Nuclear rx IV admin 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

$1,657.93

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.

$1,657.93

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.

$88.79 with BCBS vs $883.68 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 $88.79 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STAR $99.48 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $99.48 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $99.48 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $99.48 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $99.48 ↓ -94%
BCBS BAV $112.50 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $144.35 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $144.35 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $144.35 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $144.35 ↓ -91%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $146.35 ↓ -91%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $146.35 ↓ -91%
United MGMCD $147.24 ↓ -91%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $155.90 ↓ -91%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $160.99 ↓ -90%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $160.99 ↓ -90%
Molina Healthcare STAR $160.99 ↓ -90%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $160.99 ↓ -90%
BCBS HMO $171.53 ↓ -90%
BCBS EPOSOA $178.09 ↓ -89%
Humana MCD $182.94 ↓ -89%
BCBS PPO $184.14 ↓ -89%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $275.22 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $278.53 ↓ -83%
Aetna QHPExchange $312.23 ↓ -81%
Aetna NBHMO $414.98 ↓ -75%
Aetna NBPPO $414.98 ↓ -75%
Aetna NBPOS $414.98 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $422.77 ↓ -75%
Aetna COMMPPO $441.44 ↓ -73%
Aetna COMMHMO $441.44 ↓ -73%
Aetna COMMPOS $441.44 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $452.61 ↓ -73%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $474.28 ↓ -71%
Aetna OONPOS $519.06 ↓ -69%
Aetna OONHMO $519.06 ↓ -69%
Aetna OONPPO $519.06 ↓ -69%
Humana HMO $529.05 ↓ -68%
Humana PPO $529.05 ↓ -68%
Aetna ASAHMO $560.95 ↓ -66%
Aetna ASAPPO $560.95 ↓ -66%
Aetna ASAPOS $560.95 ↓ -66%
United SmallGroup $561.65 ↓ -66%
United AllPayerAppendix $561.65 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $580.28 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $663.17 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $663.17 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $746.07 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $883.68 ↓ -47%

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Nuclear rx IV admin at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $1,314.95 $71.13 – $3,757.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $755.45 $100.90 – $944.32
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $984.93 $169.51 – $1,477.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $795.01 $145.68 – $993.76
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $755.45 $115.53 – $944.32
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $984.93 $155.88 – $1,477.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $984.93 $145.68 – $1,477.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $795.01 $145.68 – $1,192.51

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