Neck Soft Tissue CT Scan (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.

$104.75 with Amerigroup vs $14,453.80 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 $104.75 —
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $104.75 —
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $106.88 —
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $106.88 —
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $106.88 —
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $106.88 —
United MGMCD $109.02 —
Molina Healthcare CHIP $115.23 —
Molina Healthcare STAR $115.23 —
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $115.23 —
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $115.23 —
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $115.43 —
Humana MCD $130.94 —
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $157.13 —
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $157.13 —
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $157.13 —
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04 —
BCBS MyBlueHealth $243.21 —
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 —
United SmallGroup $245.18 —
BCBS BAV $277.96 —
BCBS HMO $422.54 —
BCBS EPOSOA $460.65 —
BCBS PPO $498.76 —
Aetna NBHMO $1,007.00 —
Aetna NBPOS $1,007.00 —
Aetna NBPPO $1,007.00 —
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $1,020.27 —
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1,020.27 —
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1,020.27 —
Superior Health Plan STAR $1,020.27 —
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1,020.27 —
Aetna COMMHMO $1,071.00 —
Aetna COMMPOS $1,071.00 —
Aetna COMMPPO $1,071.00 —
Aetna OONPOS $1,258.00 —
Aetna OONPPO $1,258.00 —
Aetna OONHMO $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 $2,856.75 —
Humana PPO $5,633.58 —
Humana HMO $5,633.58 —
BCBS Traditional $5,951.56 —
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $6,801.79 —
United GlobalAppendix $7,652.01 —
Coventry National First Health COMM $8,808.32 —
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $12,753.35 —
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $14,453.80 —

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

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $1,986.95 $104.75 – $5,677.00
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $2,886.14 $522.29 – $522.29
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,539.67 $99.77 – $1,924.58
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,466.86 $141.23 – $2,200.28
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,744.52 $99.77 – $2,180.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,539.67 $99.77 – $1,924.58
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,466.86 $99.77 – $2,200.28
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,466.86 $104.75 – $2,200.28

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