Scan duplex extracranial arteries unilateral/limited study 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.

$108.97 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $2,248.43 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 STAR+PLUS $108.97
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $108.97
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $108.97
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $108.97
United MGMCD $111.15
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $117.57
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $117.57
Molina Healthcare STAR $117.57
Molina Healthcare CHIP $117.57
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $117.69
Humana MCD $133.60
BCBS MyBlueHealth $247.08
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $253.11
Superior Health Plan STARKids $253.11
Superior Health Plan STAR $253.11
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $253.11
Superior Health Plan CHIP $253.11
BCBS BAV $272.42
BCBS EPOSOA $341.06
BCBS PPO $341.06
BCBS HMO $341.06
Cigna CSN $364.82
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $394.82
Cigna PPO $469.33
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $700.26
United OptionsPPO $708.70
Oscar HIX $822.60
Humana HMO $986.18
Humana PPO $986.18
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $999.77
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $999.77
Aetna QHPExchange $1,016.64
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,075.70
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,151.63
Aetna NBPPO $1,231.78
Aetna NBPOS $1,231.78
Aetna NBHMO $1,231.78
Aetna COMMPOS $1,311.93
Aetna COMMHMO $1,311.93
Aetna COMMPPO $1,311.93
BCBS Traditional $1,476.45
Aetna OONHMO $1,543.95
Aetna OONPPO $1,543.95
Aetna OONPOS $1,543.95
Aetna ASAHMO $1,670.50
Aetna ASAPOS $1,670.50
Aetna ASAPPO $1,670.50
Curative Administrators COMM $1,687.38
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,687.38
United GlobalAppendix $1,898.30
Coventry National First Health COMM $2,248.43

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Scan duplex extracranial arteries unilateral/limited study at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $331.10 $94.60 – $946.00
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,069.02 $406.52 – $406.52
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $601.48 $99.77 – $751.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $601.48 $123.80 – $1,117.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $601.48 $99.77 – $1,117.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $601.48 $99.77 – $1,117.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $601.48 $99.77 – $1,117.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $601.48 $106.34 – $902.21

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