Nfct agt gntyp alys sarscov2 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.

$216.26 with Texas Childrens Health Plans vs $821.27 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
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $216.26
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $216.26
Molina Healthcare CHIP $237.89
Molina Healthcare STAR $237.89
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $237.89
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $237.89
Oscar MGMCR $252.30
TriWest Healthcare Alliance VeteransPCCC $252.30
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $257.45
BCBS MCRPPO $257.45
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $257.45
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $257.45
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $257.45
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $257.45
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $257.45
Devoted Health MGMCR $257.45
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $257.45
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $257.45
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $257.45
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $257.45
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $257.45
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $257.45
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $257.45
United SmallGroup $257.45
United AllPayerAppendix $257.45
WellMed MGMCR $258.74
Van Lang IPA MCR $260.02
United MCR $262.60
United MGMCD $262.60
WellCare PPO $265.17
WellCare PFFS $265.17
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $265.17
WellCare MCRHMO $265.17
WellCare POS $265.17
WellCare SNP $265.17
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $270.32
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $270.32
Humana MCD $270.32
American Health Plan MGMCR $270.32
Shared Health MGMCR $270.32
Superior Health Plan PFFS $270.32
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $270.32
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $270.32
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $270.32
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $270.32
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $272.90
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $272.90
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $272.90
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $272.90
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $272.90
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $278.05
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $278.64
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $278.64
Molina MGMCR $280.62
Verda Health Plan MCR $334.69
Community Health Choice HIX $373.30
Superior ValueHMO $373.30
Superior HMO $399.05
Superior EPO $399.05
BCBS MyBlueHealth $520.05
Molina Healthcare HIX $553.52
BCBS BAV $574.11
BCBS HMO $718.29
Oscar HIX $744.03
BCBS EPOSOA $769.78
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $772.35
BCBS PPO $821.27
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Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $231.71 – $991.18
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $211.93 – $540.64
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