MRA without fol w/cont, lwr ext 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.

$672.06 with BCBS vs $10,519.39 with Coventry National First Health — 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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $672.06
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $699.43
United SmallGroup $828.27
United AllPayerAppendix $828.27
BCBS BAV $851.53
Superior Health Plan STAR $1,184.17
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1,184.17
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1,184.17
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1,184.17
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $1,184.17
BCBS HMO $1,298.29
BCBS EPOSOA $1,347.93
BCBS PPO $1,393.75
Cigna CSN $2,127.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,304.00
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $2,565.70
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $2,565.70
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $2,565.70
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $2,565.70
Cigna PPO $2,739.00
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $3,276.21
United OptionsPPO $3,315.68
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $4,677.48
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $4,677.48
Aetna QHPExchange $4,756.42
Aetna NBHMO $5,762.97
Aetna NBPOS $5,762.97
Aetna NBPPO $5,762.97
Aetna COMMHMO $6,137.96
Aetna COMMPPO $6,137.96
Aetna COMMPOS $6,137.96
BCBS Traditional $6,907.67
Aetna OONPOS $7,223.45
Aetna OONHMO $7,223.45
Aetna OONPPO $7,223.45
Aetna ASAHMO $7,815.53
Aetna ASAPOS $7,815.53
Aetna ASAPPO $7,815.53
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $7,894.48
United GlobalAppendix $8,881.29
Coventry National First Health COMM $10,519.39

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MRA without fol w/cont, lwr ext at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $1,830.15 $538.41 – $5,229.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,965.82 $556.98 – $2,784.91
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,400.21 $494.04 – $3,600.32
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,160.19 $432.04 – $2,700.24
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,965.82 $524.22 – $2,784.91
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,400.21 $770.47 – $3,600.32
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,400.21 $952.69 – $3,600.32
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $2,160.19 $720.06 – $3,240.29

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