Protein total body fluid 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

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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.

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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.

$3.36 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $366.32 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
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $3.36
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $3.36
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $3.36
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $3.36
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $3.36
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $3.36
United MGMCD $3.43
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $3.63
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $3.70
Molina Healthcare CHIP $3.70
Molina Healthcare STAR $3.70
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $3.70
Oscar MGMCR $3.92
TriWest Healthcare Alliance VeteransPCCC $3.92
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $4.00
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $4.00
BCBS MCRPPO $4.00
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $4.00
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $4.00
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $4.00
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $4.00
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $4.00
Devoted Health MGMCR $4.00
United SmallGroup $4.00
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $4.00
United AllPayerAppendix $4.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $4.00
WellMed MGMCR $4.02
Van Lang IPA MCR $4.04
United MCR $4.08
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $4.12
WellCare SNP $4.12
WellCare POS $4.12
WellCare PPO $4.12
WellCare MCRHMO $4.12
WellCare PFFS $4.12
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $4.20
Humana MCD $4.20
American Health Plan MGMCR $4.20
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $4.20
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $4.20
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $4.20
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $4.20
Superior Health Plan PFFS $4.20
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $4.20
Shared Health MGMCR $4.20
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $4.24
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $4.24
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $4.24
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $4.24
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $4.24
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $4.33
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $4.33
Molina MGMCR $4.36
Verda Health Plan MCR $5.20
Superior ValueHMO $5.80
Community Health Choice HIX $5.80
Superior HMO $6.20
Superior EPO $6.20
BCBS MyBlueHealth $8.08
Molina Healthcare HIX $8.60
BCBS BAV $8.92
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $11.01
BCBS HMO $11.16
Oscar HIX $11.56
BCBS EPOSOA $11.96
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $12.00
BCBS PPO $12.76
Aetna QHPExchange $14.65
Cigna CSN $16.71
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $18.10
Aetna NBHMO $19.49
Aetna NBPOS $19.49
Aetna NBPPO $19.49
Aetna COMMPOS $20.70
Aetna COMMPPO $20.70
Aetna COMMHMO $20.70
Cigna PPO $21.54
Aetna OONPPO $24.32
Aetna OONPOS $24.32
Aetna OONHMO $24.32
Aetna ASAHMO $26.30
Aetna ASAPPO $26.30
Aetna ASAPOS $26.30
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $41.24
Superior Health Plan STARKids $41.24
Superior Health Plan CHIP $41.24
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $41.24
Superior Health Plan STAR $41.24
Humana PPO $49.01
Humana HMO $49.01
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $114.09
United OptionsPPO $115.46
Evry Health BroadNetwork $187.63
BCBS Traditional $240.55
United GlobalAppendix $309.28
Coventry National First Health COMM $366.32
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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