Barrier skin flextend 2.25in floating flang new image 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.

$4.41 with Superior Health Plan vs $68.18 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
Superior Health Plan STARKids $4.41
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $4.41
Superior Health Plan CHIP $4.41
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $4.41
Superior Health Plan STAR $4.41
Oscar MGMCR $8.66
TriWest Healthcare Alliance VeteransPCCC $8.66
BCBS MCRPPO $8.84
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $8.84
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $8.84
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $8.84
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $8.84
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $8.84
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $8.84
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $8.84
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $8.84
Devoted Health MGMCR $8.84
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $8.84
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $8.84
WellMed MGMCR $8.88
Van Lang IPA MCR $8.93
BCBS MyBlueHealth $8.95
United MCR $9.02
WellCare PFFS $9.11
WellCare MCRHMO $9.11
WellCare SNP $9.11
WellCare POS $9.11
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $9.11
WellCare PPO $9.11
Superior Health Plan PFFS $9.28
American Health Plan MGMCR $9.28
Shared Health MGMCR $9.28
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $9.28
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $9.28
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $9.28
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $9.28
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $9.28
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $9.28
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $9.37
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $9.37
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $9.37
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $9.37
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $9.37
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $9.55
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $9.55
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $9.55
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $9.55
Molina MGMCR $9.64
BCBS BAV $9.89
Cigna CSN $10.88
Verda Health Plan MCR $11.49
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $11.76
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $12.20
United OptionsPPO $12.35
BCBS HMO $12.35
Community Health Choice HIX $12.82
Superior ValueHMO $12.82
BCBS EPOSOA $13.07
Superior EPO $13.70
Superior HMO $13.70
BCBS PPO $13.79
Cigna PPO $13.96
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $17.42
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $17.42
Molina Healthcare HIX $19.01
BCBS Traditional $25.73
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $26.52
United GlobalAppendix $33.08
Coventry National First Health COMM $39.18
Humana PPO $68.18
Humana HMO $68.18

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Barrier skin flextend 2.25in floating flang new image at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $8.66 – $19.01
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $8.30 – $8.30
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $8.66 – $19.01
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $8.66 – $19.01
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $8.66 – $19.01
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $8.66 – $19.01
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $8.66 – $19.01
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock not published $8.30 – $34.64

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