Ventilator each subsequent day 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

$4,300.47

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.

$4,300.47

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.

$258.03 with Superior Health Plan vs $2,292.15 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
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $258.03 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $258.03 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $258.03 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $258.03 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $258.03 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $559.06 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $559.06 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $559.06 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $559.06 ↓ -87%
Humana PPO $649.17 ↓ -85%
Humana HMO $649.17 ↓ -85%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $713.88 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $722.48 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $838.59 ↓ -81%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $1,019.21 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $1,019.21 ↓ -76%
Aetna QHPExchange $1,036.41 ↓ -76%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,087.00 ↓ -75%
BCBS BAV $1,198.49 ↓ -72%
Aetna NBPPO $1,255.74 ↓ -71%
Aetna NBPOS $1,255.74 ↓ -71%
Aetna NBHMO $1,255.74 ↓ -71%
Aetna COMMHMO $1,337.45 ↓ -69%
Aetna COMMPPO $1,337.45 ↓ -69%
Aetna COMMPOS $1,337.45 ↓ -69%
BCBS PPO $1,500.43 ↓ -65%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,500.43 ↓ -65%
BCBS HMO $1,500.43 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $1,505.16 ↓ -65%
Aetna OONPPO $1,573.97 ↓ -63%
Aetna OONHMO $1,573.97 ↓ -63%
Aetna OONPOS $1,573.97 ↓ -63%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,702.99 ↓ -60%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,702.99 ↓ -60%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,702.99 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,720.19 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $1,935.21 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $2,292.15 ↓ -47%

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