Platelets pheresis leukocytes reduced irradiated each unit 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

$3,437.73

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$3,437.73

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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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$206.26 with Superior Health Plan vs $6,992.14 with Aetna — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $206.26 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $206.26 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $206.26 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $206.26 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $206.26 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $483.98 ↓ -86%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $483.98 ↓ -86%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $483.98 ↓ -86%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $483.98 ↓ -86%
United MGMCD $493.66 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $508.78 ↓ -85%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $522.70 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $550.04 ↓ -84%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $560.35 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $570.66 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $577.54 ↓ -83%
BCBS BAV $618.79 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $653.17 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $670.36 ↓ -80%
BCBS HMO $773.49 ↓ -77%
BCBS EPOSOA $790.68 ↓ -77%
BCBS PPO $804.43 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $814.74 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $814.74 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $876.62 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $938.50 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $1,203.21 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,375.09 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,375.09 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $1,546.98 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,832.31 ↓ -47%
Aetna QHPExchange $3,896.20 ↑ +13%
Aetna NBPPO $5,181.46 ↑ +51%
Aetna NBPOS $5,181.46 ↑ +51%
Aetna NBHMO $5,181.46 ↑ +51%
Aetna COMMHMO $5,504.80 ↑ +60%
Aetna COMMPPO $5,504.80 ↑ +60%
Aetna COMMPOS $5,504.80 ↑ +60%
Humana PPO $6,084.19 ↑ +77%
Humana HMO $6,084.19 ↑ +77%
Aetna OONPPO $6,466.72 ↑ +88%
Aetna OONPOS $6,466.72 ↑ +88%
Aetna OONHMO $6,466.72 ↑ +88%
Aetna ASAPOS $6,992.14 ↑ +103%
Aetna ASAHMO $6,992.14 ↑ +103%
Aetna ASAPPO $6,992.14 ↑ +103%

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Platelets pheresis leukocytes reduced irradiated each unit at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $1,373.40 $88.00 – $3,924.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,387.23 $364.83 – $1,748.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,481.28 $284.40 – $2,072.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,206.13 $221.31 – $1,748.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,387.23 $343.37 – $1,748.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,481.28 $443.52 – $2,072.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,481.28 $713.87 – $2,072.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,206.13 $368.84 – $1,748.45

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