Treatment inhalation pressurized/nonpressurized acute airway obstruction 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

not published by hospital

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

not published by hospital

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$5.36 with Superior Health Plan vs $594.19 with BCBS — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
Superior Health Plan CHIP $5.36
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $5.36
Superior Health Plan STARKids $5.36
Superior Health Plan STAR $5.36
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $5.36
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $11.61
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $11.61
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $11.61
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $11.61
Cigna CSN $13.22
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $14.29
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $14.83
United OptionsPPO $15.00
Cigna PPO $16.97
Oscar HIX $17.42
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $21.17
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $21.17
Aetna QHPExchange $21.52
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $22.77
Evry Health BroadNetwork $24.38
Aetna NBHMO $26.08
Aetna NBPOS $26.08
Aetna NBPPO $26.08
Aetna COMMPOS $27.78
Aetna COMMHMO $27.78
Aetna COMMPPO $27.78
BCBS Traditional $31.26
Aetna OONHMO $32.69
Aetna OONPPO $32.69
Aetna OONPOS $32.69
Aetna ASAHMO $35.37
Aetna ASAPPO $35.37
Aetna ASAPOS $35.37
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $35.72
Curative Administrators COMM $35.72
United GlobalAppendix $40.19
Coventry National First Health COMM $47.60
Humana PPO $173.86
Humana HMO $173.86
BCBS MyBlueHealth $430.47
BCBS BAV $474.62
BCBS HMO $594.19
BCBS PPO $594.19
BCBS EPOSOA $594.19

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Treatment inhalation pressurized/nonpressurized acute airway obstruction at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $203.35 $100.00 – $581.00
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $957.84 $708.25 – $708.25
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $203.49 $57.66 – $528.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $242.77 $49.97 – $528.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $325.31 $65.06 – $528.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $203.49 $54.26 – $528.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $242.77 $77.93 – $528.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $242.77 $125.43 – $3,235.82

All Texas hospitals for this procedure →