Insitu hybridization manual 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

$10,184.96

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.

$10,184.96

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.

$291.26 with United vs $5,428.58 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
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $291.26 ↓ -97%
United SmallGroup $291.26 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $291.26 ↓ -97%
Aetna QHPExchange $364.92 ↓ -96%
Cigna CSN $421.79 ↓ -96%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $456.85 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBPPO $485.30 ↓ -95%
Aetna NBHMO $485.30 ↓ -95%
Aetna NBPOS $485.30 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMMPPO $515.59 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMMPOS $515.59 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMMHMO $515.59 ↓ -95%
Cigna PPO $543.55 ↓ -95%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $572.49 ↓ -94%
Aetna OONPOS $605.68 ↓ -94%
Aetna OONPPO $605.68 ↓ -94%
Aetna OONHMO $605.68 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $611.10 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $611.10 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $611.10 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $611.10 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $611.10 ↓ -94%
BCBS BAV $632.00 ↓ -94%
Aetna ASAPPO $654.89 ↓ -94%
Aetna ASAHMO $654.89 ↓ -94%
Aetna ASAPOS $654.89 ↓ -94%
BCBS HMO $790.71 ↓ -92%
Humana HMO $810.53 ↓ -92%
Humana PPO $810.53 ↓ -92%
BCBS EPOSOA $847.40 ↓ -92%
BCBS PPO $904.08 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $1,324.04 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $1,324.04 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $1,324.04 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $1,324.04 ↓ -87%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,690.70 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $1,711.07 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $1,986.07 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $2,413.84 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $2,413.84 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,597.16 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $2,780.49 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $3,564.74 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $4,073.98 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $4,583.23 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $5,428.58 ↓ -47%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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