Iron stain peripheral blood 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.

$5.78 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $86.34 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
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $5.78
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $5.78
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $5.78
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $5.78
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $5.78
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $5.78
United MGMCD $5.90
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $6.24
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $6.36
Molina Healthcare CHIP $6.36
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $6.36
Molina Healthcare STAR $6.36
TriWest Healthcare Alliance VeteransPCCC $6.74
Oscar MGMCR $6.74
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $6.88
Devoted Health MGMCR $6.88
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $6.88
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $6.88
United AllPayerAppendix $6.88
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $6.88
United SmallGroup $6.88
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $6.88
BCBS MCRPPO $6.88
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $6.88
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $6.88
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $6.88
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $6.88
WellMed MGMCR $6.91
Van Lang IPA MCR $6.95
United MCR $7.02
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $7.09
WellCare PPO $7.09
WellCare SNP $7.09
WellCare POS $7.09
WellCare MCRHMO $7.09
WellCare PFFS $7.09
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $7.22
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $7.22
Superior Health Plan PFFS $7.22
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $7.22
American Health Plan MGMCR $7.22
Shared Health MGMCR $7.22
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $7.22
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $7.22
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $7.22
Humana MCD $7.23
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $7.29
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $7.29
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $7.29
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $7.29
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $7.29
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $7.45
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $7.45
Molina MGMCR $7.50
Verda Health Plan MCR $8.94
Superior ValueHMO $9.98
Community Health Choice HIX $9.98
Superior EPO $10.66
Superior HMO $10.66
BCBS MyBlueHealth $13.90
Molina Healthcare HIX $14.79
BCBS BAV $15.34
BCBS HMO $19.20
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $19.39
Oscar HIX $19.88
BCBS EPOSOA $20.57
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $20.64
BCBS PPO $21.95
Aetna QHPExchange $25.21
Cigna CSN $27.89
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $30.20
Aetna NBHMO $33.52
Aetna NBPPO $33.52
Aetna NBPOS $33.52
Aetna COMMPPO $35.62
Aetna COMMHMO $35.62
Aetna COMMPOS $35.62
Cigna PPO $35.94
Aetna OONPOS $41.84
Aetna OONPPO $41.84
Aetna OONHMO $41.84
Aetna ASAHMO $45.24
Aetna ASAPPO $45.24
Aetna ASAPOS $45.24
Humana HMO $86.34
Humana PPO $86.34
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