Ercp biliary & pancreas 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.

$81.82 with BCBS vs $3,915.78 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 $81.82
BCBS BAV $103.67
BCBS HMO $158.07
BCBS EPOSOA $164.11
BCBS PPO $169.69
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $440.80
Superior Health Plan CHIP $440.80
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $440.80
Superior Health Plan STAR $440.80
Superior Health Plan STARKids $440.80
Aetna QHPExchange $457.08
Aetna NBPPO $607.51
Aetna NBHMO $607.51
Aetna NBPOS $607.51
Aetna COMMHMO $646.25
Aetna COMMPOS $646.25
Aetna COMMPPO $646.25
Aetna OONPPO $759.87
Aetna OONHMO $759.87
Aetna OONPOS $759.87
Aetna ASAPPO $821.20
Aetna ASAHMO $821.20
Aetna ASAPOS $821.20
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $955.07
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $955.07
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $955.07
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $955.07
Cigna CSN $1,087.31
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,175.47
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,219.55
United OptionsPPO $1,234.24
Cigna PPO $1,395.87
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $1,741.16
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $1,741.16
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,873.40
Molina Healthcare HIX $1,983.60
Evry Health BroadNetwork $2,005.64
Humana PPO $2,542.33
Humana HMO $2,542.33
BCBS Traditional $2,571.33
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2,938.67
Curative Administrators COMM $2,938.67
United GlobalAppendix $3,306.00
Coventry National First Health COMM $3,915.78

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Ercp biliary & pancreas at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $494.20 $65.55 – $1,412.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $967.04 $92.98 – $1,369.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,167.85 $156.21 – $1,751.78
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,106.24 $156.21 – $1,382.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $967.04 $106.46 – $1,369.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,167.85 $190.14 – $1,751.78
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,167.85 $603.39 – $1,751.78
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,106.24 $156.21 – $1,659.37

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