Tl-201 thallium diag per mci 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

$6,110.61

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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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$6,110.61

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.

$78.80 with United vs $3,256.96 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

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
United SmallGroup $78.80 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $78.80 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $78.80 ↓ -99%
Cigna CSN $80.61 ↓ -99%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $87.27 ↓ -99%
Cigna PPO $103.93 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $297.53 ↓ -95%
Humana HMO $340.71 ↓ -94%
Humana PPO $340.71 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $366.64 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $366.64 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $366.64 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $366.64 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $366.64 ↓ -94%
BCBS PPO $409.86 ↓ -93%
BCBS HMO $409.86 ↓ -93%
BCBS EPOSOA $409.86 ↓ -93%
BCBS BAV $511.57 ↓ -92%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $794.38 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $794.38 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $794.38 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $794.38 ↓ -87%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,014.36 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $1,026.58 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $1,191.57 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $1,448.21 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $1,448.21 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,558.21 ↓ -74%
Molina Healthcare HIX $1,649.86 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,668.20 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBHMO $1,784.30 ↓ -71%
Aetna NBPOS $1,784.30 ↓ -71%
Aetna NBPPO $1,784.30 ↓ -71%
Aetna COMMPPO $1,900.40 ↓ -69%
Aetna COMMHMO $1,900.40 ↓ -69%
Aetna COMMPOS $1,900.40 ↓ -69%
BCBS Traditional $2,138.71 ↓ -65%
Aetna OONPPO $2,236.48 ↓ -63%
Aetna OONHMO $2,236.48 ↓ -63%
Aetna OONPOS $2,236.48 ↓ -63%
Aetna ASAHMO $2,419.80 ↓ -60%
Aetna ASAPPO $2,419.80 ↓ -60%
Aetna ASAPOS $2,419.80 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2,444.24 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $2,444.24 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $2,749.77 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $3,256.96 ↓ -47%

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Tl-201 thallium diag per mci at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $28.35 $21.06 – $538.00
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $27.09 $20.13 – $538.00
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $28.35 $21.87 – $538.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $33.78 $24.59 – $193.00
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $171.90 $38.72 – $954.90
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $28.35 $21.06 – $538.00
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $33.78 $38.60 – $193.00
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $28.35 $21.06 – $538.00

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