Radphm lcl tmr spect/ct 2+ areas/2+ days 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.

$652.23 with Texas Childrens Health Plans vs $6,265.24 with Aetna — 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
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $652.23
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $652.23
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $660.91
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $660.91
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $660.91
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $660.91
United MGMCD $674.13
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $713.78
Molina Healthcare CHIP $717.45
Molina Healthcare STAR $717.45
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $717.45
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $717.45
Humana MCD $815.29
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,132.84
BCBS BAV $1,435.36
BCBS HMO $2,188.44
BCBS EPOSOA $2,272.12
BCBS PPO $2,349.36
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $2,481.29
United SmallGroup $2,938.37
United AllPayerAppendix $2,938.37
Aetna QHPExchange $3,487.25
Aetna NBHMO $4,634.90
Aetna NBPOS $4,634.90
Aetna NBPPO $4,634.90
Aetna COMMPPO $4,930.43
Aetna COMMPOS $4,930.43
Aetna COMMHMO $4,930.43
Aetna OONPPO $5,797.31
Aetna OONPOS $5,797.31
Aetna OONHMO $5,797.31
Aetna ASAHMO $6,265.24
Aetna ASAPPO $6,265.24
Aetna ASAPOS $6,265.24

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Radphm lcl tmr spect/ct 2+ areas/2+ days at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $3,978.80 $652.23 – $11,368.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,731.46 $652.23 – $3,517.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,109.97 $434.30 – $3,517.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,215.46 $652.23 – $3,517.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,731.46 $652.23 – $3,517.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,109.97 $697.89 – $3,517.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,109.97 $652.23 – $3,517.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $2,215.46 $652.23 – $3,517.62

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