Heparin, porcine (pf) 10 unit/ml flush (wrapper) 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

$61.65

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.

$61.65

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.

$0.02 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $32.86 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
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $0.02 ↓ -100%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $0.02 ↓ -100%
United SmallGroup $0.03 ↓ -100%
United AllPayerAppendix $0.03 ↓ -100%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.03 ↓ -100%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.05 ↓ -100%
Cigna CSN $0.05 ↓ -100%
Cigna PPO $0.06 ↓ -100%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.06 ↓ -100%
BCBS EPOSOA $0.08 ↓ -100%
BCBS PPO $0.08 ↓ -100%
BCBS HMO $0.08 ↓ -100%
BCBS BAV $0.10 ↓ -100%
Humana HMO $2.05 ↓ -97%
Humana PPO $2.05 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan STAR $3.70 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $3.70 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $3.70 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $3.70 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $3.70 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $8.01 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $8.01 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $8.01 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $8.01 ↓ -87%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $10.23 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $10.36 ↓ -83%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $14.61 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $14.61 ↓ -76%
Molina Healthcare HIX $16.65 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $21.58 ↓ -65%
United GlobalAppendix $27.74 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $32.86 ↓ -47%

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Heparin, porcine (pf) 10 unit/ml flush (wrapper) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $28.84 $0.03 – $54.75
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $30.12 $0.12 – $0.12
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $65.44 $0.02 – $2.05
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $56.70 $0.07 – $0.12
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $32.05 $0.02 – $2.05
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $61.74 $0.02 – $2.05
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $28.84 $0.03 – $54.75
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $281.97 $0.02 – $35.06

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