Thyroxine binding globulin (tbg) 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.

$12.42 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $197.47 with Humana — 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
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $12.42
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $12.42
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $12.42
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $12.42
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $12.42
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $12.42
United MGMCD $12.67
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $13.41
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $13.66
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $13.66
Molina Healthcare CHIP $13.66
Molina Healthcare STAR $13.66
Oscar MGMCR $14.48
TriWest Healthcare Alliance VeteransPCCC $14.48
Devoted Health MGMCR $14.78
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $14.78
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $14.78
United AllPayerAppendix $14.78
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $14.78
United SmallGroup $14.78
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $14.78
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $14.78
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $14.78
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $14.78
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $14.78
BCBS MCRPPO $14.78
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $14.78
WellMed MGMCR $14.85
Van Lang IPA MCR $14.93
United MCR $15.08
WellCare POS $15.22
WellCare PPO $15.22
WellCare PFFS $15.22
WellCare MCRHMO $15.22
WellCare SNP $15.22
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $15.22
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $15.52
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $15.52
Superior Health Plan PFFS $15.52
Shared Health MGMCR $15.52
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $15.52
American Health Plan MGMCR $15.52
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $15.52
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $15.52
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $15.52
Humana MCD $15.53
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $15.67
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $15.67
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $15.67
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $15.67
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $15.67
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $16.00
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $16.00
Molina MGMCR $16.11
Verda Health Plan MCR $19.21
Community Health Choice HIX $21.43
Superior ValueHMO $21.43
Superior EPO $22.91
Superior HMO $22.91
BCBS MyBlueHealth $29.86
Molina Healthcare HIX $31.78
BCBS BAV $32.96
BCBS HMO $41.24
Oscar HIX $42.71
BCBS EPOSOA $44.19
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $44.34
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $44.35
BCBS PPO $47.15
Aetna QHPExchange $54.13
Cigna CSN $61.31
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $66.41
Aetna NBPPO $71.98
Aetna NBHMO $71.98
Aetna NBPOS $71.98
Aetna COMMPOS $76.48
Aetna COMMPPO $76.48
Aetna COMMHMO $76.48
Cigna PPO $79.01
Aetna OONPOS $89.84
Aetna OONPPO $89.84
Aetna OONHMO $89.84
Aetna ASAPOS $97.14
Aetna ASAHMO $97.14
Aetna ASAPPO $97.14
Humana PPO $197.47
Humana HMO $197.47
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St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $54.60 $10.64 – $156.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $103.42 $10.00 – $129.28
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $115.08 $8.00 – $172.62
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