Cdna analysis for variants 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

$2,269.63

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.

$2,269.63

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.

$136.18 with Superior Health Plan vs $2,003.86 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 STARPLUS $136.18 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $136.18 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $136.18 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $136.18 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $136.18 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $155.57 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $155.57 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $155.57 ↓ -93%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $155.57 ↓ -93%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $155.57 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $155.57 ↓ -93%
United MGMCD $158.68 ↓ -93%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $168.02 ↓ -93%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $171.13 ↓ -92%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $171.13 ↓ -92%
Molina Healthcare STAR $171.13 ↓ -92%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $171.13 ↓ -92%
Oscar MGMCR $181.50 ↓ -92%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance VeteransPCCC $181.50 ↓ -92%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $185.20 ↓ -92%
Devoted Health MGMCR $185.20 ↓ -92%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $185.20 ↓ -92%
United SmallGroup $185.20 ↓ -92%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $185.20 ↓ -92%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $185.20 ↓ -92%
United AllPayerAppendix $185.20 ↓ -92%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $185.20 ↓ -92%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $185.20 ↓ -92%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $185.20 ↓ -92%
BCBS MCRPPO $185.20 ↓ -92%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $185.20 ↓ -92%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $185.20 ↓ -92%
WellMed MGMCR $186.13 ↓ -92%
Van Lang IPA MCR $187.05 ↓ -92%
United MCR $188.90 ↓ -92%
WellCare POS $190.76 ↓ -92%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $190.76 ↓ -92%
WellCare MCRHMO $190.76 ↓ -92%
WellCare PFFS $190.76 ↓ -92%
WellCare SNP $190.76 ↓ -92%
WellCare PPO $190.76 ↓ -92%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $194.46 ↓ -91%
Shared Health MGMCR $194.46 ↓ -91%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $194.46 ↓ -91%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $194.46 ↓ -91%
Humana MCD $194.46 ↓ -91%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $194.46 ↓ -91%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $194.46 ↓ -91%
American Health Plan MGMCR $194.46 ↓ -91%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $194.46 ↓ -91%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $194.46 ↓ -91%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $196.31 ↓ -91%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $196.31 ↓ -91%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $196.31 ↓ -91%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $196.31 ↓ -91%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $196.31 ↓ -91%
Molina MGMCR $201.87 ↓ -91%
Verda Health Plan MCR $240.76 ↓ -89%
Superior ValueHMO $268.54 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice HIX $268.54 ↓ -88%
Superior HMO $287.06 ↓ -87%
Superior EPO $287.06 ↓ -87%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $374.10 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $376.76 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $381.30 ↓ -83%
Molina Healthcare HIX $398.18 ↓ -82%
BCBS BAV $413.00 ↓ -82%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $450.04 ↓ -80%
BCBS HMO $516.71 ↓ -77%
Oscar HIX $535.23 ↓ -76%
BCBS EPOSOA $553.75 ↓ -76%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $555.60 ↓ -76%
BCBS PPO $590.79 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $619.61 ↓ -73%
Aetna QHPExchange $678.42 ↓ -70%
Cigna CSN $762.47 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $794.37 ↓ -65%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $825.86 ↓ -64%
Aetna NBPPO $902.21 ↓ -60%
Aetna NBPOS $902.21 ↓ -60%
Aetna NBHMO $902.21 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $907.85 ↓ -60%
Aetna COMMPPO $958.51 ↓ -58%
Aetna COMMHMO $958.51 ↓ -58%
Aetna COMMPOS $958.51 ↓ -58%
Cigna PPO $982.58 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $1,021.33 ↓ -55%
Aetna OONPPO $1,126.00 ↓ -50%
Aetna OONHMO $1,126.00 ↓ -50%
Aetna OONPOS $1,126.00 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,209.71 ↓ -47%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,217.49 ↓ -46%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,217.49 ↓ -46%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,217.49 ↓ -46%
Humana HMO $2,003.86 ↓ -12%
Humana PPO $2,003.86 ↓ -12%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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