Irradiation of blood product each unit reference 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

$645.84

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.

$645.84

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.

$33.84 with United vs $344.23 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 AllPayerAppendix $33.84 ↓ -95%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $33.84 ↓ -95%
United SmallGroup $33.84 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $38.75 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $38.75 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $38.75 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $38.75 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $38.75 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $67.53 ↓ -90%
BCBS BAV $74.55 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $83.96 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $83.96 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $83.96 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $83.96 ↓ -87%
BCBS HMO $93.27 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $95.58 ↓ -85%
BCBS EPOSOA $99.96 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $103.33 ↓ -84%
BCBS PPO $106.64 ↓ -83%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $107.21 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $108.50 ↓ -83%
Aetna QHPExchange $110.86 ↓ -83%
Cigna PPO $122.71 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $125.94 ↓ -80%
Aetna NBPOS $147.43 ↓ -77%
Aetna NBPPO $147.43 ↓ -77%
Aetna NBHMO $147.43 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $153.06 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $153.06 ↓ -76%
Aetna COMMHMO $156.63 ↓ -76%
Aetna COMMPOS $156.63 ↓ -76%
Aetna COMMPPO $156.63 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $164.69 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $176.31 ↓ -73%
Aetna OONPOS $184.00 ↓ -72%
Aetna OONHMO $184.00 ↓ -72%
Aetna OONPPO $184.00 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASAPPO $198.95 ↓ -69%
Aetna ASAHMO $198.95 ↓ -69%
Aetna ASAPOS $198.95 ↓ -69%
Humana PPO $206.09 ↓ -68%
Humana HMO $206.09 ↓ -68%
BCBS Traditional $226.04 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $258.34 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $290.63 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $344.23 ↓ -47%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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