Low frequency non-thermal Ultrasound 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

$1,144.70

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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.

$1,144.70

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.

$68.68 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,253.15 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
Superior Health Plan STAR $68.68 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $68.68 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $68.68 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $68.68 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $68.68 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $148.81 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $148.81 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $148.81 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $148.81 ↓ -87%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $190.02 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $192.31 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $223.22 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $271.29 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $271.29 ↓ -76%
Aetna QHPExchange $275.87 ↓ -76%
Aetna NBHMO $334.25 ↓ -71%
Aetna NBPPO $334.25 ↓ -71%
Aetna NBPOS $334.25 ↓ -71%
Aetna COMMPOS $356.00 ↓ -69%
Aetna COMMPPO $356.00 ↓ -69%
Aetna COMMHMO $356.00 ↓ -69%
Oscar MGMCR $387.11 ↓ -66%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance VeteransPCCC $387.11 ↓ -66%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $395.01 ↓ -65%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $395.01 ↓ -65%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $395.01 ↓ -65%
BCBS MCRPPO $395.01 ↓ -65%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $395.01 ↓ -65%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $395.01 ↓ -65%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $395.01 ↓ -65%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $395.01 ↓ -65%
Devoted Health MGMCR $395.01 ↓ -65%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $395.01 ↓ -65%
WellMed MGMCR $396.99 ↓ -65%
Van Lang IPA MCR $398.96 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $400.64 ↓ -65%
United MCR $402.91 ↓ -65%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $406.86 ↓ -64%
WellCare MCRHMO $406.86 ↓ -64%
WellCare POS $406.86 ↓ -64%
WellCare SNP $406.86 ↓ -64%
WellCare PPO $406.86 ↓ -64%
WellCare PFFS $406.86 ↓ -64%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $408.87 ↓ -64%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $414.76 ↓ -64%
American Health Plan MGMCR $414.76 ↓ -64%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $414.76 ↓ -64%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $414.76 ↓ -64%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $414.76 ↓ -64%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $414.76 ↓ -64%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $414.76 ↓ -64%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $414.76 ↓ -64%
Shared Health MGMCR $414.76 ↓ -64%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $418.71 ↓ -63%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $418.71 ↓ -63%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $418.71 ↓ -63%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $418.71 ↓ -63%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $418.71 ↓ -63%
Aetna OONPPO $418.96 ↓ -63%
Aetna OONPOS $418.96 ↓ -63%
Aetna OONHMO $418.96 ↓ -63%
Molina MGMCR $430.56 ↓ -62%
BCBS BAV $450.80 ↓ -61%
Aetna ASAHMO $453.30 ↓ -60%
Aetna ASAPPO $453.30 ↓ -60%
Aetna ASAPOS $453.30 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $457.88 ↓ -60%
Verda Health Plan MCR $513.51 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $515.12 ↓ -55%
BCBS PPO $564.38 ↓ -51%
BCBS EPOSOA $564.38 ↓ -51%
BCBS HMO $564.38 ↓ -51%
Superior ValueHMO $572.76 ↓ -50%
Community Health Choice HIX $572.76 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $610.13 ↓ -47%
Superior HMO $612.27 ↓ -47%
Superior EPO $612.27 ↓ -47%
Molina Healthcare HIX $849.27 ↓ -26%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $1,185.03 ↑ +4%
Humana HMO $1,253.15 ↑ +9%
Humana PPO $1,253.15 ↑ +9%

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