Chest Physiotherapy (first session) at HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST

621 RAYFORD RD, SPRING, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1740450121

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 2026

$416.18

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.

$416.18

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.

$24.97 with Superior Health Plan vs $353.75 with Multiplan — 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 STARKids $24.97 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $24.97 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $24.97 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $24.97 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $24.97 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $54.10 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $54.10 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $54.10 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $54.10 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $58.27 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $58.27 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $69.92 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $81.16 ↓ -80%
Aetna NBPPO $117.78 ↓ -72%
Aetna NBHMO $117.78 ↓ -72%
Aetna NBPOS $117.78 ↓ -72%
Aetna COMMPPO $125.27 ↓ -70%
Aetna COMMHMO $125.27 ↓ -70%
Aetna COMMPOS $125.27 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $137.88 ↓ -67%
Humana HMO $137.88 ↓ -67%
BCBS Traditional $145.66 ↓ -65%
Aetna OONPPO $147.33 ↓ -65%
Aetna OONHMO $147.33 ↓ -65%
Aetna OONPOS $147.33 ↓ -65%
Aetna ASAHMO $159.81 ↓ -62%
Aetna ASAPOS $159.81 ↓ -62%
Aetna ASAPPO $159.81 ↓ -62%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $166.47 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $187.28 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $215.58 ↓ -48%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $255.13 ↓ -39%
BCBS BAV $281.30 ↓ -32%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $312.13 ↓ -25%
BCBS PPO $352.17 ↓ -15%
BCBS EPOSOA $352.17 ↓ -15%
BCBS HMO $352.17 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $353.75 ↓ -15%

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Chest Physiotherapy (first session) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $128.80 $99.36 – $368.00
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $572.01 $419.77 – $419.77
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $226.54 $64.19 – $316.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $216.95 $44.66 – $325.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $202.10 $40.42 – $316.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $226.54 $60.41 – $316.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $216.95 $69.64 – $325.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $216.95 $112.09 – $3,235.82

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