Glucose body fluid 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

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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.

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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.

$3.30 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $94.49 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 $3.30
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $3.30
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $3.30
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $3.30
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $3.30
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $3.30
United MGMCD $3.37
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $3.56
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $3.63
Molina Healthcare CHIP $3.63
Molina Healthcare STAR $3.63
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $3.63
Oscar MGMCR $3.85
TriWest Healthcare Alliance VeteransPCCC $3.85
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $3.93
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $3.93
BCBS MCRPPO $3.93
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $3.93
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $3.93
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $3.93
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $3.93
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $3.93
Devoted Health MGMCR $3.93
United SmallGroup $3.93
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $3.93
United AllPayerAppendix $3.93
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $3.93
WellMed MGMCR $3.95
Van Lang IPA MCR $3.97
United MCR $4.01
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $4.05
WellCare SNP $4.05
WellCare POS $4.05
WellCare PPO $4.05
WellCare MCRHMO $4.05
WellCare PFFS $4.05
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $4.13
Humana MCD $4.13
American Health Plan MGMCR $4.13
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $4.13
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $4.13
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $4.13
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $4.13
Superior Health Plan PFFS $4.13
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $4.13
Shared Health MGMCR $4.13
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $4.17
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $4.17
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $4.17
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $4.17
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $4.17
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $4.25
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $4.25
Molina MGMCR $4.28
Verda Health Plan MCR $5.11
Community Health Choice HIX $5.70
Superior ValueHMO $5.70
Superior EPO $6.09
Superior HMO $6.09
BCBS MyBlueHealth $7.94
Molina Healthcare HIX $8.45
BCBS BAV $8.76
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $10.64
Superior Health Plan CHIP $10.64
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $10.64
Superior Health Plan STAR $10.64
Superior Health Plan STARKids $10.64
BCBS HMO $10.96
Oscar HIX $11.36
BCBS EPOSOA $11.75
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $11.79
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $11.79
BCBS PPO $12.54
Aetna QHPExchange $14.41
Cigna CSN $16.71
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $18.10
Aetna NBPPO $19.17
Aetna NBHMO $19.17
Aetna NBPOS $19.17
Aetna COMMPPO $20.36
Aetna COMMPOS $20.36
Aetna COMMHMO $20.36
Cigna PPO $21.54
Aetna OONPOS $23.92
Aetna OONHMO $23.92
Aetna OONPPO $23.92
Aetna ASAHMO $25.86
Aetna ASAPPO $25.86
Aetna ASAPOS $25.86
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $29.43
United OptionsPPO $29.78
Evry Health BroadNetwork $48.40
Humana HMO $52.48
Humana PPO $52.48
BCBS Traditional $62.05
United GlobalAppendix $79.78
Coventry National First Health COMM $94.49
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $76.34 $3.30 – $67.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $79.18 $5.76 – $80.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $79.18 $3.30 – $67.11
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $79.18 $3.53 – $80.53
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