Neck Soft Tissue CT Scan (with and without contrast) at HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST

621 RAYFORD RD, SPRING, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1740450121

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 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.

$175.06 with Amerigroup vs $15,603.09 with Multiplan — 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
Amerigroup MGMCD $175.06 —
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $175.06 —
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $180.34 —
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $180.34 —
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $180.34 —
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $180.34 —
United MGMCD $183.95 —
Molina Healthcare CHIP $192.57 —
Molina Healthcare STAR $192.57 —
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $192.57 —
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $192.57 —
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $194.77 —
Humana MCD $218.82 —
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $262.59 —
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $262.59 —
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $262.59 —
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $339.25 —
BCBS MyBlueHealth $395.42 —
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74 —
United SmallGroup $401.74 —
BCBS BAV $451.91 —
BCBS HMO $686.97 —
BCBS EPOSOA $748.92 —
BCBS PPO $810.88 —
Aetna NBHMO $1,007.00 —
Aetna NBPOS $1,007.00 —
Aetna NBPPO $1,007.00 —
Aetna COMMPPO $1,071.00 —
Aetna COMMHMO $1,071.00 —
Aetna COMMPOS $1,071.00 —
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $1,101.39 —
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1,101.39 —
Superior Health Plan STAR $1,101.39 —
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1,101.39 —
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1,101.39 —
Aetna OONHMO $1,258.00 —
Aetna OONPOS $1,258.00 —
Aetna OONPPO $1,258.00 —
Aetna ASAPOS $1,361.00 —
Aetna ASAHMO $1,361.00 —
Aetna ASAPPO $1,361.00 —
Cigna CSN $1,635.00 —
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,771.00 —
Cigna PPO $2,106.00 —
United OptionsPPO $3,083.91 —
Humana PPO $6,081.53 —
Humana HMO $6,081.53 —
BCBS Traditional $6,424.80 —
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $7,342.63 —
United GlobalAppendix $8,260.46 —
Coventry National First Health COMM $9,508.71 —
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $13,767.44 —
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $15,603.09 —

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Neck Soft Tissue CT Scan (with and without contrast) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $2,943.50 $175.06 – $8,410.00
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $3,610.16 $849.15 – $849.15
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,311.02 $167.39 – $2,888.78
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,311.02 $236.02 – $3,466.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,426.43 $167.39 – $3,033.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,311.02 $167.39 – $2,888.78
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,311.02 $167.39 – $3,466.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,311.02 $175.06 – $3,466.53

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