Giardia ag if 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

$1,361.48

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.

$1,361.48

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.

$11.43 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $725.67 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 $11.43 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $11.43 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $11.43 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $11.43 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $11.43 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $11.43 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $11.66 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $12.34 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $12.57 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $12.57 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $12.57 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $12.57 ↓ -99%
Oscar MGMCR $13.34 ↓ -99%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance VeteransPCCC $13.34 ↓ -99%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $13.61 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $13.61 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $13.61 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $13.61 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $13.61 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $13.61 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $13.61 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $13.61 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $13.61 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $13.61 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $13.61 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $13.61 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $13.61 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $13.68 ↓ -99%
Van Lang IPA MCR $13.75 ↓ -99%
United MCR $13.88 ↓ -99%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $14.02 ↓ -99%
WellCare SNP $14.02 ↓ -99%
WellCare POS $14.02 ↓ -99%
WellCare PPO $14.02 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCRHMO $14.02 ↓ -99%
WellCare PFFS $14.02 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $14.29 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $14.29 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MGMCR $14.29 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $14.29 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $14.29 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $14.29 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $14.29 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $14.29 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $14.29 ↓ -99%
Shared Health MGMCR $14.29 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $14.43 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $14.43 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $14.43 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $14.43 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $14.43 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $14.73 ↓ -99%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $14.73 ↓ -99%
Molina MGMCR $14.83 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MCR $17.69 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $19.73 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice HIX $19.73 ↓ -99%
Superior HMO $21.10 ↓ -98%
Superior EPO $21.10 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $27.49 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare HIX $29.26 ↓ -98%
BCBS BAV $30.35 ↓ -98%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $35.96 ↓ -97%
BCBS HMO $37.97 ↓ -97%
Oscar HIX $39.33 ↓ -97%
BCBS EPOSOA $40.69 ↓ -97%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $40.83 ↓ -97%
BCBS PPO $43.42 ↓ -97%
Aetna QHPExchange $49.84 ↓ -96%
Cigna CSN $55.77 ↓ -96%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $60.41 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBHMO $66.28 ↓ -95%
Aetna NBPPO $66.28 ↓ -95%
Aetna NBPOS $66.28 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMMPOS $70.42 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMMPPO $70.42 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMMHMO $70.42 ↓ -95%
Cigna PPO $71.87 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $81.69 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $81.69 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $81.69 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $81.69 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $81.69 ↓ -94%
Aetna OONHMO $82.72 ↓ -94%
Aetna OONPOS $82.72 ↓ -94%
Aetna OONPPO $82.72 ↓ -94%
Aetna ASAPOS $89.44 ↓ -93%
Aetna ASAPPO $89.44 ↓ -93%
Aetna ASAHMO $89.44 ↓ -93%
Humana PPO $160.14 ↓ -88%
Humana HMO $160.14 ↓ -88%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $226.01 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $228.73 ↓ -83%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $371.68 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $476.52 ↓ -65%
United GlobalAppendix $612.67 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $725.67 ↓ -47%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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