Fructosamine glycated protein 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

$773.02

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.

$773.02

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.

$14.08 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $412.02 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 $14.08 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $14.08 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $14.08 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $14.08 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $14.08 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $14.08 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $14.36 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $15.21 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $15.49 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $15.49 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $15.49 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $15.49 ↓ -98%
Oscar MGMCR $16.42 ↓ -98%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance VeteransPCCC $16.42 ↓ -98%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $16.76 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $16.76 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $16.76 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $16.76 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $16.76 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $16.76 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $16.76 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $16.76 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MGMCR $16.76 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $16.76 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $16.76 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $16.76 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $16.76 ↓ -98%
WellMed MGMCR $16.84 ↓ -98%
Van Lang IPA MCR $16.93 ↓ -98%
United MCR $17.10 ↓ -98%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $17.26 ↓ -98%
WellCare SNP $17.26 ↓ -98%
WellCare POS $17.26 ↓ -98%
WellCare PPO $17.26 ↓ -98%
WellCare MCRHMO $17.26 ↓ -98%
WellCare PFFS $17.26 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $17.60 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $17.60 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan MGMCR $17.60 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $17.60 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $17.60 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $17.60 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $17.60 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $17.60 ↓ -98%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $17.60 ↓ -98%
Shared Health MGMCR $17.60 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $17.77 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $17.77 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $17.77 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $17.77 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $17.77 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $18.14 ↓ -98%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $18.14 ↓ -98%
Molina MGMCR $18.27 ↓ -98%
Verda Health Plan MCR $21.79 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice HIX $24.30 ↓ -97%
Superior ValueHMO $24.30 ↓ -97%
Superior EPO $25.98 ↓ -97%
Superior HMO $25.98 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $33.86 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare HIX $36.03 ↓ -95%
BCBS BAV $37.37 ↓ -95%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $45.22 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $46.38 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $46.38 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $46.38 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $46.38 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $46.38 ↓ -94%
BCBS HMO $46.76 ↓ -94%
Oscar HIX $48.44 ↓ -94%
BCBS EPOSOA $50.11 ↓ -94%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $50.28 ↓ -93%
BCBS PPO $53.46 ↓ -93%
Aetna QHPExchange $61.41 ↓ -92%
Cigna CSN $68.28 ↓ -91%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $73.96 ↓ -90%
Aetna NBHMO $81.66 ↓ -89%
Aetna NBPOS $81.66 ↓ -89%
Aetna NBPPO $81.66 ↓ -89%
Aetna COMMPOS $86.76 ↓ -89%
Aetna COMMHMO $86.76 ↓ -89%
Aetna COMMPPO $86.76 ↓ -89%
Cigna PPO $88.00 ↓ -89%
Aetna OONHMO $101.92 ↓ -87%
Aetna OONPPO $101.92 ↓ -87%
Aetna OONPOS $101.92 ↓ -87%
Aetna ASAHMO $110.20 ↓ -86%
Aetna ASAPPO $110.20 ↓ -86%
Aetna ASAPOS $110.20 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $128.32 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $129.87 ↓ -83%
Humana HMO $201.36 ↓ -74%
Humana PPO $201.36 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $211.03 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $270.56 ↓ -65%
United GlobalAppendix $347.86 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $412.02 ↓ -47%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $78.73 $10.00 – $98.42
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $79.24 $12.00 – $99.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $78.73 $10.00 – $98.42
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