IV Push Injection (first drug) at HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST

621 RAYFORD RD, SPRING, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1740450121

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 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.

$78.40 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,110.66 with Multiplan — 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 STAR $78.40 —
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $78.40 —
Superior Health Plan STARKids $78.40 —
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $78.40 —
Superior Health Plan CHIP $78.40 —
BCBS MyBlueHealth $92.76 —
BCBS BAV $102.27 —
BCBS PPO $128.04 —
BCBS EPOSOA $128.04 —
BCBS HMO $128.04 —
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $169.87 —
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $169.87 —
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $169.87 —
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $169.87 —
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $182.93 —
Amerigroup MGMCD $182.93 —
Cigna CSN $193.39 —
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $209.07 —
United OptionsPPO $219.52 —
Cigna PPO $248.27 —
Oscar HIX $254.80 —
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $333.20 —
Evry Health BroadNetwork $356.72 —
Aetna NBPOS $369.78 —
Aetna NBHMO $369.78 —
Aetna NBPPO $369.78 —
Aetna COMMHMO $393.30 —
Aetna COMMPOS $393.30 —
Aetna COMMPPO $393.30 —
Humana HMO $432.90 —
Humana PPO $432.90 —
BCBS Traditional $457.33 —
Aetna OONHMO $462.56 —
Aetna OONPPO $462.56 —
Aetna OONPOS $462.56 —
Aetna ASAHMO $501.76 —
Aetna ASAPPO $501.76 —
Aetna ASAPOS $501.76 —
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $522.66 —
Curative Administrators COMM $522.66 —
United GlobalAppendix $588.00 —
Coventry National First Health COMM $676.85 —
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $980.00 —
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,110.66 —

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IV Push Injection (first 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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