Encephalitis, california igg/igm 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

$438.81

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.

$438.81

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.

$11.08 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $233.89 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
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $11.08 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $11.08 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $11.08 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $11.08 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $11.08 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $11.08 ↓ -97%
United MGMCD $11.30 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $11.97 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $12.19 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $12.19 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STAR $12.19 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $12.19 ↓ -97%
Oscar MGMCR $12.93 ↓ -97%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance VeteransPCCC $12.93 ↓ -97%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $13.19 ↓ -97%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $13.19 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRPPO $13.19 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $13.19 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $13.19 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $13.19 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $13.19 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $13.19 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MGMCR $13.19 ↓ -97%
United SmallGroup $13.19 ↓ -97%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $13.19 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $13.19 ↓ -97%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $13.19 ↓ -97%
WellMed MGMCR $13.26 ↓ -97%
Van Lang IPA MCR $13.32 ↓ -97%
United MCR $13.45 ↓ -97%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $13.59 ↓ -97%
WellCare SNP $13.59 ↓ -97%
WellCare POS $13.59 ↓ -97%
WellCare PPO $13.59 ↓ -97%
WellCare MCRHMO $13.59 ↓ -97%
WellCare PFFS $13.59 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $13.85 ↓ -97%
Humana MCD $13.85 ↓ -97%
American Health Plan MGMCR $13.85 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $13.85 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $13.85 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $13.85 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $13.85 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $13.85 ↓ -97%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $13.85 ↓ -97%
Shared Health MGMCR $13.85 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $13.98 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $13.98 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $13.98 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $13.98 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $13.98 ↓ -97%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $14.28 ↓ -97%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $14.28 ↓ -97%
Molina MGMCR $14.38 ↓ -97%
Verda Health Plan MCR $17.15 ↓ -96%
Superior ValueHMO $19.13 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice HIX $19.13 ↓ -96%
Superior EPO $20.44 ↓ -95%
Superior HMO $20.44 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $26.33 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $26.33 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $26.33 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $26.33 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $26.33 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $26.64 ↓ -94%
Molina Healthcare HIX $28.36 ↓ -94%
BCBS BAV $29.41 ↓ -93%
BCBS HMO $36.80 ↓ -92%
Oscar HIX $38.12 ↓ -91%
BCBS EPOSOA $39.44 ↓ -91%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $39.57 ↓ -91%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $39.57 ↓ -91%
BCBS PPO $42.08 ↓ -90%
Aetna QHPExchange $48.30 ↓ -89%
Cigna CSN $54.38 ↓ -88%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $58.91 ↓ -87%
Aetna NBPPO $64.23 ↓ -85%
Aetna NBPOS $64.23 ↓ -85%
Aetna NBHMO $64.23 ↓ -85%
Aetna COMMPPO $68.24 ↓ -84%
Aetna COMMPOS $68.24 ↓ -84%
Aetna COMMHMO $68.24 ↓ -84%
Cigna PPO $70.08 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $72.84 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $73.72 ↓ -83%
Aetna OONHMO $80.16 ↓ -82%
Aetna OONPOS $80.16 ↓ -82%
Aetna OONPPO $80.16 ↓ -82%
Aetna ASAPOS $86.67 ↓ -80%
Aetna ASAHMO $86.67 ↓ -80%
Aetna ASAPPO $86.67 ↓ -80%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $119.80 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $153.58 ↓ -65%
Humana HMO $176.15 ↓ -60%
Humana PPO $176.15 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $197.46 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $233.89 ↓ -47%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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