Echocardiography doppler color flow mapping 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

$1,557.43

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.

$1,557.43

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.

$52.28 with BCBS vs $830.11 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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $52.28 ↓ -97%
BCBS BAV $57.64 ↓ -96%
BCBS PPO $72.16 ↓ -95%
BCBS EPOSOA $72.16 ↓ -95%
BCBS HMO $72.16 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $93.45 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $93.45 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $93.45 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $93.45 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $93.45 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $202.47 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $202.47 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $202.47 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $202.47 ↓ -87%
Humana HMO $210.48 ↓ -86%
Humana PPO $210.48 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $230.50 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $249.19 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $258.53 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $261.65 ↓ -83%
Cigna PPO $295.91 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $303.70 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $369.11 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $369.11 ↓ -76%
Aetna QHPExchange $375.34 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $397.14 ↓ -75%
Molina Healthcare HIX $420.51 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $425.18 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBHMO $454.77 ↓ -71%
Aetna NBPOS $454.77 ↓ -71%
Aetna NBPPO $454.77 ↓ -71%
Aetna COMMPPO $484.36 ↓ -69%
Aetna COMMHMO $484.36 ↓ -69%
Aetna COMMPOS $484.36 ↓ -69%
BCBS Traditional $545.10 ↓ -65%
Aetna OONPPO $570.02 ↓ -63%
Aetna OONHMO $570.02 ↓ -63%
Aetna OONPOS $570.02 ↓ -63%
Aetna ASAHMO $616.74 ↓ -60%
Aetna ASAPPO $616.74 ↓ -60%
Aetna ASAPOS $616.74 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $622.97 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $622.97 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $700.84 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $830.11 ↓ -47%

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Echocardiography doppler color flow mapping at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $316.05 $32.62 – $903.00
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $649.89 $86.01 – $86.01
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $702.59 $68.58 – $995.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $640.45 $67.47 – $960.68
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $745.70 $67.47 – $932.13
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $702.59 $52.28 – $995.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $640.45 $82.43 – $960.68
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $640.45 $330.90 – $960.68

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