Treatment inhalation continuous aerosol medication acute airway obstruction each additional 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

$374.72

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.

$374.72

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.

$22.48 with Superior Health Plan vs $199.73 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
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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 $22.48 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $22.48 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $22.48 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $22.48 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $22.48 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $39.64 ↓ -89%
BCBS BAV $43.71 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $48.71 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $48.71 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $48.71 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $48.71 ↓ -87%
BCBS PPO $54.72 ↓ -85%
BCBS EPOSOA $54.72 ↓ -85%
BCBS HMO $54.72 ↓ -85%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $62.20 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $62.95 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $73.07 ↓ -81%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $88.81 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $88.81 ↓ -76%
Aetna QHPExchange $90.31 ↓ -76%
Molina Healthcare HIX $101.17 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBPOS $109.42 ↓ -71%
Aetna NBPPO $109.42 ↓ -71%
Aetna NBHMO $109.42 ↓ -71%
Aetna COMMHMO $116.54 ↓ -69%
Aetna COMMPPO $116.54 ↓ -69%
Aetna COMMPOS $116.54 ↓ -69%
BCBS Traditional $131.15 ↓ -65%
Aetna OONPOS $137.15 ↓ -63%
Aetna OONPPO $137.15 ↓ -63%
Aetna OONHMO $137.15 ↓ -63%
Aetna ASAPPO $148.39 ↓ -60%
Aetna ASAPOS $148.39 ↓ -60%
Aetna ASAHMO $148.39 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $149.89 ↓ -60%
Humana PPO $150.78 ↓ -60%
Humana HMO $150.78 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $168.62 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $199.73 ↓ -47%

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Treatment inhalation continuous aerosol medication acute airway obstruction each additional hour at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $193.90 $24.73 – $554.00
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $188.51 $65.22 – $65.22
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $221.58 $52.01 – $313.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $193.65 $39.86 – $290.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $218.32 $43.66 – $272.89
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $221.58 $39.64 – $313.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $193.65 $62.16 – $290.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $193.65 $100.05 – $3,235.82

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