Uric acid urine 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.

$4.27 with Texas Childrens Health Plans vs $285.00 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
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $4.27
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $4.27
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $4.27
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $4.27
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $4.27
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $4.27
United MGMCD $4.36
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $4.61
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $4.70
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $4.70
Molina Healthcare CHIP $4.70
Molina Healthcare STAR $4.70
TriWest Healthcare Alliance VeteransPCCC $4.98
Oscar MGMCR $4.98
BCBS MCRPPO $5.08
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $5.08
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $5.08
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $5.08
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $5.08
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $5.08
United SmallGroup $5.08
Devoted Health MGMCR $5.08
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5.08
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $5.08
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $5.08
United AllPayerAppendix $5.08
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $5.08
WellMed MGMCR $5.11
Van Lang IPA MCR $5.13
United MCR $5.18
WellCare PFFS $5.23
WellCare SNP $5.23
WellCare PPO $5.23
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $5.23
WellCare POS $5.23
WellCare MCRHMO $5.23
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $5.33
American Health Plan MGMCR $5.33
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $5.33
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $5.33
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $5.33
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $5.33
Superior Health Plan PFFS $5.33
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $5.33
Shared Health MGMCR $5.33
Humana MCD $5.34
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $5.38
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $5.38
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $5.38
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $5.38
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $5.38
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $5.50
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $5.50
Molina MGMCR $5.54
Verda Health Plan MCR $6.60
Superior ValueHMO $7.37
Community Health Choice HIX $7.37
Superior EPO $7.87
Superior HMO $7.87
BCBS MyBlueHealth $10.26
Molina Healthcare HIX $10.92
BCBS BAV $11.33
BCBS HMO $14.17
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $14.24
Oscar HIX $14.68
BCBS EPOSOA $15.19
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $15.24
BCBS PPO $16.21
Aetna QHPExchange $18.61
Cigna CSN $20.91
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $22.65
Aetna NBHMO $24.74
Aetna NBPPO $24.74
Aetna NBPOS $24.74
Aetna COMMPOS $26.29
Aetna COMMPPO $26.29
Aetna COMMHMO $26.29
Cigna PPO $26.95
Aetna OONPOS $30.88
Aetna OONHMO $30.88
Aetna OONPPO $30.88
Superior Health Plan STAR $32.08
Superior Health Plan STARKids $32.08
Superior Health Plan CHIP $32.08
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $32.08
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $32.08
Aetna ASAPPO $33.39
Aetna ASAHMO $33.39
Aetna ASAPOS $33.39
Humana HMO $63.41
Humana PPO $63.41
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $88.76
United OptionsPPO $89.83
Evry Health BroadNetwork $145.98
BCBS Traditional $187.15
United GlobalAppendix $240.62
Coventry National First Health COMM $285.00
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Uric acid urine at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $24.15 $3.66 – $69.00
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $178.67 $4.57 – $19.56
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $69.30 $4.27 – $19.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $63.21 $2.04 – $14.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $54.55 $4.27 – $12.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $69.30 $4.27 – $19.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $63.21 $4.57 – $14.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $63.21 $4.27 – $14.85

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