Hemoglobin 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

$516.66

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.

$516.66

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.

$1.99 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $275.38 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 CHIP $1.99 ↓ -100%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $1.99 ↓ -100%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $1.99 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $1.99 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $1.99 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $1.99 ↓ -100%
United MGMCD $2.03 ↓ -100%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $2.15 ↓ -100%
Molina Healthcare STAR $2.19 ↓ -100%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $2.19 ↓ -100%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $2.19 ↓ -100%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $2.19 ↓ -100%
Oscar MGMCR $2.32 ↓ -100%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance VeteransPCCC $2.32 ↓ -100%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $2.37 ↓ -100%
United SmallGroup $2.37 ↓ -100%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $2.37 ↓ -100%
United AllPayerAppendix $2.37 ↓ -100%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $2.37 ↓ -100%
BCBS MCRPPO $2.37 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $2.37 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $2.37 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $2.37 ↓ -100%
Devoted Health MGMCR $2.37 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $2.37 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $2.37 ↓ -100%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $2.37 ↓ -100%
WellMed MGMCR $2.38 ↓ -100%
Van Lang IPA MCR $2.39 ↓ -100%
United MCR $2.42 ↓ -100%
WellCare POS $2.44 ↓ -100%
WellCare PFFS $2.44 ↓ -100%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $2.44 ↓ -100%
WellCare PPO $2.44 ↓ -100%
WellCare SNP $2.44 ↓ -100%
WellCare MCRHMO $2.44 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $2.49 ↓ -100%
Humana MCD $2.49 ↓ -100%
American Health Plan MGMCR $2.49 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $2.49 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $2.49 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $2.49 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $2.49 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $2.49 ↓ -100%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $2.49 ↓ -100%
Shared Health MGMCR $2.49 ↓ -100%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $2.51 ↓ -100%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $2.51 ↓ -100%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $2.51 ↓ -100%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $2.51 ↓ -100%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $2.51 ↓ -100%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $2.57 ↓ -100%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2.57 ↓ -100%
Molina MGMCR $2.58 ↓ -100%
Verda Health Plan MCR $3.08 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice HIX $3.44 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $3.44 ↓ -99%
Superior HMO $3.67 ↓ -99%
Superior EPO $3.67 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $4.79 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare HIX $5.10 ↓ -99%
BCBS BAV $5.29 ↓ -99%
BCBS HMO $6.61 ↓ -99%
Oscar HIX $6.85 ↓ -99%
BCBS EPOSOA $7.09 ↓ -99%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $7.11 ↓ -99%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $7.12 ↓ -99%
BCBS PPO $7.56 ↓ -99%
Aetna QHPExchange $8.68 ↓ -98%
Cigna CSN $9.74 ↓ -98%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $10.55 ↓ -98%
Aetna NBPOS $11.54 ↓ -98%
Aetna NBPPO $11.54 ↓ -98%
Aetna NBHMO $11.54 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMMPOS $12.26 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMMPPO $12.26 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMMHMO $12.26 ↓ -98%
Cigna PPO $12.55 ↓ -98%
Aetna OONPOS $14.40 ↓ -97%
Aetna OONHMO $14.40 ↓ -97%
Aetna OONPPO $14.40 ↓ -97%
Aetna ASAPPO $15.57 ↓ -97%
Aetna ASAHMO $15.57 ↓ -97%
Aetna ASAPOS $15.57 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $31.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $31.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $31.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $31.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $31.00 ↓ -94%
Humana PPO $31.70 ↓ -94%
Humana HMO $31.70 ↓ -94%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $85.77 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $86.80 ↓ -83%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $141.05 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $180.83 ↓ -65%
United GlobalAppendix $232.50 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $275.38 ↓ -47%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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