Thyroglobulin antibody 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.

$13.36 with Texas Childrens Health Plans vs $436.03 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
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $13.36
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $13.36
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $13.36
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $13.36
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $13.36
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $13.36
United MGMCD $13.63
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $14.43
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $14.70
Molina Healthcare CHIP $14.70
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $14.70
Molina Healthcare STAR $14.70
Oscar MGMCR $15.59
TriWest Healthcare Alliance VeteransPCCC $15.59
Devoted Health MGMCR $15.91
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $15.91
United AllPayerAppendix $15.91
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $15.91
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $15.91
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $15.91
BCBS MCRPPO $15.91
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $15.91
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $15.91
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $15.91
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $15.91
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $15.91
United SmallGroup $15.91
WellMed MGMCR $15.99
Van Lang IPA MCR $16.07
United MCR $16.23
WellCare MCRHMO $16.39
WellCare PPO $16.39
WellCare SNP $16.39
WellCare POS $16.39
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $16.39
WellCare PFFS $16.39
Humana MCD $16.70
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $16.71
American Health Plan MGMCR $16.71
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $16.71
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $16.71
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $16.71
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $16.71
Superior Health Plan PFFS $16.71
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $16.71
Shared Health MGMCR $16.71
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $16.86
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $16.86
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $16.86
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $16.86
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $16.86
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $17.22
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $17.22
Molina MGMCR $17.34
Verda Health Plan MCR $20.68
Superior ValueHMO $23.07
Community Health Choice HIX $23.07
Superior HMO $24.66
Superior EPO $24.66
BCBS MyBlueHealth $32.14
Molina Healthcare HIX $34.21
BCBS BAV $35.48
BCBS HMO $44.39
Oscar HIX $45.98
BCBS EPOSOA $47.57
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $47.73
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $47.73
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $49.08
Superior Health Plan STAR $49.08
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $49.08
Superior Health Plan CHIP $49.08
Superior Health Plan STARKids $49.08
BCBS PPO $50.75
Aetna QHPExchange $58.27
Cigna CSN $65.51
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $70.96
Aetna NBHMO $77.50
Aetna NBPPO $77.50
Aetna NBPOS $77.50
Aetna COMMPPO $82.33
Aetna COMMPOS $82.33
Aetna COMMHMO $82.33
Cigna PPO $84.43
Aetna OONHMO $96.72
Aetna OONPOS $96.72
Aetna OONPPO $96.72
Aetna ASAPPO $104.58
Aetna ASAHMO $104.58
Aetna ASAPOS $104.58
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $135.80
United OptionsPPO $137.43
Humana PPO $212.50
Humana HMO $212.50
Evry Health BroadNetwork $223.33
BCBS Traditional $286.32
United GlobalAppendix $368.13
Coventry National First Health COMM $436.03
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $353.76 $14.32 – $61.25
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $115.79 $10.00 – $144.74
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $131.80 $12.00 – $197.70
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $106.16 $12.00 – $132.71
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $115.79 $10.00 – $144.74
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $131.80 $12.00 – $197.70
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