X-ray bone survey complete 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

$6,212.42

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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$6,212.42

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.

$99.90 with Texas Childrens Health Plans vs $3,311.22 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 $99.90 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $99.90 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $100.24 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $100.24 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $100.24 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $100.24 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $102.24 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $108.26 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $109.89 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $109.89 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $109.89 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $109.89 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $124.88 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $197.26 ↓ -97%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04 ↓ -97%
United SmallGroup $245.18 ↓ -96%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -96%
BCBS BAV $249.94 ↓ -96%
Cigna CSN $267.75 ↓ -96%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $289.76 ↓ -95%
Cigna PPO $344.45 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $372.75 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $372.75 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $372.75 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $372.75 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $372.75 ↓ -94%
BCBS HMO $381.07 ↓ -94%
BCBS EPOSOA $395.64 ↓ -94%
BCBS PPO $409.09 ↓ -93%
Aetna QHPExchange $435.92 ↓ -93%
Aetna NBHMO $579.37 ↓ -91%
Aetna NBPOS $579.37 ↓ -91%
Aetna NBPPO $579.37 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMMPOS $616.32 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMMPPO $616.32 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMMHMO $616.32 ↓ -90%
Aetna OONPPO $724.68 ↓ -88%
Aetna OONPOS $724.68 ↓ -88%
Aetna OONHMO $724.68 ↓ -88%
Aetna ASAHMO $783.17 ↓ -87%
Aetna ASAPPO $783.17 ↓ -87%
Aetna ASAPOS $783.17 ↓ -87%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,031.26 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $1,043.69 ↓ -83%
Humana PPO $1,055.42 ↓ -83%
Humana HMO $1,055.42 ↓ -83%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,584.17 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,695.99 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $2,174.35 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $2,484.97 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2,484.97 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $2,795.59 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $3,311.22 ↓ -47%

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X-ray bone survey complete at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $1,178.10 $99.90 – $3,366.00
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,533.13 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $810.79 $99.77 – $1,013.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $826.19 $141.23 – $1,239.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $747.36 $99.77 – $934.20
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $810.79 $99.77 – $1,013.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $826.19 $99.77 – $1,239.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $826.19 $99.90 – $1,239.29

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