Apply srs headframe add-on 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.

$135.38 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $45,498.00 with Aetna — 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 Health Alliance TRCR $135.38
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $135.38
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $948.00
Superior Health Plan STAR $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,493.79
BCBS BAV $1,645.29
BCBS PPO $1,863.58
BCBS EPOSOA $1,889.64
BCBS HMO $1,915.70
Humana PPO $4,690.00
Humana HMO $4,690.00
Oscar HIX $10,151.00
Aetna QHPExchange $25,363.00
Curative Administrators COMM $25,703.00
United SmallGroup $28,000.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $30,933.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $33,458.00
Aetna NBPOS $33,687.00
Aetna NBPPO $33,687.00
Aetna NBHMO $33,687.00
Evry Health BroadNetwork $34,763.00
Cigna CSN $35,171.00
Aetna COMMHMO $35,797.00
Aetna COMMPOS $35,797.00
Aetna COMMPPO $35,797.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $38,105.00
United AllPayerAppendix $40,000.00
Aetna OONHMO $42,115.00
Aetna OONPPO $42,115.00
Aetna OONPOS $42,115.00
Cigna PPO $45,307.00
Aetna ASAPPO $45,498.00
Aetna ASAPOS $45,498.00
Aetna ASAHMO $45,498.00

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