Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic IV push single/initial substance/drug 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.

$77.65 with Superior Health Plan vs $689.79 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
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $77.65
Superior Health Plan STAR $77.65
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $77.65
Superior Health Plan CHIP $77.65
Superior Health Plan STARKids $77.65
BCBS MyBlueHealth $92.76
BCBS BAV $102.27
BCBS EPOSOA $128.04
BCBS PPO $128.04
BCBS HMO $128.04
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $168.24
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $168.24
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $168.24
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $168.24
Cigna CSN $191.54
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $207.07
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $214.83
United OptionsPPO $217.42
Cigna PPO $245.89
Oscar HIX $252.36
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $306.72
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $306.72
Aetna QHPExchange $311.89
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $330.01
Evry Health BroadNetwork $353.31
Aetna NBHMO $377.89
Aetna NBPPO $377.89
Aetna NBPOS $377.89
Aetna COMMPOS $402.48
Aetna COMMPPO $402.48
Aetna COMMHMO $402.48
Humana PPO $433.82
Humana HMO $433.82
BCBS Traditional $452.96
Aetna OONPPO $473.66
Aetna OONHMO $473.66
Aetna OONPOS $473.66
Aetna ASAPPO $512.49
Aetna ASAHMO $512.49
Aetna ASAPOS $512.49
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $517.66
Curative Administrators COMM $517.66
United GlobalAppendix $582.37
Coventry National First Health COMM $689.79

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Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic IV push single/initial substance/drug at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $306.60 $57.87 – $876.00
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $307.07 $152.61 – $152.61
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $314.60 $89.14 – $530.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $304.45 $62.67 – $530.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $362.20 $72.44 – $530.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $314.60 $83.89 – $530.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $304.45 $97.73 – $530.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $304.45 $157.30 – $530.97

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