Manipulation chest wall demonstration/evaluation subsequent 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

$527.80

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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.

$527.80

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.

$31.67 with Superior Health Plan vs $352.17 with BCBS — 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 CHIP $31.67 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $31.67 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $31.67 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $31.67 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $31.67 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $68.61 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $68.61 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $68.61 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $68.61 ↓ -87%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $87.61 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $88.67 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $102.92 ↓ -81%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $125.09 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $125.09 ↓ -76%
Aetna QHPExchange $127.20 ↓ -76%
Aetna NBPOS $154.12 ↓ -71%
Aetna NBHMO $154.12 ↓ -71%
Aetna NBPPO $154.12 ↓ -71%
Aetna COMMPOS $164.15 ↓ -69%
Aetna COMMHMO $164.15 ↓ -69%
Aetna COMMPPO $164.15 ↓ -69%
BCBS Traditional $184.73 ↓ -65%
Aetna OONPPO $193.17 ↓ -63%
Aetna OONHMO $193.17 ↓ -63%
Aetna OONPOS $193.17 ↓ -63%
Aetna ASAHMO $209.01 ↓ -60%
Aetna ASAPPO $209.01 ↓ -60%
Aetna ASAPOS $209.01 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $211.12 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $237.51 ↓ -55%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $255.13 ↓ -52%
BCBS BAV $281.30 ↓ -47%
Coventry National First Health COMM $281.32 ↓ -47%
Humana PPO $298.34 ↓ -43%
Humana HMO $298.34 ↓ -43%
BCBS HMO $352.17 ↓ -33%
BCBS EPOSOA $352.17 ↓ -33%
BCBS PPO $352.17 ↓ -33%

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Manipulation chest wall demonstration/evaluation subsequent at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $135.80 $100.00 – $388.00
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $354.44 $419.77 – $419.77
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $172.78 $48.95 – $316.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $156.60 $32.23 – $316.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $156.60 $31.32 – $316.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $172.78 $46.08 – $316.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $156.60 $50.27 – $316.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $156.60 $80.91 – $3,235.82

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