#cf-97variants 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

$809.34

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.

$809.34

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.

$48.56 with Superior Health Plan vs $6,022.41 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 CHPFC $48.56 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $48.56 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $48.56 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $48.56 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $48.56 ↓ -94%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $134.35 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $135.97 ↓ -83%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $220.95 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $283.27 ↓ -65%
United GlobalAppendix $364.20 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $431.38 ↓ -47%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $467.54 ↓ -42%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $467.54 ↓ -42%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $467.54 ↓ -42%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $467.54 ↓ -42%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $467.54 ↓ -42%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $467.54 ↓ -42%
United MGMCD $476.89 ↓ -41%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $504.94 ↓ -38%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $514.29 ↓ -36%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $514.29 ↓ -36%
Molina Healthcare STAR $514.29 ↓ -36%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $514.29 ↓ -36%
Oscar MGMCR $545.47 ↓ -33%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance VeteransPCCC $545.47 ↓ -33%
Devoted Health MGMCR $556.60 ↓ -31%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $556.60 ↓ -31%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $556.60 ↓ -31%
United AllPayerAppendix $556.60 ↓ -31%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $556.60 ↓ -31%
United SmallGroup $556.60 ↓ -31%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $556.60 ↓ -31%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $556.60 ↓ -31%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $556.60 ↓ -31%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $556.60 ↓ -31%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $556.60 ↓ -31%
BCBS MCRPPO $556.60 ↓ -31%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $556.60 ↓ -31%
WellMed MGMCR $559.38 ↓ -31%
Van Lang IPA MCR $562.17 ↓ -31%
United MCR $567.73 ↓ -30%
WellCare PFFS $573.30 ↓ -29%
WellCare POS $573.30 ↓ -29%
WellCare MCRHMO $573.30 ↓ -29%
WellCare SNP $573.30 ↓ -29%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $573.30 ↓ -29%
WellCare PPO $573.30 ↓ -29%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $584.43 ↓ -28%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $584.43 ↓ -28%
Shared Health MGMCR $584.43 ↓ -28%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $584.43 ↓ -28%
Humana MCD $584.43 ↓ -28%
American Health Plan MGMCR $584.43 ↓ -28%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $584.43 ↓ -28%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $584.43 ↓ -28%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $584.43 ↓ -28%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $584.43 ↓ -28%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $590.00 ↓ -27%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $590.00 ↓ -27%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $590.00 ↓ -27%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $590.00 ↓ -27%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $590.00 ↓ -27%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $602.41 ↓ -26%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $602.41 ↓ -26%
Molina MGMCR $606.69 ↓ -25%
Verda Health Plan MCR $723.58 ↓ -11%
Superior ValueHMO $807.07 ↓ -0%
Community Health Choice HIX $807.07 ↓ -0%
Superior EPO $862.73 ↑ +7%
Superior HMO $862.73 ↑ +7%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,124.33 ↑ +39%
Molina Healthcare HIX $1,196.69 ↑ +48%
BCBS BAV $1,241.22 ↑ +53%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,352.53 ↑ +67%
BCBS HMO $1,552.91 ↑ +92%
Oscar HIX $1,608.57 ↑ +99%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,664.23 ↑ +106%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $1,669.80 ↑ +106%
BCBS PPO $1,775.55 ↑ +119%
Aetna QHPExchange $2,038.96 ↑ +152%
Cigna CSN $2,290.27 ↑ +183%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,480.68 ↑ +207%
Aetna NBPPO $2,711.56 ↑ +235%
Aetna NBPOS $2,711.56 ↑ +235%
Aetna NBHMO $2,711.56 ↑ +235%
Aetna COMMPOS $2,880.77 ↑ +256%
Aetna COMMHMO $2,880.77 ↑ +256%
Aetna COMMPPO $2,880.77 ↑ +256%
Cigna PPO $2,951.43 ↑ +265%
Aetna OONHMO $3,384.16 ↑ +318%
Aetna OONPOS $3,384.16 ↑ +318%
Aetna OONPPO $3,384.16 ↑ +318%
Aetna ASAPPO $3,659.12 ↑ +352%
Aetna ASAHMO $3,659.12 ↑ +352%
Aetna ASAPOS $3,659.12 ↑ +352%
Humana HMO $6,022.41 ↑ +644%
Humana PPO $6,022.41 ↑ +644%
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#cf-97variants at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,220.78 $10.00 – $1,335.84
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $855.82 $12.00 – $1,335.84
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $687.08 $12.00 – $1,335.84
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,220.78 $10.00 – $1,335.84
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $855.82 $12.00 – $1,335.84
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $855.82 $8.00 – $1,335.84
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $687.08 $12.00 – $1,335.84
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,220.78 $10.00 – $1,335.84

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