Full Spine X-ray (Scoliosis Survey) at HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST

621 RAYFORD RD, SPRING, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1740450121

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 2026

$1,958.61

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.

$1,958.61

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.

$70.50 with Amerigroup vs $1,664.82 with Multiplan — 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
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $70.50 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $70.50 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup MGMCD $70.50 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $70.50 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $70.50 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $70.50 ↓ -96%
United MGMCD $71.91 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $76.14 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare STAR $77.55 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $77.55 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $77.55 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $77.55 ↓ -96%
Humana MCD $88.13 ↓ -96%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $105.75 ↓ -95%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $105.75 ↓ -95%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $105.75 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $117.52 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $117.52 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $117.52 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $117.52 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $117.52 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $197.26 ↓ -90%
Cigna CSN $201.24 ↓ -90%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04 ↓ -89%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $217.79 ↓ -89%
United SmallGroup $245.18 ↓ -87%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -87%
BCBS BAV $249.94 ↓ -87%
Cigna PPO $258.89 ↓ -87%
United OptionsPPO $329.05 ↓ -83%
BCBS HMO $381.07 ↓ -81%
BCBS EPOSOA $395.64 ↓ -80%
BCBS PPO $409.09 ↓ -79%
Aetna NBPOS $456.38 ↓ -77%
Aetna NBHMO $456.38 ↓ -77%
Aetna NBPPO $456.38 ↓ -77%
Aetna COMMPPO $485.60 ↓ -75%
Aetna COMMHMO $485.60 ↓ -75%
Aetna COMMPOS $485.60 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $499.45 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $534.70 ↓ -73%
Aetna OONPOS $570.94 ↓ -71%
Aetna OONHMO $570.94 ↓ -71%
Aetna OONPPO $570.94 ↓ -71%
Aetna ASAPOS $617.32 ↓ -68%
Aetna ASAHMO $617.32 ↓ -68%
Aetna ASAPPO $617.32 ↓ -68%
Humana HMO $648.89 ↓ -67%
Humana PPO $648.89 ↓ -67%
BCBS Traditional $685.51 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $783.44 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $783.44 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $881.37 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,014.56 ↓ -48%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,468.96 ↓ -25%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,664.82 ↓ -15%

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Full Spine X-ray (Scoliosis Survey) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $1,065.40 $70.50 – $3,044.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $464.96 $70.50 – $581.20
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $242.35 $49.88 – $363.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $453.73 $70.50 – $567.16
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $464.96 $70.50 – $581.20
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $242.35 $75.44 – $363.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $242.35 $70.50 – $363.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $453.73 $70.50 – $680.60

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