Culture aerobic additional method definitive id each 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.

$6.79 with Texas Childrens Health Plans vs $115.39 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 $6.79
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $6.79
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $6.79
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $6.79
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $6.79
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $6.79
United MGMCD $6.93
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $7.33
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $7.47
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $7.47
Molina Healthcare CHIP $7.47
Molina Healthcare STAR $7.47
TriWest Healthcare Alliance VeteransPCCC $7.92
Oscar MGMCR $7.92
BCBS MCRPPO $8.08
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $8.08
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $8.08
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $8.08
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $8.08
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $8.08
United SmallGroup $8.08
Devoted Health MGMCR $8.08
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $8.08
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $8.08
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $8.08
United AllPayerAppendix $8.08
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $8.08
WellMed MGMCR $8.12
Van Lang IPA MCR $8.16
United MCR $8.24
WellCare PFFS $8.32
WellCare SNP $8.32
WellCare PPO $8.32
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $8.32
WellCare POS $8.32
WellCare MCRHMO $8.32
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $8.48
American Health Plan MGMCR $8.48
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $8.48
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $8.48
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $8.48
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $8.48
Superior Health Plan PFFS $8.48
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $8.48
Shared Health MGMCR $8.48
Humana MCD $8.49
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $8.56
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $8.56
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $8.56
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $8.56
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $8.56
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $8.74
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $8.74
Molina MGMCR $8.81
Verda Health Plan MCR $10.50
Superior ValueHMO $11.72
Community Health Choice HIX $11.72
Superior EPO $12.52
Superior HMO $12.52
Superior Health Plan CHIP $12.99
Superior Health Plan STARKids $12.99
Superior Health Plan STAR $12.99
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $12.99
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $12.99
BCBS MyBlueHealth $16.32
Molina Healthcare HIX $17.37
BCBS BAV $18.02
BCBS HMO $22.54
Oscar HIX $23.35
BCBS EPOSOA $24.16
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $24.23
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $24.24
BCBS PPO $25.78
Aetna QHPExchange $29.59
Cigna CSN $33.47
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $35.94
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $36.25
United OptionsPPO $36.37
Aetna NBPOS $39.36
Aetna NBHMO $39.36
Aetna NBPPO $39.36
Aetna COMMHMO $41.81
Aetna COMMPOS $41.81
Aetna COMMPPO $41.81
Cigna PPO $43.13
Aetna OONPPO $49.12
Aetna OONPOS $49.12
Aetna OONHMO $49.12
Aetna ASAPPO $53.11
Aetna ASAPOS $53.11
Aetna ASAHMO $53.11
Evry Health BroadNetwork $59.10
BCBS Traditional $75.78
United GlobalAppendix $97.42
Humana HMO $107.88
Humana PPO $107.88
Coventry National First Health COMM $115.39
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Culture aerobic additional method definitive id each at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $139.65 $5.82 – $399.00
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $153.26 $7.27 – $31.11
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $88.15 $6.79 – $90.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $92.93 $11.84 – $103.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $89.14 $6.79 – $86.21
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $88.15 $6.79 – $90.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $92.93 $7.27 – $103.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $92.93 $6.79 – $103.45

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