Homocysteine 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

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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.

$15.05 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $305.14 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
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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 $15.05
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $15.05
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $15.05
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $15.05
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $15.05
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $15.05
United MGMCD $15.35
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $16.25
Molina Healthcare CHIP $16.56
Molina Healthcare STAR $16.56
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $16.56
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $16.56
Oscar MGMCR $17.56
TriWest Healthcare Alliance VeteransPCCC $17.56
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $17.92
Devoted Health MGMCR $17.92
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $17.92
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $17.92
BCBS MCRPPO $17.92
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $17.92
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $17.92
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $17.92
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $17.92
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $17.92
United SmallGroup $17.92
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $17.92
United AllPayerAppendix $17.92
WellMed MGMCR $18.01
Van Lang IPA MCR $18.10
United MCR $18.28
WellCare SNP $18.46
WellCare PPO $18.46
WellCare POS $18.46
WellCare PFFS $18.46
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $18.46
WellCare MCRHMO $18.46
Humana MCD $18.81
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $18.82
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $18.82
Superior Health Plan PFFS $18.82
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $18.82
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $18.82
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $18.82
Shared Health MGMCR $18.82
American Health Plan MGMCR $18.82
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $18.82
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $19.00
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $19.00
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $19.00
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $19.00
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $19.00
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $19.39
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $19.39
Molina MGMCR $19.53
Verda Health Plan MCR $23.30
Superior ValueHMO $25.98
Community Health Choice HIX $25.98
Superior HMO $27.78
Superior EPO $27.78
Superior Health Plan STAR $34.35
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $34.35
Superior Health Plan STARKids $34.35
Superior Health Plan CHIP $34.35
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $34.35
BCBS MyBlueHealth $36.20
Molina Healthcare HIX $38.53
BCBS BAV $39.96
BCBS HMO $50.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $50.61
Oscar HIX $51.79
BCBS EPOSOA $53.58
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $53.76
BCBS PPO $57.16
Aetna QHPExchange $65.65
Cigna CSN $73.87
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $80.01
Aetna NBHMO $87.30
Aetna NBPOS $87.30
Aetna NBPPO $87.30
Aetna COMMHMO $92.75
Aetna COMMPPO $92.75
Aetna COMMPOS $92.75
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $95.03
Cigna PPO $95.19
United OptionsPPO $96.18
Aetna OONHMO $108.96
Aetna OONPPO $108.96
Aetna OONPOS $108.96
Aetna ASAPOS $117.81
Aetna ASAHMO $117.81
Aetna ASAPPO $117.81
Evry Health BroadNetwork $156.29
BCBS Traditional $200.38
Humana PPO $225.38
Humana HMO $225.38
United GlobalAppendix $257.63
Coventry National First Health COMM $305.14
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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