Treatment inhalation continuous aerosol medication acute airway obstruction 1st hour 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

$526.20

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.

$526.20

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.

$31.57 with Superior Health Plan vs $420.48 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $31.57 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $31.57 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $31.57 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $31.57 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $31.57 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $68.41 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $68.41 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $68.41 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $68.41 ↓ -87%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $87.35 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $88.40 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $102.61 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $124.71 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $124.71 ↓ -76%
Aetna QHPExchange $126.81 ↓ -76%
Aetna NBPOS $153.65 ↓ -71%
Aetna NBHMO $153.65 ↓ -71%
Aetna NBPPO $153.65 ↓ -71%
Aetna COMMPOS $163.65 ↓ -69%
Aetna COMMHMO $163.65 ↓ -69%
Aetna COMMPPO $163.65 ↓ -69%
BCBS Traditional $184.17 ↓ -65%
Aetna OONPPO $192.59 ↓ -63%
Aetna OONHMO $192.59 ↓ -63%
Aetna OONPOS $192.59 ↓ -63%
Aetna ASAHMO $208.38 ↓ -60%
Aetna ASAPPO $208.38 ↓ -60%
Aetna ASAPOS $208.38 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $210.48 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $236.79 ↓ -55%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $255.13 ↓ -52%
Coventry National First Health COMM $280.46 ↓ -47%
BCBS BAV $281.30 ↓ -47%
BCBS HMO $352.17 ↓ -33%
BCBS EPOSOA $352.17 ↓ -33%
BCBS PPO $352.17 ↓ -33%
Humana PPO $420.48 ↓ -20%
Humana HMO $420.48 ↓ -20%

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