Magnesium 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.

$5.63 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $89.48 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 CHIP $5.63
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $5.63
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $5.63
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $5.63
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $5.63
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $5.63
United MGMCD $5.74
Superior Health Plan CHIP $5.93
Superior Health Plan STAR $5.93
Superior Health Plan STARKids $5.93
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $5.93
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $5.93
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $6.08
Molina Healthcare CHIP $6.19
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $6.19
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $6.19
Molina Healthcare STAR $6.19
Oscar MGMCR $6.57
TriWest Healthcare Alliance VeteransPCCC $6.57
BCBS MCRPPO $6.70
United SmallGroup $6.70
United AllPayerAppendix $6.70
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $6.70
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $6.70
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $6.70
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $6.70
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $6.70
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $6.70
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $6.70
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $6.70
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $6.70
Devoted Health MGMCR $6.70
WellMed MGMCR $6.73
Van Lang IPA MCR $6.77
United MCR $6.83
WellCare POS $6.90
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $6.90
WellCare PPO $6.90
WellCare SNP $6.90
WellCare PFFS $6.90
WellCare MCRHMO $6.90
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $7.04
Humana MCD $7.04
American Health Plan MGMCR $7.04
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $7.04
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $7.04
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $7.04
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $7.04
Superior Health Plan PFFS $7.04
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $7.04
Shared Health MGMCR $7.04
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $7.10
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $7.10
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $7.10
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $7.10
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $7.10
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $7.25
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $7.25
Molina MGMCR $7.30
Verda Health Plan MCR $8.71
Superior ValueHMO $9.71
Community Health Choice HIX $9.71
Superior EPO $10.38
Superior HMO $10.38
BCBS MyBlueHealth $13.53
Molina Healthcare HIX $14.40
BCBS BAV $14.94
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $16.40
United OptionsPPO $16.60
BCBS HMO $18.69
Oscar HIX $19.36
BCBS EPOSOA $20.03
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $20.09
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $20.10
BCBS PPO $21.37
Aetna QHPExchange $24.53
Evry Health BroadNetwork $26.98
Cigna CSN $27.89
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $30.20
Aetna NBHMO $32.63
Aetna NBPPO $32.63
Aetna NBPOS $32.63
BCBS Traditional $34.58
Aetna COMMHMO $34.66
Aetna COMMPPO $34.66
Aetna COMMPOS $34.66
Cigna PPO $35.94
Aetna OONPPO $40.72
Aetna OONHMO $40.72
Aetna OONPOS $40.72
Aetna ASAPPO $44.03
Aetna ASAPOS $44.03
Aetna ASAHMO $44.03
United GlobalAppendix $44.46
Coventry National First Health COMM $52.67
Humana HMO $89.48
Humana PPO $89.48
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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