CT uppr extremity w/o&w/dye 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.

$175.06 with Texas Childrens Health Plans vs $5,493.89 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 $175.06
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $175.06
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $180.34
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $180.34
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $180.34
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $180.34
United MGMCD $183.95
Molina Healthcare CHIP $192.57
Molina Healthcare STAR $192.57
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $192.57
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $192.57
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $194.77
Humana MCD $218.82
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $339.25
BCBS MyBlueHealth $395.42
United SmallGroup $401.74
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74
BCBS BAV $451.91
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $618.45
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $618.45
Superior Health Plan STARKids $618.45
Superior Health Plan CHIP $618.45
Superior Health Plan STAR $618.45
BCBS HMO $686.97
Aetna QHPExchange $725.00
BCBS EPOSOA $748.92
BCBS PPO $810.88
Aetna NBHMO $963.00
Aetna NBPOS $963.00
Aetna NBPPO $963.00
Aetna COMMPPO $1,024.00
Aetna COMMHMO $1,024.00
Aetna COMMPOS $1,024.00
Aetna OONHMO $1,203.00
Aetna OONPOS $1,203.00
Aetna OONPPO $1,203.00
Aetna ASAHMO $1,301.00
Aetna ASAPPO $1,301.00
Aetna ASAPOS $1,301.00
Cigna CSN $1,635.00
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,711.04
United OptionsPPO $1,731.66
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,771.00
Cigna PPO $2,106.00
BCBS Traditional $3,607.62
Humana PPO $3,801.62
Humana HMO $3,801.62
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $4,122.99
United GlobalAppendix $4,638.37
Coventry National First Health COMM $5,493.89

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CT uppr extremity w/o&w/dye at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $2,437.75 $175.06 – $6,965.00
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $5,732.50 $849.15 – $849.15
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,845.36 $167.39 – $2,306.70
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,688.20 $236.02 – $2,532.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,841.10 $167.39 – $2,301.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,845.36 $167.39 – $2,306.70
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,688.20 $167.39 – $2,532.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,688.20 $175.06 – $2,532.30

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