Bone/joint imaging ltd area 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

$6,580.76

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.

$6,580.76

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.

$212.18 with Texas Childrens Health Plans vs $3,507.55 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
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $212.18 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $212.18 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $225.88 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $225.88 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $225.88 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $225.88 ↓ -97%
United MGMCD $230.40 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $233.40 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare STAR $233.40 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $233.40 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $233.40 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $243.95 ↓ -96%
Humana MCD $265.23 ↓ -96%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $364.71 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $394.85 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $394.85 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $394.85 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $394.85 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $394.85 ↓ -94%
BCBS BAV $462.10 ↓ -93%
BCBS HMO $704.55 ↓ -89%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $716.53 ↓ -89%
BCBS EPOSOA $731.49 ↓ -89%
BCBS PPO $756.35 ↓ -89%
United AllPayerAppendix $848.52 ↓ -87%
United SmallGroup $848.52 ↓ -87%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,092.41 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $1,105.57 ↓ -83%
Aetna QHPExchange $1,112.41 ↓ -83%
Aetna NBHMO $1,478.50 ↓ -78%
Aetna NBPOS $1,478.50 ↓ -78%
Aetna NBPPO $1,478.50 ↓ -78%
Aetna COMMHMO $1,572.77 ↓ -76%
Aetna COMMPOS $1,572.77 ↓ -76%
Aetna COMMPPO $1,572.77 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,678.09 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,796.55 ↓ -73%
Aetna OONPPO $1,849.30 ↓ -72%
Aetna OONHMO $1,849.30 ↓ -72%
Aetna OONPOS $1,849.30 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,998.57 ↓ -70%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,998.57 ↓ -70%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,998.57 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $2,099.92 ↓ -68%
Humana HMO $2,099.92 ↓ -68%
BCBS Traditional $2,303.27 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $2,632.30 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2,632.30 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $2,961.34 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $3,507.55 ↓ -47%

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Bone/joint imaging ltd area at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $1,506.40 $212.18 – $4,304.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,333.26 $203.15 – $1,666.58
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $911.58 $187.63 – $1,367.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $868.17 $203.15 – $1,085.21
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,333.26 $203.15 – $1,666.58
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $911.58 $217.37 – $1,367.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $911.58 $203.15 – $1,367.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $868.17 $203.15 – $1,302.26

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