CT Scan of Abdomen and Pelvis (without contrast) 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.

$188.11 with Texas Childrens Health Plans vs $17,514.13 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 STAR $188.11
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $188.11
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $189.79
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $189.79
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $189.79
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $189.79
United MGMCD $193.59
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $204.97
Molina Healthcare CHIP $206.92
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $206.92
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $206.92
Molina Healthcare STAR $206.92
Humana MCD $235.14
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $437.25
BCBS MyBlueHealth $505.70
United AllPayerAppendix $517.79
United SmallGroup $517.79
BCBS BAV $577.94
Aetna QHPExchange $725.00
BCBS HMO $878.56
BCBS EPOSOA $957.79
Aetna NBHMO $963.00
Aetna NBPOS $963.00
Aetna NBPPO $963.00
Aetna COMMHMO $1,024.00
Aetna COMMPPO $1,024.00
Aetna COMMPOS $1,024.00
BCBS PPO $1,037.03
Aetna OONHMO $1,203.00
Aetna OONPPO $1,203.00
Aetna OONPOS $1,203.00
Aetna ASAPPO $1,301.00
Aetna ASAHMO $1,301.00
Aetna ASAPOS $1,301.00
Cigna CSN $1,635.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,771.00
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $1,971.57
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1,971.57
Superior Health Plan STAR $1,971.57
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1,971.57
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1,971.57
Humana PPO $1,987.20
Humana HMO $1,987.20
Cigna PPO $2,106.00
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $5,454.68
United OptionsPPO $5,520.40
BCBS Traditional $11,500.84
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $13,143.81
United GlobalAppendix $14,786.79
Coventry National First Health COMM $17,514.13

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CT Scan of Abdomen and Pelvis (without contrast) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $5,658.80 $188.11 – $16,168.00
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $6,422.46 $1,085.97 – $1,085.97
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $3,538.08 $188.11 – $4,422.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,837.26 $314.76 – $4,255.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $3,629.39 $188.11 – $4,536.73
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $3,538.08 $188.11 – $4,422.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,837.26 $201.28 – $4,255.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,837.26 $188.11 – $4,255.88

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