Swallowing Evaluation (Bedside) 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.

$30.35 with Superior Health Plan vs $429.93 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 CHPFC $30.35 —
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $30.35 —
Superior Health Plan STARKids $30.35 —
Superior Health Plan CHIP $30.35 —
Superior Health Plan STAR $30.35 —
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $65.75 —
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $65.75 —
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $65.75 —
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $65.75 —
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $70.81 —
Amerigroup MGMCD $70.81 —
Oscar MGMCR $83.32 —
TriWest Healthcare Alliance VeteransPCCC $83.32 —
WellMed MGMCR $84.59 —
United OptionsPPO $84.97 —
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $85.02 —
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $85.02 —
Amerigroup DualEligible $85.02 —
BCBS MCRPPO $85.02 —
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $85.02 —
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $85.02 —
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $85.02 —
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $85.02 —
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $85.02 —
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $85.02 —
Devoted Health MGMCR $85.02 —
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $85.03 —
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $85.03 —
Van Lang IPA MCR $85.87 —
United MCR $86.72 —
WellCare MCRHMO $87.57 —
WellCare PFFS $87.57 —
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $87.57 —
WellCare POS $87.57 —
WellCare PPO $87.57 —
WellCare SNP $87.57 —
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $89.27 —
American Health Plan MGMCR $89.27 —
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $89.27 —
Shared Health MGMCR $89.27 —
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $89.27 —
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $89.27 —
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $89.27 —
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $89.27 —
Superior Health Plan PFFS $89.27 —
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $90.12 —
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $90.12 —
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $90.12 —
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $90.12 —
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $90.12 —
Molina MGMCR $92.67 —
Oscar HIX $98.63 —
Verda Health Plan MCR $110.53 —
Community Health Choice HIX $123.28 —
Superior ValueHMO $123.28 —
Superior HMO $131.78 —
Superior EPO $131.78 —
Aetna NBHMO $143.14 —
Aetna NBPPO $143.14 —
Aetna NBPOS $143.14 —
Aetna COMMHMO $152.25 —
Aetna COMMPPO $152.25 —
Aetna COMMPOS $152.25 —
Humana HMO $167.57 —
Humana PPO $167.57 —
BCBS MyBlueHealth $173.72 —
BCBS Traditional $177.03 —
Aetna OONPPO $179.05 —
Aetna OONPOS $179.05 —
Aetna OONHMO $179.05 —
Molina Healthcare HIX $182.79 —
BCBS BAV $191.54 —
Aetna ASAPPO $194.23 —
Aetna ASAPOS $194.23 —
Aetna ASAHMO $194.23 —
United GlobalAppendix $227.61 —
BCBS HMO $239.80 —
BCBS EPOSOA $239.80 —
BCBS PPO $239.80 —
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $255.06 —
Coventry National First Health COMM $262.00 —
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $379.35 —
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $429.93 —

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Swallowing Evaluation (Bedside) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $298.20 $100.00 – $852.00
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $439.28 $285.82 – $285.82
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $340.13 $96.37 – $481.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $420.71 $86.60 – $631.06
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $400.18 $80.04 – $500.22
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $340.13 $90.70 – $481.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $420.71 $112.00 – $631.06
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $420.71 $155.00 – $631.06

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