Transfusion blood/blood component(s) 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.

$32.98 with United vs $1,702.00 with United — 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
United MGMCD $32.98
Molina Healthcare STAR $33.80
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $33.80
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $33.80
Molina Healthcare CHIP $33.80
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $34.42
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $34.42
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $34.42
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $34.42
Humana MCD $38.41
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $38.80
Superior Health Plan CHIP $142.42
Superior Health Plan STARKids $142.42
Superior Health Plan STAR $142.42
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $142.42
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $142.42
BCBS MyBlueHealth $252.77
BCBS BAV $278.33
BCBS PPO $289.88
BCBS EPOSOA $306.69
BCBS HMO $323.49
Cigna CSN $351.31
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $379.80
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $394.04
United OptionsPPO $398.78
Cigna PPO $451.01
Oscar HIX $462.88
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $562.57
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $562.57
Aetna QHPExchange $572.07
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $605.30
Evry Health BroadNetwork $648.03
Aetna NBPOS $693.13
Aetna NBPPO $693.13
Aetna NBHMO $693.13
Aetna COMMPOS $738.23
Aetna COMMHMO $738.23
Aetna COMMPPO $738.23
Humana PPO $757.45
Humana HMO $757.45
BCBS Traditional $830.80
Aetna OONPPO $868.78
Aetna OONHMO $868.78
Aetna OONPOS $868.78
Aetna ASAPOS $939.99
Aetna ASAPPO $939.99
Aetna ASAHMO $939.99
Curative Administrators COMM $949.49
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $949.49
United GlobalAppendix $1,068.17
United SmallGroup $1,120.00
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,265.19
United AllPayerAppendix $1,600.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,702.00

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Transfusion blood/blood component(s) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $726.60 $560.52 – $2,076.00
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $3,775.85 $43.76 – $4,826.69
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,098.91 $30.73 – $1,373.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,085.62 $32.88 – $1,628.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,098.56 $30.73 – $1,373.20
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,098.91 $30.73 – $1,373.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,085.62 $32.88 – $1,628.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,085.62 $30.73 – $1,628.42

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