Test stress cardiovascular tracing only 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.

$318.50 with Humana vs $3,126.26 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
Humana HMO $318.50
Humana PPO $318.50
Superior Health Plan CHIP $351.92
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $351.92
Superior Health Plan STARKids $351.92
Superior Health Plan STAR $351.92
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $351.92
BCBS MyBlueHealth $592.25
BCBS BAV $653.00
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $762.50
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $762.50
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $762.50
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $762.50
BCBS PPO $817.51
BCBS HMO $817.51
BCBS EPOSOA $817.51
Cigna CSN $868.08
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $938.47
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $973.66
United OptionsPPO $985.39
Cigna PPO $1,114.43
Oscar HIX $1,143.75
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $1,390.10
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $1,390.10
Aetna QHPExchange $1,413.56
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,495.68
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,601.26
Aetna NBPOS $1,712.70
Aetna NBHMO $1,712.70
Aetna NBPPO $1,712.70
Aetna COMMPPO $1,824.14
Aetna COMMHMO $1,824.14
Aetna COMMPOS $1,824.14
BCBS Traditional $2,052.89
Aetna OONPPO $2,146.74
Aetna OONHMO $2,146.74
Aetna OONPOS $2,146.74
Aetna ASAHMO $2,322.70
Aetna ASAPPO $2,322.70
Aetna ASAPOS $2,322.70
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2,346.16
Curative Administrators COMM $2,346.16
United GlobalAppendix $2,639.43
Coventry National First Health COMM $3,126.26

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Test stress cardiovascular tracing only at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $1,909.95 $100.00 – $5,457.00
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $2,010.11 $974.44 – $974.44
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,251.88 $206.06 – $1,564.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,497.34 $308.20 – $2,246.01
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,281.95 $206.06 – $1,602.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,251.88 $206.06 – $1,564.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,497.34 $206.06 – $2,246.01
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,497.34 $773.63 – $2,246.01

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