Rmvl perm pm pulse gen 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

$23,709.09

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.

$23,709.09

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.

$1,422.55 with Superior Health Plan vs $24,035.00 with Curative Administrators — 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 CHPFC $1,422.55 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1,422.55 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1,422.55 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $1,422.55 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1,422.55 ↓ -94%
Aetna QHPExchange $1,579.00 ↓ -93%
Aetna NBPOS $2,098.00 ↓ -91%
Aetna NBHMO $2,098.00 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMMHMO $2,229.00 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMMPOS $2,229.00 ↓ -91%
Aetna NBPPO $2,299.00 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMMPPO $2,444.00 ↓ -90%
Aetna OONHMO $2,623.00 ↓ -89%
Aetna OONPOS $2,623.00 ↓ -89%
Aetna ASAPOS $2,832.00 ↓ -88%
Aetna ASAHMO $2,832.00 ↓ -88%
Aetna OONPPO $2,876.00 ↓ -88%
Aetna ASAPPO $3,106.00 ↓ -87%
Cigna CSN $3,376.00 ↓ -86%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $3,658.00 ↓ -85%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $3,864.58 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $3,935.71 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $3,983.13 ↓ -83%
BCBS BAV $4,267.64 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $4,349.00 ↓ -82%
Humana PPO $4,690.00 ↓ -80%
Humana HMO $4,690.00 ↓ -80%
United SmallGroup $4,760.00 ↓ -80%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $4,988.00 ↓ -79%
United MGMCD $5,046.73 ↓ -79%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $5,173.52 ↓ -78%
Molina Healthcare STAR $5,173.52 ↓ -78%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $5,173.52 ↓ -78%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $5,173.52 ↓ -78%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $5,267.58 ↓ -78%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $5,267.58 ↓ -78%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $5,267.58 ↓ -78%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $5,267.58 ↓ -78%
BCBS HMO $5,334.55 ↓ -77%
BCBS EPOSOA $5,453.09 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $5,619.05 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $5,619.05 ↓ -76%
Humana MCD $5,879.00 ↓ -75%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $5,937.32 ↓ -75%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5,951.00 ↓ -75%
United AllPayerAppendix $6,800.00 ↓ -71%
BCBS Traditional $8,298.18 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $9,483.64 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $10,669.09 ↓ -55%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $12,193.00 ↓ -49%
Coventry National First Health COMM $12,636.94 ↓ -47%
Oscar HIX $17,551.00 ↓ -26%
BCBS PPO $18,493.28 ↓ -22%
Curative Administrators COMM $24,035.00 ↑ +1%

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