Csf leakage imaging 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

$11,323.11

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.

$11,323.11

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.

$252.60 with Texas Childrens Health Plans vs $6,035.22 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
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $252.60 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $252.60 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $272.99 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $272.99 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $272.99 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $272.99 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $277.86 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $277.86 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $277.86 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $277.86 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $278.45 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $294.83 ↓ -97%
Humana MCD $315.75 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $454.78 ↓ -96%
BCBS BAV $576.23 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $679.39 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $679.39 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $679.39 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $679.39 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $679.39 ↓ -94%
BCBS HMO $878.56 ↓ -92%
BCBS EPOSOA $912.15 ↓ -92%
BCBS PPO $943.16 ↓ -92%
Aetna QHPExchange $1,418.83 ↓ -87%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,879.64 ↓ -83%
Aetna NBHMO $1,885.76 ↓ -83%
Aetna NBPOS $1,885.76 ↓ -83%
Aetna NBPPO $1,885.76 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $1,902.28 ↓ -83%
Aetna COMMHMO $2,006.00 ↓ -82%
Aetna COMMPPO $2,006.00 ↓ -82%
Aetna COMMPOS $2,006.00 ↓ -82%
Aetna OONPOS $2,358.71 ↓ -79%
Aetna OONHMO $2,358.71 ↓ -79%
Aetna OONPPO $2,358.71 ↓ -79%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $2,481.29 ↓ -78%
Aetna ASAPOS $2,549.09 ↓ -77%
Aetna ASAHMO $2,549.09 ↓ -77%
Aetna ASAPPO $2,549.09 ↓ -77%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,887.39 ↓ -75%
United SmallGroup $2,938.37 ↓ -74%
United AllPayerAppendix $2,938.37 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $3,091.21 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $3,613.20 ↓ -68%
Humana HMO $3,613.20 ↓ -68%
BCBS Traditional $3,963.09 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $4,529.24 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $4,529.24 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $5,095.40 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $6,035.22 ↓ -47%

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Csf leakage imaging at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $564.55 $161.30 – $1,613.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,433.25 $242.91 – $3,517.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,391.99 $286.52 – $3,517.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,405.38 $242.91 – $3,517.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,433.25 $242.91 – $3,517.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,391.99 $259.91 – $3,517.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,391.99 $242.91 – $3,517.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,405.38 $242.91 – $3,517.62

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