Radphm lcl tomogr sgl area sgl day 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

$4,122.25

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.

$4,122.25

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.

$247.34 with Superior Health Plan vs $3,357.83 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
Superior Health Plan STAR $247.34 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $247.34 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $247.34 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $247.34 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $247.34 ↓ -94%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $355.19 ↓ -91%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $355.19 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $380.24 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $380.24 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $380.24 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $380.24 ↓ -91%
United MGMCD $387.84 ↓ -91%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $390.71 ↓ -91%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $390.71 ↓ -91%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $390.71 ↓ -91%
Molina Healthcare STAR $390.71 ↓ -91%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $410.66 ↓ -90%
Humana MCD $443.99 ↓ -89%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $528.37 ↓ -87%
BCBS BAV $669.47 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $684.29 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $692.54 ↓ -83%
BCBS HMO $1,020.71 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,051.17 ↓ -75%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,059.74 ↓ -74%
BCBS PPO $1,095.77 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,125.37 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $1,315.41 ↓ -68%
Humana HMO $1,315.41 ↓ -68%
BCBS Traditional $1,442.79 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,648.90 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,648.90 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $1,855.01 ↓ -55%
Aetna QHPExchange $1,868.98 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $2,197.16 ↓ -47%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $2,481.29 ↓ -40%
Aetna NBHMO $2,484.05 ↓ -40%
Aetna NBPOS $2,484.05 ↓ -40%
Aetna NBPPO $2,484.05 ↓ -40%
Aetna COMMPPO $2,642.44 ↓ -36%
Aetna COMMHMO $2,642.44 ↓ -36%
Aetna COMMPOS $2,642.44 ↓ -36%
United AllPayerAppendix $2,938.37 ↓ -29%
United SmallGroup $2,938.37 ↓ -29%
Aetna OONPPO $3,107.04 ↓ -25%
Aetna OONHMO $3,107.04 ↓ -25%
Aetna OONPOS $3,107.04 ↓ -25%
Aetna ASAPPO $3,357.83 ↓ -19%
Aetna ASAHMO $3,357.83 ↓ -19%
Aetna ASAPOS $3,357.83 ↓ -19%

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Radphm lcl tomogr sgl area sgl day at other Texas hospitals

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St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $2,127.65 $355.19 – $6,079.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,723.06 $338.81 – $3,517.62
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,381.40 $338.81 – $3,517.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,723.06 $338.81 – $3,517.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,381.40 $362.53 – $3,572.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,381.40 $338.81 – $3,572.10
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