Stereotactic radiation trmt 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.

$364.62 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $45,307.00 with Cigna — 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
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $364.62
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $364.62
BCBS MyBlueHealth $794.71
BCBS BAV $877.23
BCBS HMO $1,302.81
BCBS PPO $1,302.81
BCBS EPOSOA $1,302.81
Aetna QHPExchange $2,215.69
Aetna NBPOS $2,944.86
Aetna NBHMO $2,944.86
Aetna NBPPO $2,944.86
Aetna COMMHMO $3,132.63
Aetna COMMPPO $3,132.63
Aetna COMMPOS $3,132.63
Aetna OONHMO $3,683.42
Aetna OONPOS $3,683.42
Aetna OONPPO $3,683.42
Aetna ASAPPO $3,980.72
Aetna ASAPOS $3,980.72
Aetna ASAHMO $3,980.72
Humana HMO $4,981.83
Humana PPO $4,981.83
Cigna CSN $35,171.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $38,105.00
Cigna PPO $45,307.00

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Stereotactic radiation trmt at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $1,671.94 – $1,671.94
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $364.62 – $4,981.83
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $364.62 – $4,981.83
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $1,702.34 – $1,702.34
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $352.55 – $4,981.83
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $367.96 – $4,981.83
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $354.34 – $4,981.83
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $364.62 – $4,981.83

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