Hydration IV infusion each additional hour 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.

$14.50 with Superior Health Plan vs $129.74 with Humana — 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
Superior Health Plan STAR $14.50
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $14.50
Superior Health Plan CHIP $14.50
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $14.50
Superior Health Plan STARKids $14.50
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $31.41
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $31.41
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $31.41
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $31.41
BCBS MyBlueHealth $32.03
BCBS BAV $35.32
Cigna CSN $35.76
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $38.66
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $40.11
United OptionsPPO $40.59
BCBS HMO $44.22
BCBS EPOSOA $44.22
BCBS PPO $44.22
Cigna PPO $45.91
Oscar HIX $47.12
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $57.27
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $57.27
Aetna QHPExchange $58.23
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $61.62
Evry Health BroadNetwork $65.96
Aetna NBHMO $70.56
Aetna NBPOS $70.56
Aetna NBPPO $70.56
Aetna COMMPPO $75.15
Aetna COMMHMO $75.15
Aetna COMMPOS $75.15
United SmallGroup $78.94
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $78.94
United AllPayerAppendix $78.94
BCBS Traditional $84.57
Aetna OONPPO $88.44
Aetna OONHMO $88.44
Aetna OONPOS $88.44
Aetna ASAPPO $95.69
Aetna ASAHMO $95.69
Aetna ASAPOS $95.69
Curative Administrators COMM $96.65
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $96.65
United GlobalAppendix $108.73
Coventry National First Health COMM $128.79
Humana PPO $129.74
Humana HMO $129.74

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Hydration IV infusion each additional hour at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $196.35 $19.99 – $561.00
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $357.20 $52.71 – $52.71
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $190.67 $42.03 – $238.34
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $200.22 $41.21 – $300.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $241.37 $41.34 – $301.71
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $190.67 $32.03 – $238.34
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $200.22 $44.69 – $300.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $200.22 $103.45 – $300.33

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