Pr incision & drainage abscess simple/single 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

$681.26

Cash price

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$681.26

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.

$69.81 with United vs $2,358.00 with Oscar — 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
United MGMCD $69.81 ↓ -90%
Molina Healthcare STAR $71.57 ↓ -89%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $71.57 ↓ -89%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $71.57 ↓ -89%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $71.57 ↓ -89%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $72.87 ↓ -89%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $72.87 ↓ -89%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $72.87 ↓ -89%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $72.87 ↓ -89%
Humana MCD $81.33 ↓ -88%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $82.13 ↓ -88%
Cigna CSN $100.83 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $109.00 ↓ -84%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $111.05 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $113.09 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $114.45 ↓ -83%
BCBS BAV $122.63 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $129.44 ↓ -81%
BCBS HMO $153.28 ↓ -78%
BCBS EPOSOA $156.69 ↓ -77%
BCBS PPO $159.41 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $161.46 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $161.46 ↓ -76%
Aetna QHPExchange $164.18 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $173.72 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $185.98 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBPOS $198.93 ↓ -71%
Aetna NBHMO $198.93 ↓ -71%
Aetna NBPPO $198.93 ↓ -71%
Aetna COMMPOS $211.87 ↓ -69%
Aetna COMMHMO $211.87 ↓ -69%
Aetna COMMPPO $211.87 ↓ -69%
Humana HMO $217.39 ↓ -68%
Humana PPO $217.39 ↓ -68%
BCBS Traditional $238.44 ↓ -65%
Aetna OONPPO $249.34 ↓ -63%
Aetna OONPOS $249.34 ↓ -63%
Aetna OONHMO $249.34 ↓ -63%
Aetna ASAHMO $269.78 ↓ -60%
Aetna ASAPOS $269.78 ↓ -60%
Aetna ASAPPO $269.78 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $272.50 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $272.50 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $306.57 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $363.11 ↓ -47%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $948.00 ↑ +39%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00 ↑ +39%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00 ↑ +39%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00 ↑ +39%
Superior Health Plan STAR $948.00 ↑ +39%
United SmallGroup $1,120.00 ↑ +64%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,600.00 ↑ +135%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,702.00 ↑ +150%
Oscar HIX $2,358.00 ↑ +246%

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Pr incision & drainage abscess simple/single at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $118.65 $91.53 – $339.00
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $877.34 $94.29 – $4,826.69
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $596.67 $65.06 – $745.84
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $552.75 $69.61 – $829.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $807.74 $65.06 – $1,009.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $596.67 $65.06 – $745.84
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $552.75 $69.61 – $829.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $552.75 $65.06 – $829.12

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