Oth resp proc, group 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

$339.63

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.

$339.63

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.

$20.38 with Superior Health Plan vs $181.02 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
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $20.38 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $20.38 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $20.38 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $20.38 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $20.38 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $29.51 ↓ -91%
BCBS BAV $32.53 ↓ -90%
BCBS HMO $40.73 ↓ -88%
BCBS PPO $40.73 ↓ -88%
BCBS EPOSOA $40.73 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $44.15 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $44.15 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $44.15 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $44.15 ↓ -87%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $56.38 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $57.06 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $66.23 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $80.49 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $80.49 ↓ -76%
Aetna QHPExchange $81.85 ↓ -76%
Aetna NBPPO $99.17 ↓ -71%
Aetna NBHMO $99.17 ↓ -71%
Aetna NBPOS $99.17 ↓ -71%
Aetna COMMPOS $105.62 ↓ -69%
Aetna COMMPPO $105.62 ↓ -69%
Aetna COMMHMO $105.62 ↓ -69%
BCBS Traditional $118.87 ↓ -65%
Humana PPO $121.17 ↓ -64%
Humana HMO $121.17 ↓ -64%
Aetna OONHMO $124.30 ↓ -63%
Aetna OONPPO $124.30 ↓ -63%
Aetna OONPOS $124.30 ↓ -63%
Aetna ASAPOS $134.49 ↓ -60%
Aetna ASAHMO $134.49 ↓ -60%
Aetna ASAPPO $134.49 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $135.85 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $152.83 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $181.02 ↓ -47%

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Oth resp proc, group at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $487.56 $29.51 – $121.17
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $102.48 $43.00 – $43.00
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $75.86 $29.51 – $121.17
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $166.95 $18.41 – $978.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $44.80 $25.09 – $670.00
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $44.80 $25.09 – $670.00
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $13.23 $5.67 – $26.29
St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital Navasota $44.80 $25.09 – $670.00

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