Creatine kinase 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

$1,419.18

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.

$1,419.18

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.

$5.47 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $756.42 with Coventry National First Health — 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
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $5.47 ↓ -100%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $5.47 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $5.47 ↓ -100%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $5.47 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $5.47 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $5.47 ↓ -100%
United MGMCD $5.58 ↓ -100%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $5.91 ↓ -100%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $6.02 ↓ -100%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $6.02 ↓ -100%
Molina Healthcare STAR $6.02 ↓ -100%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $6.02 ↓ -100%
Oscar MGMCR $6.38 ↓ -100%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance VeteransPCCC $6.38 ↓ -100%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $6.51 ↓ -100%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $6.51 ↓ -100%
BCBS MCRPPO $6.51 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $6.51 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $6.51 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $6.51 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $6.51 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $6.51 ↓ -100%
Devoted Health MGMCR $6.51 ↓ -100%
United SmallGroup $6.51 ↓ -100%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $6.51 ↓ -100%
United AllPayerAppendix $6.51 ↓ -100%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $6.51 ↓ -100%
WellMed MGMCR $6.54 ↓ -100%
Van Lang IPA MCR $6.58 ↓ -100%
United MCR $6.64 ↓ -100%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $6.71 ↓ -100%
WellCare SNP $6.71 ↓ -100%
WellCare POS $6.71 ↓ -100%
WellCare PPO $6.71 ↓ -100%
WellCare MCRHMO $6.71 ↓ -100%
WellCare PFFS $6.71 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $6.84 ↓ -100%
Humana MCD $6.84 ↓ -100%
American Health Plan MGMCR $6.84 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $6.84 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $6.84 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $6.84 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $6.84 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $6.84 ↓ -100%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $6.84 ↓ -100%
Shared Health MGMCR $6.84 ↓ -100%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $6.90 ↓ -100%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $6.90 ↓ -100%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $6.90 ↓ -100%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $6.90 ↓ -100%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $6.90 ↓ -100%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $7.05 ↓ -100%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $7.05 ↓ -100%
Molina MGMCR $7.10 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MCR $8.46 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $9.44 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice HIX $9.44 ↓ -99%
Superior HMO $10.09 ↓ -99%
Superior EPO $10.09 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $13.15 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare HIX $14.00 ↓ -99%
BCBS BAV $14.52 ↓ -99%
BCBS HMO $18.16 ↓ -99%
Oscar HIX $18.81 ↓ -99%
BCBS EPOSOA $19.46 ↓ -99%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $19.53 ↓ -99%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $19.53 ↓ -99%
BCBS PPO $20.77 ↓ -99%
Aetna QHPExchange $23.86 ↓ -98%
Cigna CSN $26.50 ↓ -98%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $28.70 ↓ -98%
Aetna NBHMO $31.73 ↓ -98%
Aetna NBPOS $31.73 ↓ -98%
Aetna NBPPO $31.73 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMMPOS $33.71 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMMPPO $33.71 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMMHMO $33.71 ↓ -98%
Cigna PPO $34.15 ↓ -98%
Aetna OONPPO $39.60 ↓ -97%
Aetna OONPOS $39.60 ↓ -97%
Aetna OONHMO $39.60 ↓ -97%
Aetna ASAHMO $42.82 ↓ -97%
Aetna ASAPPO $42.82 ↓ -97%
Aetna ASAPOS $42.82 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $85.15 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $85.15 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $85.15 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $85.15 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $85.15 ↓ -94%
Humana PPO $86.99 ↓ -94%
Humana HMO $86.99 ↓ -94%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $235.58 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $238.42 ↓ -83%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $387.44 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $496.71 ↓ -65%
United GlobalAppendix $638.63 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $756.42 ↓ -47%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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