X-ray foot 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.

$28.40 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $1,078.72 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 $28.40
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $28.40
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $28.40
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $28.40
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $28.74
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $28.74
United MGMCD $28.97
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $30.67
Molina Healthcare CHIP $31.61
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $31.61
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $31.61
Molina Healthcare STAR $31.61
Humana MCD $35.92
Cigna CSN $76.23
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $82.50
Cigna PPO $98.07
Superior Health Plan STAR $121.43
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $121.43
Superior Health Plan CHIP $121.43
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $121.43
Superior Health Plan STARKids $121.43
Aetna QHPExchange $123.26
BCBS MyBlueHealth $140.47
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $153.71
Aetna NBHMO $163.83
Aetna NBPOS $163.83
Aetna NBPPO $163.83
Aetna COMMPPO $174.27
Aetna COMMPOS $174.27
Aetna COMMHMO $174.27
BCBS BAV $177.98
United SmallGroup $182.03
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Aetna OONPPO $204.92
Aetna OONHMO $204.92
Aetna OONPOS $204.92
Aetna ASAHMO $221.46
Aetna ASAPPO $221.46
Aetna ASAPOS $221.46
BCBS HMO $271.35
BCBS EPOSOA $281.73
BCBS PPO $291.31
Humana PPO $322.18
Humana HMO $322.18
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $335.96
United OptionsPPO $340.01
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $516.08
Evry Health BroadNetwork $552.51
BCBS Traditional $708.35
Curative Administrators COMM $809.54
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $809.54
United GlobalAppendix $910.74
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,078.72

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X-ray foot 2 views (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $380.45 $28.40 – $1,087.00
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $440.62 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $287.92 $28.74 – $359.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $338.66 $69.71 – $508.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $338.66 $28.74 – $423.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $287.92 $28.74 – $359.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $338.66 $30.75 – $508.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $338.66 $28.74 – $508.00

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