Perq clsr tcat l atr apndge 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

$140,158.47

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.

$140,158.47

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.

$948.00 with Superior Health Plan vs $74,704.46 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 STAR $948.00 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $948.00 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00 ↓ -99%
Oscar HIX $3,390.00 ↓ -98%
Humana HMO $4,690.00 ↓ -97%
Humana PPO $4,690.00 ↓ -97%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $5,841.00 ↓ -96%
United SmallGroup $6,860.00 ↓ -95%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $7,604.31 ↓ -95%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $7,618.00 ↓ -95%
BCBS BAV $8,375.53 ↓ -94%
Aetna QHPExchange $9,064.00 ↓ -94%
BCBS PPO $9,486.73 ↓ -93%
BCBS EPOSOA $9,619.42 ↓ -93%
BCBS HMO $9,752.10 ↓ -93%
United AllPayerAppendix $9,800.00 ↓ -93%
Cigna CSN $10,740.00 ↓ -92%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $11,636.00 ↓ -92%
Curative Administrators COMM $12,018.00 ↓ -91%
Aetna NBPOS $12,039.00 ↓ -91%
Aetna NBHMO $12,039.00 ↓ -91%
Aetna NBPPO $12,039.00 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMMPOS $12,794.00 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMMPPO $12,794.00 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMMHMO $12,794.00 ↓ -91%
Cigna PPO $13,835.00 ↓ -90%
Aetna OONPPO $15,050.00 ↓ -89%
Aetna OONHMO $15,050.00 ↓ -89%
Aetna OONPOS $15,050.00 ↓ -89%
Aetna ASAPPO $16,261.00 ↓ -88%
Aetna ASAHMO $16,261.00 ↓ -88%
Aetna ASAPOS $16,261.00 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $18,220.60 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $18,220.60 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $18,220.60 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $18,220.60 ↓ -87%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $23,266.31 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $23,546.62 ↓ -83%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $33,217.56 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $33,217.56 ↓ -76%
Molina Healthcare HIX $37,842.79 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $38,263.26 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $49,055.46 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $56,063.39 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $63,071.31 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $74,704.46 ↓ -47%

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Perq clsr tcat l atr apndge at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $20,784.58 $1,401.45 – $29,444.82
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $17,513.83 $2,502.00 – $26,270.74
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $17,513.83 $2,234.00 – $26,270.74
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