Glucose tolerance test (gtt) >3 specimens each additional 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

$854.56

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$854.56

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$3.29 with Texas Childrens Health Plans vs $455.48 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

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
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $3.29 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $3.29 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $3.29 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $3.29 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $3.29 ↓ -100%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $3.29 ↓ -100%
United MGMCD $3.36 ↓ -100%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $3.55 ↓ -100%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $3.62 ↓ -100%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $3.62 ↓ -100%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $3.62 ↓ -100%
Molina Healthcare STAR $3.62 ↓ -100%
Oscar MGMCR $3.84 ↓ -100%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance VeteransPCCC $3.84 ↓ -100%
Devoted Health MGMCR $3.92 ↓ -100%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $3.92 ↓ -100%
United AllPayerAppendix $3.92 ↓ -100%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $3.92 ↓ -100%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $3.92 ↓ -100%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $3.92 ↓ -100%
BCBS MCRPPO $3.92 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $3.92 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $3.92 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $3.92 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $3.92 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $3.92 ↓ -100%
United SmallGroup $3.92 ↓ -100%
WellMed MGMCR $3.94 ↓ -100%
Van Lang IPA MCR $3.96 ↓ -100%
United MCR $4.00 ↓ -100%
WellCare MCRHMO $4.04 ↓ -100%
WellCare PPO $4.04 ↓ -100%
WellCare SNP $4.04 ↓ -100%
WellCare POS $4.04 ↓ -100%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $4.04 ↓ -100%
WellCare PFFS $4.04 ↓ -100%
Humana MCD $4.11 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $4.12 ↓ -100%
American Health Plan MGMCR $4.12 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $4.12 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $4.12 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $4.12 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $4.12 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $4.12 ↓ -100%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $4.12 ↓ -100%
Shared Health MGMCR $4.12 ↓ -100%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $4.16 ↓ -100%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $4.16 ↓ -100%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $4.16 ↓ -100%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $4.16 ↓ -100%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $4.16 ↓ -100%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $4.24 ↓ -100%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $4.24 ↓ -100%
Molina MGMCR $4.27 ↓ -100%
Verda Health Plan MCR $5.10 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $5.68 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice HIX $5.68 ↓ -99%
Superior HMO $6.08 ↓ -99%
Superior EPO $6.08 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $7.92 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare HIX $8.43 ↓ -99%
BCBS BAV $8.74 ↓ -99%
BCBS HMO $10.94 ↓ -99%
Oscar HIX $11.33 ↓ -99%
BCBS EPOSOA $11.72 ↓ -99%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $11.76 ↓ -99%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $11.77 ↓ -99%
BCBS PPO $12.50 ↓ -99%
Aetna QHPExchange $14.36 ↓ -98%
Cigna CSN $16.71 ↓ -98%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $18.10 ↓ -98%
Aetna NBPPO $19.10 ↓ -98%
Aetna NBHMO $19.10 ↓ -98%
Aetna NBPOS $19.10 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMMPOS $20.29 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMMPPO $20.29 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMMHMO $20.29 ↓ -98%
Cigna PPO $21.54 ↓ -97%
Aetna OONPPO $23.84 ↓ -97%
Aetna OONPOS $23.84 ↓ -97%
Aetna OONHMO $23.84 ↓ -97%
Aetna ASAHMO $25.78 ↓ -97%
Aetna ASAPPO $25.78 ↓ -97%
Aetna ASAPOS $25.78 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $51.27 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $51.27 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $51.27 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $51.27 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $51.27 ↓ -94%
Humana PPO $52.37 ↓ -94%
Humana HMO $52.37 ↓ -94%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $141.86 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $143.57 ↓ -83%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $233.29 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $299.10 ↓ -65%
United GlobalAppendix $384.55 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $455.48 ↓ -47%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Glucose tolerance test (gtt) >3 specimens each additional at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $17.15 $2.82 – $49.00
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $87.83 $3.53 – $15.09
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $45.82 $3.29 – $57.27
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $41.28 $5.75 – $61.92
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $36.00 $3.29 – $45.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $45.82 $3.29 – $57.27
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $41.28 $3.52 – $61.92
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $41.28 $3.29 – $61.92

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