Ventilator Management (first day) at HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST

621 RAYFORD RD, SPRING, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1740450121

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 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.

$361.34 with Superior Health Plan vs $5,119.00 with Multiplan — 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 STARKids $361.34 —
Superior Health Plan CHIP $361.34 —
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $361.34 —
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $361.34 —
Superior Health Plan STAR $361.34 —
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $782.91 —
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $782.91 —
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $782.91 —
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $782.91 —
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $843.13 —
Amerigroup MGMCD $843.13 —
United OptionsPPO $1,011.75 —
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,087.00 —
Oscar HIX $1,174.36 —
BCBS BAV $1,198.49 —
BCBS EPOSOA $1,500.43 —
BCBS HMO $1,500.43 —
BCBS PPO $1,500.43 —
Aetna NBPPO $1,704.33 —
Aetna NBHMO $1,704.33 —
Aetna NBPOS $1,704.33 —
Aetna COMMPPO $1,812.73 —
Aetna COMMHMO $1,812.73 —
Aetna COMMPOS $1,812.73 —
Humana PPO $1,995.20 —
Humana HMO $1,995.20 —
BCBS Traditional $2,107.82 —
Aetna OONPPO $2,131.91 —
Aetna OONHMO $2,131.91 —
Aetna OONPOS $2,131.91 —
Aetna ASAPOS $2,312.58 —
Aetna ASAHMO $2,312.58 —
Aetna ASAPPO $2,312.58 —
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2,408.94 —
United GlobalAppendix $2,710.06 —
Coventry National First Health COMM $3,119.58 —
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $4,516.76 —
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $5,119.00 —

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Ventilator Management (first day) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $2,172.45 $100.00 – $6,207.00
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $4,594.20 $1,788.44 – $1,788.44
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,002.58 $567.40 – $2,503.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,501.44 $309.05 – $2,252.16
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,879.12 $375.82 – $2,348.89
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,002.58 $534.02 – $2,503.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,501.44 $481.96 – $2,252.16
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,501.44 $775.74 – $3,235.82

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