X-ray femur >=2 views (both sides) 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.

$35.75 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $1,065.28 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
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $35.75
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $35.75
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $35.75
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $35.75
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $35.75
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $35.75
United MGMCD $36.47
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $38.61
Molina Healthcare CHIP $39.33
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $39.33
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $39.33
Molina Healthcare STAR $39.33
Humana MCD $44.69
Cigna CSN $98.06
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $106.12
Superior Health Plan STARKids $119.92
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $119.92
Superior Health Plan CHIP $119.92
Superior Health Plan STAR $119.92
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $119.92
Cigna PPO $126.15
BCBS MyBlueHealth $140.47
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $153.71
Aetna QHPExchange $157.11
BCBS BAV $177.98
United SmallGroup $182.03
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Aetna NBHMO $208.81
Aetna NBPOS $208.81
Aetna NBPPO $208.81
Aetna COMMHMO $222.12
Aetna COMMPOS $222.12
Aetna COMMPPO $222.12
Aetna OONPOS $261.18
Aetna OONPPO $261.18
Aetna OONHMO $261.18
BCBS HMO $271.35
BCBS EPOSOA $281.73
Aetna ASAHMO $282.26
Aetna ASAPPO $282.26
Aetna ASAPOS $282.26
BCBS PPO $291.31
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $331.78
United OptionsPPO $335.77
Humana PPO $409.03
Humana HMO $409.03
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $509.66
Evry Health BroadNetwork $545.63
BCBS Traditional $699.53
Curative Administrators COMM $799.46
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $799.46
United GlobalAppendix $899.39
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,065.28

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X-ray femur >=2 views (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $456.05 $35.75 – $1,303.00
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $590.52 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $290.44 $35.75 – $363.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $302.07 $62.18 – $453.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $287.82 $35.75 – $359.77
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $290.44 $35.75 – $363.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $302.07 $38.25 – $453.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $302.07 $35.75 – $453.11

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