Ultrasound ob >=14wks ea addl gest 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.

$76.12 with BCBS vs $1,919.48 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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $76.12
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $87.54
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $87.54
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $88.55
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $88.55
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $88.55
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $88.55
United MGMCD $90.32
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $95.63
Molina Healthcare STAR $96.29
Molina Healthcare CHIP $96.29
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $96.29
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $96.29
BCBS BAV $96.45
Humana MCD $109.43
BCBS HMO $147.05
BCBS EPOSOA $152.67
BCBS PPO $157.86
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $213.00
Superior Health Plan STAR $216.08
Superior Health Plan STARKids $216.08
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $216.08
Superior Health Plan CHIP $216.08
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $216.08
Aetna QHPExchange $248.72
Aetna NBPPO $330.57
Aetna NBPOS $330.57
Aetna NBHMO $330.57
Aetna COMMPPO $351.65
Aetna COMMPOS $351.65
Aetna COMMHMO $351.65
Aetna OONHMO $413.48
Aetna OONPOS $413.48
Aetna OONPPO $413.48
Aetna ASAPPO $446.85
Aetna ASAHMO $446.85
Aetna ASAPOS $446.85
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $597.81
United OptionsPPO $605.02
Humana HMO $764.15
Humana PPO $764.15
Molina Healthcare HIX $972.35
Evry Health BroadNetwork $983.15
BCBS Traditional $1,260.45
Curative Administrators COMM $1,440.51
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,440.51
United GlobalAppendix $1,620.58
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,919.48

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Ultrasound ob >=14wks ea addl gest at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $694.40 $60.98 – $1,984.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $470.69 $86.50 – $666.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $567.63 $94.99 – $851.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $459.43 $87.54 – $574.28
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $470.69 $87.54 – $666.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $567.63 $93.67 – $851.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $567.63 $87.54 – $851.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $459.43 $87.54 – $689.14

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