Glucagon plasma - sendout 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

$152.57

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.

$152.57

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.

$9.15 with Superior Health Plan vs $190.86 with Humana — 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 $9.15 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $9.15 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $9.15 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $9.15 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $9.15 ↓ -94%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $12.00 ↓ -92%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $12.00 ↓ -92%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $12.00 ↓ -92%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $12.00 ↓ -92%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $12.00 ↓ -92%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $12.00 ↓ -92%
United MGMCD $12.24 ↓ -92%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $12.96 ↓ -92%
Molina Healthcare STAR $13.20 ↓ -91%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $13.20 ↓ -91%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $13.20 ↓ -91%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $13.20 ↓ -91%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance VeteransPCCC $14.00 ↓ -91%
Oscar MGMCR $14.00 ↓ -91%
BCBS MCRPPO $14.29 ↓ -91%
United SmallGroup $14.29 ↓ -91%
United AllPayerAppendix $14.29 ↓ -91%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $14.29 ↓ -91%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $14.29 ↓ -91%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $14.29 ↓ -91%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $14.29 ↓ -91%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $14.29 ↓ -91%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $14.29 ↓ -91%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $14.29 ↓ -91%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $14.29 ↓ -91%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $14.29 ↓ -91%
Devoted Health MGMCR $14.29 ↓ -91%
WellMed MGMCR $14.36 ↓ -91%
Van Lang IPA MCR $14.43 ↓ -91%
United MCR $14.58 ↓ -90%
WellCare POS $14.72 ↓ -90%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $14.72 ↓ -90%
WellCare PPO $14.72 ↓ -90%
WellCare SNP $14.72 ↓ -90%
WellCare PFFS $14.72 ↓ -90%
WellCare MCRHMO $14.72 ↓ -90%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $15.00 ↓ -90%
Humana MCD $15.00 ↓ -90%
American Health Plan MGMCR $15.00 ↓ -90%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $15.00 ↓ -90%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $15.00 ↓ -90%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $15.00 ↓ -90%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $15.00 ↓ -90%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $15.00 ↓ -90%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $15.00 ↓ -90%
Shared Health MGMCR $15.00 ↓ -90%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $15.15 ↓ -90%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $15.15 ↓ -90%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $15.15 ↓ -90%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $15.15 ↓ -90%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $15.15 ↓ -90%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $15.47 ↓ -90%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $15.47 ↓ -90%
Molina MGMCR $15.58 ↓ -90%
Verda Health Plan MCR $18.58 ↓ -88%
Superior ValueHMO $20.72 ↓ -86%
Community Health Choice HIX $20.72 ↓ -86%
Superior EPO $22.15 ↓ -85%
Superior HMO $22.15 ↓ -85%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $25.33 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $25.63 ↓ -83%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $28.87 ↓ -81%
Molina Healthcare HIX $30.72 ↓ -80%
BCBS BAV $31.87 ↓ -79%
BCBS HMO $39.87 ↓ -74%
Oscar HIX $41.30 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $41.65 ↓ -73%
BCBS EPOSOA $42.73 ↓ -72%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $42.87 ↓ -72%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $42.87 ↓ -72%
BCBS PPO $45.59 ↓ -70%
Aetna QHPExchange $52.35 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $53.40 ↓ -65%
Cigna CSN $58.54 ↓ -62%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $63.41 ↓ -58%
United GlobalAppendix $68.66 ↓ -55%
Aetna NBPOS $69.61 ↓ -54%
Aetna NBHMO $69.61 ↓ -54%
Aetna NBPPO $69.61 ↓ -54%
Aetna COMMHMO $73.96 ↓ -52%
Aetna COMMPOS $73.96 ↓ -52%
Aetna COMMPPO $73.96 ↓ -52%
Cigna PPO $75.44 ↓ -51%
Coventry National First Health COMM $81.32 ↓ -47%
Aetna OONPOS $86.88 ↓ -43%
Aetna OONPPO $86.88 ↓ -43%
Aetna OONHMO $86.88 ↓ -43%
Aetna ASAPPO $93.94 ↓ -38%
Aetna ASAHMO $93.94 ↓ -38%
Aetna ASAPOS $93.94 ↓ -38%
Humana HMO $190.86 ↑ +25%
Humana PPO $190.86 ↑ +25%
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Glucagon plasma - sendout at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $47.25 $10.29 – $135.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $93.45 $10.00 – $116.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $114.41 $12.00 – $171.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $111.07 $12.00 – $138.84
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $93.45 $10.00 – $116.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $114.41 $12.00 – $171.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $114.41 $8.00 – $171.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $111.07 $12.00 – $166.61

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