Blood volume 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.

$95.56 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $1,357.92 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
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $95.56
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $95.56
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $95.56
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $95.56
United MGMCD $97.47
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $98.90
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $98.90
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $103.20
Molina Healthcare CHIP $108.79
Molina Healthcare STAR $108.79
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $108.79
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $108.79
Humana MCD $123.63
BCBS MyBlueHealth $135.10
BCBS BAV $171.17
BCBS HMO $260.98
BCBS EPOSOA $270.96
BCBS PPO $280.17
Aetna QHPExchange $455.10
Aetna NBPPO $604.87
Aetna NBPOS $604.87
Aetna NBHMO $604.87
Aetna COMMHMO $643.44
Aetna COMMPOS $643.44
Aetna COMMPPO $643.44
Aetna OONHMO $756.58
Aetna OONPOS $756.58
Aetna OONPPO $756.58
Aetna ASAPOS $817.64
Aetna ASAHMO $817.64
Aetna ASAPPO $817.64
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $929.86
United SmallGroup $1,101.15
United AllPayerAppendix $1,101.15
Humana HMO $1,357.92
Humana PPO $1,357.92

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Blood volume at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $361.20 $98.90 – $1,032.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,725.05 $257.91 – $2,587.57
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,811.30 $99.58 – $2,264.13
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,725.05 $106.55 – $2,587.57
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,725.05 $99.58 – $2,587.57
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,811.30 $99.58 – $2,716.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $1,725.05 $99.58 – $2,156.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $1,725.05 $99.58 – $2,587.57

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