Stress test pulmonary 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.

$69.96 with Superior Health Plan vs $621.47 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
Superior Health Plan STARKids $69.96
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $69.96
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $69.96
Superior Health Plan CHIP $69.96
Superior Health Plan STAR $69.96
Humana PPO $104.70
Humana HMO $104.70
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $151.58
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $151.58
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $151.58
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $151.58
Cigna CSN $172.57
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $186.56
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $193.55
United OptionsPPO $195.89
Cigna PPO $221.54
Oscar HIX $227.37
BCBS MyBlueHealth $255.13
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $276.34
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $276.34
Aetna QHPExchange $281.00
BCBS BAV $281.30
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $297.33
Evry Health BroadNetwork $318.32
Aetna NBPOS $340.47
Aetna NBHMO $340.47
Aetna NBPPO $340.47
BCBS PPO $352.17
BCBS HMO $352.17
BCBS EPOSOA $352.17
Aetna COMMPPO $362.62
Aetna COMMHMO $362.62
Aetna COMMPOS $362.62
BCBS Traditional $408.10
Aetna OONHMO $426.75
Aetna OONPPO $426.75
Aetna OONPOS $426.75
Aetna ASAHMO $461.73
Aetna ASAPPO $461.73
Aetna ASAPOS $461.73
Curative Administrators COMM $466.40
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $466.40
United GlobalAppendix $524.70
Coventry National First Health COMM $621.47

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Stress test pulmonary at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $211.05 $100.00 – $603.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $363.12 $102.88 – $453.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $613.00 $126.18 – $919.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $517.67 $103.53 – $647.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $363.12 $96.83 – $453.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $613.00 $126.97 – $919.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $613.00 $316.45 – $919.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $517.67 $126.97 – $776.51

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