Ed svc ckd ind per session 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.

$91.44 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $1,052.60 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
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $91.44
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $91.44
Oscar MGMCR $113.18
TriWest Healthcare Alliance VeteransPCCC $113.18
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $115.49
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $115.49
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $115.49
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $115.49
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $115.49
BCBS MCRPPO $115.49
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $115.49
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $115.49
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $115.49
Devoted Health MGMCR $115.49
WellMed MGMCR $116.07
Van Lang IPA MCR $116.64
United MCR $117.80
WellCare PFFS $118.95
WellCare PPO $118.95
WellCare SNP $118.95
WellCare POS $118.95
WellCare MCRHMO $118.95
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $118.95
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $121.26
Superior Health Plan PFFS $121.26
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $121.26
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $121.26
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $121.26
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $121.26
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $121.26
American Health Plan MGMCR $121.26
Shared Health MGMCR $121.26
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $122.42
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $122.42
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $122.42
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $122.42
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $122.42
Molina MGMCR $125.88
Verda Health Plan MCR $150.14
Superior ValueHMO $167.46
Community Health Choice HIX $167.46
Superior HMO $179.01
Superior EPO $179.01
Molina Healthcare HIX $248.30
BCBS MyBlueHealth $263.11
BCBS BAV $290.10
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $346.47
BCBS EPOSOA $363.18
BCBS HMO $363.18
BCBS PPO $363.18
Humana PPO $1,052.60
Humana HMO $1,052.60

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