Hemodialysis repeated eval 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

$5,304.20

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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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$5,304.20

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.

$85.92 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $2,827.14 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
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $85.92 ↓ -98%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $85.92 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $318.25 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $318.25 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $318.25 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $318.25 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $318.25 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $689.55 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $689.55 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $689.55 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $689.55 ↓ -87%
Cigna CSN $785.02 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $848.67 ↓ -84%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $864.58 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $880.50 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $891.11 ↓ -83%
BCBS BAV $954.76 ↓ -82%
Humana HMO $1,006.82 ↓ -81%
Humana PPO $1,006.82 ↓ -81%
Cigna PPO $1,007.80 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $1,034.32 ↓ -80%
BCBS HMO $1,193.44 ↓ -78%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,219.97 ↓ -77%
BCBS PPO $1,241.18 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $1,257.10 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $1,257.10 ↓ -76%
Aetna QHPExchange $1,278.31 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,352.57 ↓ -75%
Molina Healthcare HIX $1,432.13 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,448.05 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBPOS $1,548.83 ↓ -71%
Aetna NBHMO $1,548.83 ↓ -71%
Aetna NBPPO $1,548.83 ↓ -71%
Aetna COMMPOS $1,649.61 ↓ -69%
Aetna COMMPPO $1,649.61 ↓ -69%
Aetna COMMHMO $1,649.61 ↓ -69%
BCBS Traditional $1,856.47 ↓ -65%
Aetna OONHMO $1,941.34 ↓ -63%
Aetna OONPOS $1,941.34 ↓ -63%
Aetna OONPPO $1,941.34 ↓ -63%
Aetna ASAHMO $2,100.46 ↓ -60%
Aetna ASAPPO $2,100.46 ↓ -60%
Aetna ASAPOS $2,100.46 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $2,121.68 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $2,386.89 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $2,827.14 ↓ -47%

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Hemodialysis repeated eval at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $2,991.51 $85.92 – $1,006.82
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $2,977.79 $85.92 – $1,006.82
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $2,123.70 $74.21 – $1,006.82
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $5,791.92 $77.00 – $1,006.82
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland $2,881.23 $83.79 – $1,006.82
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $4,333.00 $77.00 – $1,006.82
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $2,316.85 $85.92 – $1,006.82
Texas Health Hospital Mansfield Mansfield $2,755.01 not published

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