Fibrinogen activity 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

not published by hospital

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

not published by hospital

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$8.16 with Texas Childrens Health Plans vs $1,129.41 with Coventry National First Health — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $8.16
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $8.16
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $8.16
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $8.16
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $8.16
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $8.16
United MGMCD $8.32
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $8.81
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $8.98
Molina Healthcare STAR $8.98
Molina Healthcare CHIP $8.98
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $8.98
Oscar MGMCR $9.53
TriWest Healthcare Alliance VeteransPCCC $9.53
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $9.72
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $9.72
United AllPayerAppendix $9.72
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $9.72
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $9.72
Devoted Health MGMCR $9.72
United SmallGroup $9.72
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $9.72
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $9.72
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $9.72
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $9.72
BCBS MCRPPO $9.72
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $9.72
WellMed MGMCR $9.77
Van Lang IPA MCR $9.82
United MCR $9.91
WellCare PFFS $10.01
WellCare POS $10.01
WellCare SNP $10.01
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $10.01
WellCare MCRHMO $10.01
WellCare PPO $10.01
Humana MCD $10.20
American Health Plan MGMCR $10.21
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $10.21
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $10.21
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $10.21
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $10.21
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $10.21
Superior Health Plan PFFS $10.21
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $10.21
Shared Health MGMCR $10.21
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $10.30
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $10.30
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $10.30
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $10.30
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $10.30
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $10.52
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $10.52
Molina MGMCR $10.59
Verda Health Plan MCR $12.64
Superior ValueHMO $14.09
Community Health Choice HIX $14.09
Superior HMO $15.07
Superior EPO $15.07
BCBS MyBlueHealth $19.63
Molina Healthcare HIX $20.90
BCBS BAV $21.68
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $25.49
BCBS HMO $27.12
Oscar HIX $28.09
BCBS EPOSOA $29.06
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $29.16
BCBS PPO $31.01
Aetna QHPExchange $35.62
Cigna CSN $40.44
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $43.80
Aetna NBHMO $47.37
Aetna NBPOS $47.37
Aetna NBPPO $47.37
Aetna COMMPOS $50.33
Aetna COMMPPO $50.33
Aetna COMMHMO $50.33
Cigna PPO $52.12
Aetna OONPPO $59.12
Aetna OONPOS $59.12
Aetna OONHMO $59.12
Aetna ASAPPO $63.92
Aetna ASAHMO $63.92
Aetna ASAPOS $63.92
Humana PPO $113.50
Humana HMO $113.50
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $127.14
Superior Health Plan STARKids $127.14
Superior Health Plan CHIP $127.14
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $127.14
Superior Health Plan STAR $127.14
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $351.75
United OptionsPPO $355.99
Evry Health BroadNetwork $578.48
BCBS Traditional $741.64
United GlobalAppendix $953.53
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,129.41
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Fibrinogen activity at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $172.20 $7.00 – $492.00
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $187.83 $8.75 – $37.42
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $147.36 $8.16 – $57.87
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $134.03 $9.53 – $69.44
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $126.22 $8.16 – $57.87
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $147.36 $8.16 – $57.87
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $134.03 $8.73 – $69.44
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $134.03 $8.00 – $69.44

All Texas hospitals for this procedure →