Thyroid mets imag whole body 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

$4,809.30

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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$4,809.30

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.

$288.56 with Superior Health Plan vs $2,756.68 with Aetna — 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 STAR $288.56 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $288.56 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $288.56 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $288.56 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $288.56 ↓ -94%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $290.70 ↓ -94%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $290.70 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $308.40 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $308.40 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $308.40 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $308.40 ↓ -94%
United MGMCD $314.57 ↓ -93%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $319.77 ↓ -93%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $319.77 ↓ -93%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $319.77 ↓ -93%
Molina Healthcare STAR $319.77 ↓ -93%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $333.07 ↓ -93%
Humana MCD $363.38 ↓ -92%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $498.56 ↓ -90%
BCBS BAV $631.69 ↓ -87%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $798.34 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $807.96 ↓ -83%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $929.86 ↓ -81%
BCBS HMO $963.12 ↓ -80%
BCBS EPOSOA $999.94 ↓ -79%
BCBS PPO $1,033.94 ↓ -79%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,101.15 ↓ -77%
United SmallGroup $1,101.15 ↓ -77%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,226.37 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,312.94 ↓ -73%
Aetna QHPExchange $1,534.38 ↓ -68%
Humana PPO $1,534.65 ↓ -68%
Humana HMO $1,534.65 ↓ -68%
BCBS Traditional $1,683.26 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,923.72 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,923.72 ↓ -60%
Aetna NBHMO $2,039.34 ↓ -58%
Aetna NBPOS $2,039.34 ↓ -58%
Aetna NBPPO $2,039.34 ↓ -58%
United GlobalAppendix $2,164.18 ↓ -55%
Aetna COMMPOS $2,169.37 ↓ -55%
Aetna COMMPPO $2,169.37 ↓ -55%
Aetna COMMHMO $2,169.37 ↓ -55%
Aetna OONHMO $2,550.79 ↓ -47%
Aetna OONPOS $2,550.79 ↓ -47%
Aetna OONPPO $2,550.79 ↓ -47%
Coventry National First Health COMM $2,563.36 ↓ -47%
Aetna ASAHMO $2,756.68 ↓ -43%
Aetna ASAPPO $2,756.68 ↓ -43%
Aetna ASAPOS $2,756.68 ↓ -43%

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Thyroid mets imag whole body at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $1,269.80 $290.70 – $3,628.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,724.28 $280.00 – $2,155.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,524.99 $313.89 – $2,287.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,244.83 $280.00 – $1,556.03
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,724.28 $280.00 – $2,155.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,524.99 $299.60 – $2,287.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,524.99 $280.00 – $2,287.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,244.83 $280.00 – $1,867.24

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