Gastroesophageal reflux 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

$3,611.39

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.

$3,611.39

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.

$216.68 with Superior Health Plan vs $2,358.00 with Oscar — 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $216.68 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $216.68 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $216.68 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $216.68 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $216.68 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $332.26 ↓ -91%
BCBS BAV $366.33 ↓ -90%
BCBS HMO $458.63 ↓ -87%
BCBS EPOSOA $458.63 ↓ -87%
BCBS PPO $458.63 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $469.48 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $469.48 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $469.48 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $469.48 ↓ -87%
Cigna CSN $534.49 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $577.82 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $599.49 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $606.71 ↓ -83%
Cigna PPO $686.16 ↓ -81%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $855.90 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $855.90 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $920.90 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $985.91 ↓ -73%
United SmallGroup $1,120.00 ↓ -69%
BCBS Traditional $1,263.99 ↓ -65%
Humana HMO $1,282.17 ↓ -64%
Humana PPO $1,282.17 ↓ -64%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,444.56 ↓ -60%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,600.00 ↓ -56%
United GlobalAppendix $1,625.13 ↓ -55%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,672.00 ↓ -54%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,702.00 ↓ -53%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,924.87 ↓ -47%
Oscar HIX $2,358.00 ↓ -35%

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Gastroesophageal reflux test at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,393.53 $356.12 – $1,741.91
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,323.71 $272.46 – $1,985.57
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,092.39 $218.48 – $1,365.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,393.53 $332.26 – $1,741.91
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,323.71 $356.12 – $1,985.57
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,323.71 $683.92 – $1,985.57
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,092.39 $356.12 – $1,638.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,393.53 $356.12 – $1,741.91

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