Dxa bone density axl vrt fx 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.

$51.79 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $732.14 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 $51.79
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $51.79
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $51.79
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $51.79
United MGMCD $52.83
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $53.46
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $53.46
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $55.93
Molina Healthcare CHIP $58.81
Molina Healthcare STAR $58.81
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $58.81
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $58.81
Humana MCD $66.83
Cigna CSN $135.68
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $146.84
Cigna PPO $174.55
BCBS MyBlueHealth $197.26
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04
Aetna QHPExchange $214.88
United SmallGroup $245.18
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
BCBS BAV $249.94
Aetna NBPPO $285.59
Aetna NBPOS $285.59
Aetna NBHMO $285.59
Aetna COMMPPO $303.80
Aetna COMMPOS $303.80
Aetna COMMHMO $303.80
Aetna OONHMO $357.22
Aetna OONPPO $357.22
Aetna OONPOS $357.22
BCBS HMO $381.07
Aetna ASAHMO $386.05
Aetna ASAPPO $386.05
Aetna ASAPOS $386.05
BCBS EPOSOA $395.64
BCBS PPO $409.09
Humana HMO $732.14
Humana PPO $732.14

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Dxa bone density axl vrt fx at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $191.45 $51.79 – $547.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $365.14 $53.46 – $456.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $293.20 $60.35 – $439.79
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $300.82 $53.46 – $376.03
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $365.14 $53.46 – $456.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $293.20 $57.20 – $439.79
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $293.20 $53.46 – $439.79
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $300.82 $53.46 – $451.23

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