Dialysis repeated eval 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.

$47.95 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,198.41 with Humana — 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $47.95
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $47.95
Superior Health Plan STARKids $47.95
Superior Health Plan STAR $47.95
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $47.95
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $103.89
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $103.89
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $103.89
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $103.89
Cigna CSN $118.27
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $127.86
BCBS MyBlueHealth $130.26
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $132.66
United OptionsPPO $134.26
BCBS BAV $143.85
Cigna PPO $151.84
Oscar HIX $155.83
BCBS HMO $179.81
BCBS EPOSOA $183.80
BCBS PPO $187.00
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $189.40
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $189.40
Aetna QHPExchange $192.60
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $203.78
Molina Healthcare HIX $215.77
Evry Health BroadNetwork $218.17
Aetna NBHMO $233.35
Aetna NBPOS $233.35
Aetna NBPPO $233.35
Aetna COMMHMO $248.54
Aetna COMMPPO $248.54
Aetna COMMPOS $248.54
BCBS Traditional $279.70
Aetna OONPOS $292.49
Aetna OONPPO $292.49
Aetna OONHMO $292.49
Aetna ASAPOS $316.46
Aetna ASAPPO $316.46
Aetna ASAHMO $316.46
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $319.66
Curative Administrators COMM $319.66
United GlobalAppendix $359.62
Coventry National First Health COMM $425.95
Humana HMO $1,198.41
Humana PPO $1,198.41

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Dialysis repeated eval at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,087.50 $308.12 – $1,540.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,523.40 $313.57 – $2,285.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,523.40 $304.68 – $1,904.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,087.50 $290.00 – $1,540.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,523.40 $489.01 – $2,285.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,523.40 $787.09 – $2,285.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,523.40 $507.80 – $2,285.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,087.50 $290.00 – $1,540.62

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