Strep a ag ia 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.

$14.12 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $357.62 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 $14.12
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $14.12
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $14.12
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $14.12
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $14.12
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $14.12
United MGMCD $14.40
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $15.25
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $15.53
Molina Healthcare CHIP $15.53
Molina Healthcare STAR $15.53
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $15.53
Oscar MGMCR $16.47
TriWest Healthcare Alliance VeteransPCCC $16.47
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $16.81
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $16.81
BCBS MCRPPO $16.81
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $16.81
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $16.81
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $16.81
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $16.81
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $16.81
Devoted Health MGMCR $16.81
United SmallGroup $16.81
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $16.81
United AllPayerAppendix $16.81
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $16.81
WellMed MGMCR $16.89
Van Lang IPA MCR $16.98
United MCR $17.15
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $17.31
WellCare SNP $17.31
WellCare POS $17.31
WellCare PPO $17.31
WellCare MCRHMO $17.31
WellCare PFFS $17.31
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $17.65
Humana MCD $17.65
American Health Plan MGMCR $17.65
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $17.65
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $17.65
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $17.65
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $17.65
Superior Health Plan PFFS $17.65
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $17.65
Shared Health MGMCR $17.65
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $17.82
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $17.82
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $17.82
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $17.82
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $17.82
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $18.19
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $18.19
Molina MGMCR $18.32
Verda Health Plan MCR $21.85
Community Health Choice HIX $24.37
Superior ValueHMO $24.37
Superior EPO $26.06
Superior HMO $26.06
BCBS MyBlueHealth $33.96
Molina Healthcare HIX $36.14
BCBS BAV $37.49
Superior Health Plan STARKids $40.26
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $40.26
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $40.26
Superior Health Plan STAR $40.26
Superior Health Plan CHIP $40.26
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $40.85
BCBS HMO $46.90
Oscar HIX $48.58
BCBS EPOSOA $50.26
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $50.43
BCBS PPO $53.62
Aetna QHPExchange $61.60
Cigna CSN $69.71
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $75.51
Aetna NBHMO $81.92
Aetna NBPOS $81.92
Aetna NBPPO $81.92
Aetna COMMPOS $87.03
Aetna COMMHMO $87.03
Aetna COMMPPO $87.03
Cigna PPO $89.84
Aetna OONHMO $102.24
Aetna OONPPO $102.24
Aetna OONPOS $102.24
Aetna ASAHMO $110.55
Aetna ASAPPO $110.55
Aetna ASAPOS $110.55
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $111.38
United OptionsPPO $112.72
Humana HMO $181.88
Humana PPO $181.88
Evry Health BroadNetwork $183.17
BCBS Traditional $234.84
United GlobalAppendix $301.93
Coventry National First Health COMM $357.62
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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