Hip and Pelvis X-ray (single view, left side) at HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST

621 RAYFORD RD, SPRING, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1740450121

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 2026

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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.

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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.

$33.08 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $1,698.85 with Multiplan — 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 STAR+PLUS $33.08 —
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $33.08 —
Amerigroup MGMCD $33.08 —
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $33.08 —
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $33.08 —
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $33.08 —
United MGMCD $33.74 —
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $35.73 —
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $36.39 —
Molina Healthcare CHIP $36.39 —
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $36.39 —
Molina Healthcare STAR $36.39 —
Humana MCD $41.35 —
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $49.62 —
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $49.62 —
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $49.62 —
Cigna CSN $87.12 —
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $94.29 —
Cigna PPO $112.08 —
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $119.92 —
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $119.92 —
Superior Health Plan STARKids $119.92 —
Superior Health Plan STAR $119.92 —
Superior Health Plan CHIP $119.92 —
BCBS MyBlueHealth $140.47 —
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $153.71 —
BCBS BAV $177.98 —
United SmallGroup $182.03 —
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03 —
Aetna NBPOS $193.45 —
Aetna NBHMO $193.45 —
Aetna NBPPO $193.45 —
Aetna COMMHMO $205.84 —
Aetna COMMPPO $205.84 —
Aetna COMMPOS $205.84 —
Aetna OONPPO $242.01 —
Aetna OONHMO $242.01 —
Aetna OONPOS $242.01 —
Aetna ASAHMO $261.67 —
Aetna ASAPPO $261.67 —
Aetna ASAPOS $261.67 —
BCBS HMO $271.35 —
BCBS EPOSOA $281.73 —
BCBS PPO $291.31 —
United OptionsPPO $335.77 —
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $509.66 —
Evry Health BroadNetwork $545.63 —
Humana HMO $662.15 —
Humana PPO $662.15 —
BCBS Traditional $699.53 —
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $799.46 —
Curative Administrators COMM $799.46 —
United GlobalAppendix $899.39 —
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,035.30 —
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,498.99 —
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,698.85 —

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Hip and Pelvis X-ray (single view, left side) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $387.10 $33.08 – $1,106.00
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $383.85 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $196.47 $33.08 – $245.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $118.83 $24.46 – $225.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $248.67 $33.08 – $310.84
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $196.47 $33.08 – $245.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $118.83 $35.40 – $225.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $118.83 $33.08 – $225.11

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