Bx bone trocar/ndl deep 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

$6,802.79

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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$6,802.79

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.

$521.99 with United vs $4,690.00 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
United MGMCD $521.99 ↓ -92%
Molina Healthcare STAR $535.10 ↓ -92%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $535.10 ↓ -92%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $535.10 ↓ -92%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $535.10 ↓ -92%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $544.82 ↓ -92%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $544.82 ↓ -92%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $544.82 ↓ -92%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $544.82 ↓ -92%
Humana MCD $608.06 ↓ -91%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $614.10 ↓ -91%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00 ↓ -86%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00 ↓ -86%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00 ↓ -86%
Superior Health Plan STAR $948.00 ↓ -86%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $948.00 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,129.26 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $1,142.87 ↓ -83%
Aetna QHPExchange $1,579.00 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $1,612.26 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $1,612.26 ↓ -76%
United SmallGroup $2,030.00 ↓ -70%
Aetna NBHMO $2,098.00 ↓ -69%
Aetna NBPOS $2,098.00 ↓ -69%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $2,130.00 ↓ -69%
Aetna COMMPOS $2,229.00 ↓ -67%
Aetna COMMHMO $2,229.00 ↓ -67%
Aetna NBPPO $2,299.00 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $2,380.98 ↓ -65%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $2,431.00 ↓ -64%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,434.00 ↓ -64%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $2,443.23 ↓ -64%
Aetna COMMPPO $2,444.00 ↓ -64%
Curative Administrators COMM $2,613.00 ↓ -62%
Aetna OONPOS $2,623.00 ↓ -61%
Aetna OONHMO $2,623.00 ↓ -61%
BCBS BAV $2,690.30 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2,721.12 ↓ -60%
Aetna ASAHMO $2,832.00 ↓ -58%
Aetna ASAPOS $2,832.00 ↓ -58%
BCBS HMO $2,841.28 ↓ -58%
Aetna OONPPO $2,876.00 ↓ -58%
United AllPayerAppendix $2,900.00 ↓ -57%
Oscar HIX $2,979.00 ↓ -56%
United GlobalAppendix $3,061.26 ↓ -55%
BCBS EPOSOA $3,088.35 ↓ -55%
Aetna ASAPPO $3,106.00 ↓ -54%
BCBS PPO $3,321.69 ↓ -51%
Cigna CSN $3,376.00 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $3,625.89 ↓ -47%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $3,658.00 ↓ -46%
Cigna PPO $4,349.00 ↓ -36%
Humana HMO $4,690.00 ↓ -31%
Humana PPO $4,690.00 ↓ -31%

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Bx bone trocar/ndl deep at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $1,837.50 $1,285.00 – $5,250.00
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $4,836.85 $1,715.75 – $3,432.54
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,264.77 $486.45 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $3,017.93 $71.00 – $4,526.89
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,718.59 $71.00 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,264.77 $486.45 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $3,017.93 $85.00 – $4,526.89
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $3,017.93 $486.45 – $4,526.89

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