Ultrasound joint/nonvascular extremity limited 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.

$30.35 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $1,794.18 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
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $30.35
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $30.35
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $30.35
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $30.35
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $30.35
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $30.35
United MGMCD $30.96
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $32.78
Molina Healthcare CHIP $33.39
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $33.39
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $33.39
Molina Healthcare STAR $33.39
Humana MCD $37.94
Aetna QHPExchange $196.97
BCBS MyBlueHealth $197.26
Superior Health Plan STARKids $201.97
Superior Health Plan CHIP $201.97
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $201.97
Superior Health Plan STAR $201.97
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $201.97
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $213.00
United SmallGroup $245.18
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
BCBS BAV $249.94
Aetna NBHMO $261.79
Aetna NBPOS $261.79
Aetna NBPPO $261.79
Aetna COMMHMO $278.48
Aetna COMMPOS $278.48
Aetna COMMPPO $278.48
Aetna OONPOS $327.44
Aetna OONPPO $327.44
Aetna OONHMO $327.44
Aetna ASAPOS $353.87
Aetna ASAHMO $353.87
Aetna ASAPPO $353.87
BCBS HMO $381.07
BCBS EPOSOA $395.64
BCBS PPO $409.09
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $558.79
United OptionsPPO $565.52
Humana PPO $583.10
Humana HMO $583.10
Evry Health BroadNetwork $918.97
BCBS Traditional $1,178.17
Curative Administrators COMM $1,346.48
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,346.48
United GlobalAppendix $1,514.79
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,794.18

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Ultrasound joint/nonvascular extremity limited left at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $1,044.05 $30.35 – $2,983.00
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $932.95 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $316.25 $30.35 – $395.32
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $405.68 $83.50 – $608.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $435.94 $30.35 – $544.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $316.25 $30.35 – $395.32
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $405.68 $32.47 – $608.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $405.68 $30.35 – $608.52

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