Shot (Injection into Muscle or Under the Skin) at HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST

621 RAYFORD RD, SPRING, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1740450121

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 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.

$86.56 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,226.33 with Multiplan — 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 STARPLUS $86.56 —
Superior Health Plan STAR $86.56 —
Superior Health Plan STARKids $86.56 —
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $86.56 —
Superior Health Plan CHIP $86.56 —
BCBS MyBlueHealth $141.50 —
BCBS BAV $156.01 —
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $187.56 —
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $187.56 —
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $187.56 —
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $187.56 —
BCBS PPO $195.32 —
BCBS EPOSOA $195.32 —
BCBS HMO $195.32 —
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $201.98 —
Amerigroup MGMCD $201.98 —
Cigna CSN $213.53 —
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $230.84 —
United OptionsPPO $242.38 —
Cigna PPO $274.12 —
Oscar HIX $281.33 —
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $367.90 —
Evry Health BroadNetwork $393.87 —
Aetna NBPOS $408.30 —
Aetna NBHMO $408.30 —
Aetna NBPPO $408.30 —
Aetna COMMHMO $434.26 —
Aetna COMMPOS $434.26 —
Aetna COMMPPO $434.26 —
Humana HMO $477.98 —
Humana PPO $477.98 —
BCBS Traditional $504.96 —
Aetna OONHMO $510.73 —
Aetna OONPPO $510.73 —
Aetna OONPOS $510.73 —
Aetna ASAHMO $554.01 —
Aetna ASAPPO $554.01 —
Aetna ASAPOS $554.01 —
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $577.10 —
Curative Administrators COMM $577.10 —
United GlobalAppendix $649.23 —
Coventry National First Health COMM $747.34 —
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,082.06 —
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,226.33 —

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Shot (Injection into Muscle or Under the Skin) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $306.60 $88.29 – $876.00
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $350.96 $232.81 – $232.81
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $192.72 $54.60 – $240.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $172.35 $35.48 – $258.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $197.78 $39.56 – $247.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $192.72 $51.39 – $240.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $172.35 $55.32 – $258.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $172.35 $89.05 – $258.52

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