Ultrasound joint complete left 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.

$96.28 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $1,235.56 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
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $96.28
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $96.28
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $96.28
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $96.28
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $96.28
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $96.28
United MGMCD $98.21
BCBS MyBlueHealth $102.12
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $103.98
Molina Healthcare CHIP $105.91
Molina Healthcare STAR $105.91
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $105.91
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $105.91
Humana MCD $120.35
BCBS BAV $129.38
Aetna QHPExchange $169.07
BCBS HMO $197.27
BCBS EPOSOA $204.81
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04
BCBS PPO $211.77
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $213.00
Aetna NBHMO $224.71
Aetna NBPOS $224.71
Aetna NBPPO $224.71
Aetna COMMPPO $239.04
Aetna COMMHMO $239.04
Aetna COMMPOS $239.04
United SmallGroup $245.18
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Aetna OONPPO $281.07
Aetna OONPOS $281.07
Aetna OONHMO $281.07
Aetna ASAHMO $303.75
Aetna ASAPPO $303.75
Aetna ASAPOS $303.75
Humana HMO $1,235.56
Humana PPO $1,235.56

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Ultrasound joint complete left at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $616.00 $81.81 – $1,760.00
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,399.39 $223.38 – $223.38
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $623.67 $96.28 – $779.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $544.62 $112.10 – $816.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $499.95 $96.28 – $624.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $623.67 $96.28 – $779.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $544.62 $99.77 – $816.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $544.62 $96.28 – $816.93

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