Mayo alcohol definitive assay volatile screen 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.

$0.05 with Aetna vs $127.56 with Cigna — 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
Aetna QHPExchange $0.05
Aetna NBPOS $0.06
Aetna NBPPO $0.06
Aetna NBHMO $0.06
Aetna COMMPPO $0.07
Aetna COMMPOS $0.07
Aetna COMMHMO $0.07
Aetna OONHMO $0.08
Aetna OONPPO $0.08
Aetna OONPOS $0.08
Aetna ASAPOS $0.09
Aetna ASAPPO $0.09
Aetna ASAHMO $0.09
Superior Health Plan CHIP $5.67
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $5.67
Superior Health Plan STAR $5.67
Superior Health Plan STARKids $5.67
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $5.67
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $9.42
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $9.42
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $9.42
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $9.42
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $9.42
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $9.42
United MGMCD $9.61
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $10.17
Molina Healthcare STAR $10.36
Molina Healthcare CHIP $10.36
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $10.36
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $10.36
Humana MCD $11.78
BCBS MyBlueHealth $15.40
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $15.68
United OptionsPPO $15.87
BCBS BAV $17.00
Oscar HIX $18.42
BCBS HMO $21.25
BCBS EPOSOA $21.72
BCBS PPO $22.10
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $24.08
Molina Healthcare HIX $25.50
Evry Health BroadNetwork $25.78
BCBS Traditional $33.06
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $37.78
United GlobalAppendix $42.50
Coventry National First Health COMM $50.34
Cigna CSN $98.98
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $107.21
Humana PPO $113.29
Humana HMO $113.29
Cigna PPO $127.56
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