Drug of abuse screen urine 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.

$10.58 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $145.64 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
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $10.58
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $10.58
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $10.58
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $10.58
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $10.58
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $10.58
United MGMCD $10.79
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $11.43
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $11.64
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $11.64
Molina Healthcare CHIP $11.64
Molina Healthcare STAR $11.64
Oscar MGMCR $12.35
TriWest Healthcare Alliance VeteransPCCC $12.35
Devoted Health MGMCR $12.60
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $12.60
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $12.60
United AllPayerAppendix $12.60
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $12.60
United SmallGroup $12.60
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $12.60
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $12.60
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $12.60
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $12.60
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $12.60
BCBS MCRPPO $12.60
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $12.60
WellMed MGMCR $12.66
Van Lang IPA MCR $12.73
United MCR $12.85
WellCare PFFS $12.98
WellCare SNP $12.98
WellCare MCRHMO $12.98
WellCare POS $12.98
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $12.98
WellCare PPO $12.98
Humana MCD $13.22
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $13.23
American Health Plan MGMCR $13.23
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $13.23
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $13.23
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $13.23
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $13.23
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $13.23
Superior Health Plan PFFS $13.23
Shared Health MGMCR $13.23
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $13.36
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $13.36
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $13.36
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $13.36
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $13.36
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $13.64
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $13.64
Molina MGMCR $13.73
Verda Health Plan MCR $16.38
Superior ValueHMO $18.27
Community Health Choice HIX $18.27
Superior EPO $19.53
Superior HMO $19.53
BCBS MyBlueHealth $25.45
Molina Healthcare HIX $27.09
BCBS BAV $28.10
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $32.71
BCBS HMO $35.15
Oscar HIX $36.41
BCBS EPOSOA $37.67
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $37.80
BCBS PPO $40.19
Aetna QHPExchange $46.18
Cigna CSN $51.57
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $55.86
Aetna NBPPO $61.41
Aetna NBHMO $61.41
Aetna NBPOS $61.41
Aetna COMMPOS $65.24
Aetna COMMPPO $65.24
Aetna COMMHMO $65.24
Cigna PPO $66.46
Aetna OONPOS $76.64
Aetna OONPPO $76.64
Aetna OONHMO $76.64
Aetna ASAPOS $82.87
Aetna ASAHMO $82.87
Aetna ASAPPO $82.87
Humana PPO $145.64
Humana HMO $145.64
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