Hepatobiliary system imaging at HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST
621 RAYFORD RD, SPRING, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1740450121
$11,953.39
Cash price 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.
$11,953.39
Gross charge 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.
$303.06 with Texas Childrens Health Plans vs $6,371.16 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $303.06 | ↓ -97% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $303.06 | ↓ -97% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $321.76 | ↓ -97% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $321.76 | ↓ -97% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $321.76 | ↓ -97% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $321.76 | ↓ -97% |
| United | MGMCD | $328.20 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $333.37 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $333.37 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $333.37 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $333.37 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $347.50 | ↓ -97% |
| Humana | MCD | $378.82 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $537.87 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | BAV | $681.51 | ↓ -94% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $716.53 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $717.20 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $717.20 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $717.20 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $717.20 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $717.20 | ↓ -94% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $848.52 | ↓ -93% |
| United | SmallGroup | $848.52 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | HMO | $1,039.07 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,078.80 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,115.48 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $1,627.98 | ↓ -86% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $1,984.26 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $2,008.17 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $2,163.74 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $2,163.74 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $2,163.74 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $2,301.70 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $2,301.70 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $2,301.70 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $2,706.39 | ↓ -77% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $2,706.39 | ↓ -77% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $2,706.39 | ↓ -77% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $2,924.84 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $2,924.84 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $2,924.84 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $3,048.11 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $3,263.28 | ↓ -73% |
| Humana | PPO | $3,814.33 | ↓ -68% |
| Humana | HMO | $3,814.33 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $4,183.69 | ↓ -65% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $4,781.36 | ↓ -60% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $4,781.36 | ↓ -60% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $5,379.03 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $6,371.16 | ↓ -47% |
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Hepatobiliary system imaging at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $1,521.10 | $303.06 – $4,346.00 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,760.38 | $290.70 – $2,200.48 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,754.98 | $361.23 – $2,632.47 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,754.98 | $290.70 – $2,193.73 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,760.38 | $290.70 – $2,200.48 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,754.98 | $311.05 – $2,632.47 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,754.98 | $290.70 – $2,632.47 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,754.98 | $290.70 – $2,632.47 |