Pt re-evaluation patient/family 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.

$40.78 with Superior Health Plan vs $544.37 with Humana — 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 $40.78
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $40.78
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $40.78
Superior Health Plan CHIP $40.78
Superior Health Plan STARKids $40.78
TriWest Healthcare Alliance VeteransPCCC $58.31
Oscar MGMCR $58.31
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $59.50
BCBS MCRPPO $59.50
Devoted Health MGMCR $59.50
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $59.50
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $59.50
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $59.50
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $59.50
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $59.50
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $59.50
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $59.50
WellMed MGMCR $59.79
Van Lang IPA MCR $60.09
United MCR $60.69
WellCare PPO $61.28
WellCare PFFS $61.28
WellCare MCRHMO $61.28
WellCare SNP $61.28
WellCare POS $61.28
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $61.28
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $62.47
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $62.47
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $62.47
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $62.47
Superior Health Plan PFFS $62.47
American Health Plan MGMCR $62.47
Shared Health MGMCR $62.47
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $62.47
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $62.47
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $63.07
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $63.07
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $63.07
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $63.07
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $63.07
Molina MGMCR $64.85
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $68.41
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $68.41
Verda Health Plan MCR $77.35
Community Health Choice HIX $86.27
Superior ValueHMO $86.27
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $88.35
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $88.35
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $88.35
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $88.35
Superior EPO $92.22
Superior HMO $92.22
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $112.82
United OptionsPPO $114.17
Molina Healthcare HIX $127.92
Oscar HIX $132.52
BCBS MyBlueHealth $137.45
BCBS BAV $151.55
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $161.07
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $161.07
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $178.49
BCBS HMO $189.73
BCBS PPO $189.73
BCBS EPOSOA $189.73
Aetna QHPExchange $205.51
BCBS Traditional $237.86
Aetna NBPPO $273.00
Aetna NBPOS $273.00
Aetna NBHMO $273.00
Aetna COMMPOS $289.54
Aetna COMMPPO $289.54
Aetna COMMHMO $289.54
United GlobalAppendix $305.82
Aetna OONPPO $341.35
Aetna OONPOS $341.35
Aetna OONHMO $341.35
Coventry National First Health COMM $362.23
Aetna ASAHMO $368.35
Aetna ASAPOS $368.35
Aetna ASAPPO $368.35
Humana PPO $544.37
Humana HMO $544.37

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