Intro cath dialysis circuit w/pta 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

$16,079.48

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.

$16,079.48

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.

$1,893.79 with United vs $13,835.00 with Cigna — 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 MGMCD $1,893.79 ↓ -88%
Molina Healthcare STAR $1,941.38 ↓ -88%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $1,941.38 ↓ -88%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $1,941.38 ↓ -88%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $1,941.38 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $1,976.68 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $1,976.68 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $1,976.68 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $1,976.68 ↓ -88%
Humana MCD $2,206.11 ↓ -86%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $2,227.99 ↓ -86%
Aetna QHPExchange $2,643.00 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $2,669.19 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $2,701.35 ↓ -83%
Aetna NBPOS $3,511.00 ↓ -78%
Aetna NBHMO $3,511.00 ↓ -78%
Aetna COMMHMO $3,730.00 ↓ -77%
Aetna COMMPOS $3,730.00 ↓ -77%
Aetna NBPPO $3,792.00 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $3,810.84 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $3,810.84 ↓ -76%
Aetna COMMPPO $4,028.00 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $4,389.70 ↓ -73%
Aetna OONHMO $4,390.00 ↓ -73%
Aetna OONPOS $4,390.00 ↓ -73%
Aetna OONPPO $4,740.00 ↓ -71%
Aetna ASAHMO $4,742.00 ↓ -71%
Aetna ASAPOS $4,742.00 ↓ -71%
Aetna ASAPPO $5,120.00 ↓ -68%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $5,591.00 ↓ -65%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $5,591.00 ↓ -65%
Superior Health Plan STAR $5,591.00 ↓ -65%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $5,591.00 ↓ -65%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $5,591.00 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $5,627.82 ↓ -65%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $5,841.00 ↓ -64%
United SmallGroup $6,300.00 ↓ -61%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $6,431.79 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $7,235.77 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $8,570.36 ↓ -47%
Curative Administrators COMM $8,778.00 ↓ -45%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $8,817.96 ↓ -45%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $8,987.00 ↓ -44%
United AllPayerAppendix $9,000.00 ↓ -44%
BCBS BAV $9,709.66 ↓ -40%
Humana PPO $10,106.00 ↓ -37%
Humana HMO $10,106.00 ↓ -37%
BCBS HMO $10,254.59 ↓ -36%
Oscar HIX $10,586.00 ↓ -34%
Cigna CSN $10,740.00 ↓ -33%
BCBS EPOSOA $11,146.30 ↓ -31%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $11,636.00 ↓ -28%
BCBS PPO $11,988.46 ↓ -25%
Cigna PPO $13,835.00 ↓ -14%

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Intro cath dialysis circuit w/pta at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $18,447.80 $14,231.16 – $52,708.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $12,316.55 $1,764.89 – $15,395.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $9,712.25 $71.00 – $14,568.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $14,186.89 $71.00 – $17,733.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $12,316.55 $1,764.89 – $15,395.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $9,712.25 $85.00 – $14,568.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $9,712.25 $1,764.89 – $14,568.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $14,186.89 $71.00 – $21,280.33

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