 $18.45 – $253.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $96.98 $18.45 – $149.00

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