Fetal non stress test 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

$1,148.19

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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$1,148.19

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.

$10.15 with Christus (USFHP) vs $1,702.00 with United — 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
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $10.15 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $10.15 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $16.93 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $17.36 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $17.36 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $17.36 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $17.36 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $17.67 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $17.67 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $17.67 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $17.67 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $19.72 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $19.92 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $37.85 ↓ -97%
BCBS BAV $41.79 ↓ -96%
BCBS HMO $52.28 ↓ -95%
BCBS EPOSOA $56.03 ↓ -95%
BCBS PPO $59.78 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $68.89 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $68.89 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $68.89 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $68.89 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $68.89 ↓ -94%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $190.60 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $192.90 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $223.90 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $272.12 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $272.12 ↓ -76%
Aetna QHPExchange $276.71 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $292.79 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $313.46 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBHMO $335.27 ↓ -71%
Aetna NBPPO $335.27 ↓ -71%
Aetna NBPOS $335.27 ↓ -71%
Aetna COMMPPO $357.09 ↓ -69%
Aetna COMMPOS $357.09 ↓ -69%
Aetna COMMHMO $357.09 ↓ -69%
Humana HMO $366.39 ↓ -68%
Humana PPO $366.39 ↓ -68%
BCBS Traditional $401.87 ↓ -65%
Aetna OONPOS $420.24 ↓ -63%
Aetna OONHMO $420.24 ↓ -63%
Aetna OONPPO $420.24 ↓ -63%
Aetna ASAPOS $454.68 ↓ -60%
Aetna ASAHMO $454.68 ↓ -60%
Aetna ASAPPO $454.68 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $459.28 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $516.69 ↓ -55%
Cigna CSN $528.00 ↓ -54%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $572.00 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $611.99 ↓ -47%
Cigna PPO $680.00 ↓ -41%
United SmallGroup $1,120.00 ↓ -2%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,600.00 ↑ +39%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,702.00 ↑ +48%

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Fetal non stress test at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $481.25 $27.36 – $1,375.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $557.85 $15.78 – $697.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $567.54 $16.88 – $851.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $497.73 $15.78 – $622.16
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $557.85 $15.78 – $697.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $567.54 $16.88 – $851.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $567.54 $15.78 – $851.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $497.73 $15.78 – $746.60

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