Protein total serum plasma whole blood 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

$800.06

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.

$800.06

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.

$3.08 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $426.43 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 CHIP $3.08 ↓ -100%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $3.08 ↓ -100%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $3.08 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $3.08 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $3.08 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $3.08 ↓ -100%
United MGMCD $3.14 ↓ -100%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $3.33 ↓ -100%
Molina Healthcare STAR $3.39 ↓ -100%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $3.39 ↓ -100%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $3.39 ↓ -100%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $3.39 ↓ -100%
Oscar MGMCR $3.60 ↓ -100%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance VeteransPCCC $3.60 ↓ -100%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $3.67 ↓ -100%
United SmallGroup $3.67 ↓ -100%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $3.67 ↓ -100%
United AllPayerAppendix $3.67 ↓ -100%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $3.67 ↓ -100%
BCBS MCRPPO $3.67 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $3.67 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $3.67 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $3.67 ↓ -100%
Devoted Health MGMCR $3.67 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $3.67 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $3.67 ↓ -100%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $3.67 ↓ -100%
WellMed MGMCR $3.69 ↓ -100%
Van Lang IPA MCR $3.71 ↓ -100%
United MCR $3.74 ↓ -100%
WellCare POS $3.78 ↓ -100%
WellCare PFFS $3.78 ↓ -100%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $3.78 ↓ -100%
WellCare PPO $3.78 ↓ -100%
WellCare SNP $3.78 ↓ -100%
WellCare MCRHMO $3.78 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $3.85 ↓ -100%
Humana MCD $3.85 ↓ -100%
American Health Plan MGMCR $3.85 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $3.85 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $3.85 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $3.85 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $3.85 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $3.85 ↓ -100%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $3.85 ↓ -100%
Shared Health MGMCR $3.85 ↓ -100%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $3.89 ↓ -100%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $3.89 ↓ -100%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $3.89 ↓ -100%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $3.89 ↓ -100%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $3.89 ↓ -100%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $3.97 ↓ -100%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $3.97 ↓ -100%
Molina MGMCR $4.00 ↓ -100%
Verda Health Plan MCR $4.77 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice HIX $5.32 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $5.32 ↓ -99%
Superior HMO $5.69 ↓ -99%
Superior EPO $5.69 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $7.41 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare HIX $7.89 ↓ -99%
BCBS BAV $8.18 ↓ -99%
BCBS HMO $10.24 ↓ -99%
Oscar HIX $10.61 ↓ -99%
BCBS EPOSOA $10.97 ↓ -99%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $11.01 ↓ -99%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $11.01 ↓ -99%
BCBS PPO $11.71 ↓ -99%
Aetna QHPExchange $13.45 ↓ -98%
Cigna CSN $15.33 ↓ -98%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $16.60 ↓ -98%
Aetna NBPOS $17.88 ↓ -98%
Aetna NBPPO $17.88 ↓ -98%
Aetna NBHMO $17.88 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMMPOS $19.00 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMMPPO $19.00 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMMHMO $19.00 ↓ -98%
Cigna PPO $19.75 ↓ -98%
Aetna OONPOS $22.32 ↓ -97%
Aetna OONHMO $22.32 ↓ -97%
Aetna OONPPO $22.32 ↓ -97%
Aetna ASAPPO $24.13 ↓ -97%
Aetna ASAHMO $24.13 ↓ -97%
Aetna ASAPOS $24.13 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $48.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $48.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $48.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $48.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $48.00 ↓ -94%
Humana PPO $49.01 ↓ -94%
Humana HMO $49.01 ↓ -94%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $132.81 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $134.41 ↓ -83%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $218.42 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $280.02 ↓ -65%
United GlobalAppendix $360.03 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $426.43 ↓ -47%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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