Ghs fish cytogen 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

$774.47

Cash price

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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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$774.47

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.

$17.99 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $412.79 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 $17.99 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $17.99 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $17.99 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $17.99 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $17.99 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $17.99 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $18.35 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $19.43 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $19.79 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $19.79 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STAR $19.79 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $19.79 ↓ -97%
Oscar MGMCR $20.99 ↓ -97%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance VeteransPCCC $20.99 ↓ -97%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $21.42 ↓ -97%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $21.42 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRPPO $21.42 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $21.42 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $21.42 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $21.42 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $21.42 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $21.42 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MGMCR $21.42 ↓ -97%
United SmallGroup $21.42 ↓ -97%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $21.42 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $21.42 ↓ -97%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $21.42 ↓ -97%
WellMed MGMCR $21.53 ↓ -97%
Van Lang IPA MCR $21.63 ↓ -97%
United MCR $21.85 ↓ -97%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $22.06 ↓ -97%
WellCare SNP $22.06 ↓ -97%
WellCare POS $22.06 ↓ -97%
WellCare PPO $22.06 ↓ -97%
WellCare MCRHMO $22.06 ↓ -97%
WellCare PFFS $22.06 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $22.49 ↓ -97%
Humana MCD $22.49 ↓ -97%
American Health Plan MGMCR $22.49 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $22.49 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $22.49 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $22.49 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $22.49 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $22.49 ↓ -97%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $22.49 ↓ -97%
Shared Health MGMCR $22.49 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $22.71 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $22.71 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $22.71 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $22.71 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $22.71 ↓ -97%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $23.18 ↓ -97%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $23.18 ↓ -97%
Molina MGMCR $23.35 ↓ -97%
Verda Health Plan MCR $27.85 ↓ -96%
Superior ValueHMO $31.06 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice HIX $31.06 ↓ -96%
Superior HMO $33.20 ↓ -96%
Superior EPO $33.20 ↓ -96%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $43.27 ↓ -94%
Molina Healthcare HIX $46.05 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $46.47 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $46.47 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $46.47 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $46.47 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $46.47 ↓ -94%
BCBS BAV $47.77 ↓ -94%
BCBS HMO $59.76 ↓ -92%
Oscar HIX $61.90 ↓ -92%
BCBS EPOSOA $64.05 ↓ -92%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $64.25 ↓ -92%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $64.26 ↓ -92%
BCBS PPO $68.33 ↓ -91%
Aetna QHPExchange $78.47 ↓ -90%
Cigna CSN $87.81 ↓ -89%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $95.11 ↓ -88%
Aetna NBPPO $104.35 ↓ -87%
Aetna NBPOS $104.35 ↓ -87%
Aetna NBHMO $104.35 ↓ -87%
Aetna COMMPPO $110.87 ↓ -86%
Aetna COMMPOS $110.87 ↓ -86%
Aetna COMMHMO $110.87 ↓ -86%
Cigna PPO $113.16 ↓ -85%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $128.56 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $130.11 ↓ -83%
Aetna OONHMO $130.24 ↓ -83%
Aetna OONPOS $130.24 ↓ -83%
Aetna OONPPO $130.24 ↓ -83%
Aetna ASAPOS $140.82 ↓ -82%
Aetna ASAHMO $140.82 ↓ -82%
Aetna ASAPPO $140.82 ↓ -82%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $211.43 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $271.06 ↓ -65%
Humana HMO $286.08 ↓ -63%
Humana PPO $286.08 ↓ -63%
United GlobalAppendix $348.51 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $412.79 ↓ -47%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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