Culture fungi other (except blood) 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

$1,040.35

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.

$1,040.35

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.

$7.06 with Texas Childrens Health Plans vs $554.51 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 $7.06 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $7.06 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $7.06 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $7.06 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $7.06 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $7.06 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $7.20 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $7.62 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $7.77 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $7.77 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $7.77 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $7.77 ↓ -99%
Oscar MGMCR $8.24 ↓ -99%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance VeteransPCCC $8.24 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $8.41 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $8.41 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $8.41 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $8.41 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $8.41 ↓ -99%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $8.41 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $8.41 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $8.41 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $8.41 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $8.41 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $8.41 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $8.41 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $8.41 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $8.45 ↓ -99%
Van Lang IPA MCR $8.49 ↓ -99%
United MCR $8.58 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCRHMO $8.66 ↓ -99%
WellCare PPO $8.66 ↓ -99%
WellCare SNP $8.66 ↓ -99%
WellCare POS $8.66 ↓ -99%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $8.66 ↓ -99%
WellCare PFFS $8.66 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $8.82 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $8.83 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MGMCR $8.83 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $8.83 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $8.83 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $8.83 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $8.83 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $8.83 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $8.83 ↓ -99%
Shared Health MGMCR $8.83 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $8.91 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $8.91 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $8.91 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $8.91 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $8.91 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $9.10 ↓ -99%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $9.10 ↓ -99%
Molina MGMCR $9.17 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MCR $10.93 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $12.19 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice HIX $12.19 ↓ -99%
Superior HMO $13.04 ↓ -99%
Superior EPO $13.04 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $16.99 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare HIX $18.08 ↓ -98%
BCBS BAV $18.75 ↓ -98%
BCBS HMO $23.46 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $24.30 ↓ -98%
BCBS EPOSOA $25.15 ↓ -98%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $25.22 ↓ -98%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $25.23 ↓ -98%
BCBS PPO $26.83 ↓ -97%
Aetna QHPExchange $30.80 ↓ -97%
Cigna CSN $34.86 ↓ -97%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $37.75 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBHMO $40.96 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBPOS $40.96 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBPPO $40.96 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMMPOS $43.52 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMMPPO $43.52 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMMHMO $43.52 ↓ -96%
Cigna PPO $44.92 ↓ -96%
Aetna OONPPO $51.12 ↓ -95%
Aetna OONPOS $51.12 ↓ -95%
Aetna OONHMO $51.12 ↓ -95%
Aetna ASAHMO $55.27 ↓ -95%
Aetna ASAPPO $55.27 ↓ -95%
Aetna ASAPOS $55.27 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $62.42 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $62.42 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $62.42 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $62.42 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $62.42 ↓ -94%
Humana PPO $112.31 ↓ -89%
Humana HMO $112.31 ↓ -89%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $172.70 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $174.78 ↓ -83%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $284.02 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $364.12 ↓ -65%
United GlobalAppendix $468.16 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $554.51 ↓ -47%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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