Smear nasal eosinophil 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

$220.86

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.

$220.86

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.

$4.86 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $117.72 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 $4.86 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $4.86 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $4.86 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $4.86 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $4.86 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $4.86 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $4.96 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $5.25 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $5.35 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $5.35 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $5.35 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $5.35 ↓ -98%
Oscar MGMCR $5.67 ↓ -97%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance VeteransPCCC $5.67 ↓ -97%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $5.79 ↓ -97%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $5.79 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRPPO $5.79 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $5.79 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $5.79 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $5.79 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $5.79 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $5.79 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MGMCR $5.79 ↓ -97%
United SmallGroup $5.79 ↓ -97%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $5.79 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $5.79 ↓ -97%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5.79 ↓ -97%
WellMed MGMCR $5.82 ↓ -97%
Van Lang IPA MCR $5.85 ↓ -97%
United MCR $5.91 ↓ -97%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $5.96 ↓ -97%
WellCare SNP $5.96 ↓ -97%
WellCare POS $5.96 ↓ -97%
WellCare PPO $5.96 ↓ -97%
WellCare MCRHMO $5.96 ↓ -97%
WellCare PFFS $5.96 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $6.08 ↓ -97%
Humana MCD $6.08 ↓ -97%
American Health Plan MGMCR $6.08 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $6.08 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $6.08 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $6.08 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $6.08 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $6.08 ↓ -97%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $6.08 ↓ -97%
Shared Health MGMCR $6.08 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $6.14 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $6.14 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $6.14 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $6.14 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $6.14 ↓ -97%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $6.27 ↓ -97%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $6.27 ↓ -97%
Molina MGMCR $6.31 ↓ -97%
Verda Health Plan MCR $7.53 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice HIX $8.40 ↓ -96%
Superior ValueHMO $8.40 ↓ -96%
Superior EPO $8.97 ↓ -96%
Superior HMO $8.97 ↓ -96%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $11.70 ↓ -95%
Molina Healthcare HIX $12.45 ↓ -94%
BCBS BAV $12.91 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $13.25 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $13.25 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $13.25 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $13.25 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $13.25 ↓ -94%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $14.24 ↓ -94%
BCBS HMO $16.15 ↓ -93%
Oscar HIX $16.73 ↓ -92%
BCBS EPOSOA $17.31 ↓ -92%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $17.37 ↓ -92%
BCBS PPO $18.47 ↓ -92%
Aetna QHPExchange $21.21 ↓ -90%
Cigna CSN $23.69 ↓ -89%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $25.65 ↓ -88%
Aetna NBHMO $28.20 ↓ -87%
Aetna NBPOS $28.20 ↓ -87%
Aetna NBPPO $28.20 ↓ -87%
Aetna COMMPOS $29.96 ↓ -86%
Aetna COMMPPO $29.96 ↓ -86%
Aetna COMMHMO $29.96 ↓ -86%
Cigna PPO $30.52 ↓ -86%
Aetna OONPOS $35.20 ↓ -84%
Aetna OONPPO $35.20 ↓ -84%
Aetna OONHMO $35.20 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $36.66 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $37.10 ↓ -83%
Aetna ASAPOS $38.06 ↓ -83%
Aetna ASAPPO $38.06 ↓ -83%
Aetna ASAHMO $38.06 ↓ -83%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $60.29 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $63.41 ↓ -71%
Humana PPO $63.41 ↓ -71%
BCBS Traditional $77.30 ↓ -65%
United GlobalAppendix $99.39 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $117.72 ↓ -47%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $38.50 $4.17 – $110.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $60.60 $4.86 – $75.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $72.60 $8.49 – $108.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $72.60 $4.86 – $90.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $60.60 $4.86 – $75.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $72.60 $5.20 – $108.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $72.60 $4.86 – $108.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $72.60 $4.86 – $108.90

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