Composite drsg >16<=48 sq in 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

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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.

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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.

$8.68 with TriWest Healthcare Alliance vs $68.28 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
TriWest Healthcare Alliance VeteransPCCC $8.68
Oscar MGMCR $8.68
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $8.86
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $8.86
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $8.86
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $8.86
BCBS MCRPPO $8.86
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $8.86
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $8.86
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $8.86
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $8.86
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $8.86
Devoted Health MGMCR $8.86
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $8.86
WellMed MGMCR $8.90
Van Lang IPA MCR $8.95
BCBS MyBlueHealth $8.97
United MCR $9.04
WellCare PFFS $9.13
WellCare PPO $9.13
WellCare SNP $9.13
WellCare POS $9.13
WellCare MCRHMO $9.13
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $9.13
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $9.30
Superior Health Plan PFFS $9.30
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $9.30
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $9.30
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $9.30
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $9.30
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $9.30
American Health Plan MGMCR $9.30
Shared Health MGMCR $9.30
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $9.39
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $9.39
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $9.39
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $9.39
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $9.39
Molina MGMCR $9.66
BCBS BAV $9.91
Verda Health Plan MCR $11.52
BCBS HMO $12.36
Community Health Choice HIX $12.85
Superior ValueHMO $12.85
BCBS EPOSOA $13.09
Superior EPO $13.73
Superior HMO $13.73
BCBS PPO $13.81
Molina Healthcare HIX $19.05
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $26.58
Humana PPO $68.28
Humana HMO $68.28

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Composite drsg >16<=48 sq in at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $106.67 $21.96 – $160.01
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $106.67 $21.33 – $133.34
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $106.67 $29.14 – $160.01
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $106.67 $55.11 – $160.01
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $106.67 $23.86 – $160.01
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $106.67 $21.33 – $151.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $106.67 $23.86 – $160.01
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE Suite 100 $106.67 $19.56 – $160.01

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