X-ray hip with pelvis when performed bilateral 3-4 views 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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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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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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$53.80 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $1,326.07 with Coventry National First Health — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $53.80
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $53.80
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $53.80
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $53.80
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $54.13
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $54.13
United MGMCD $54.88
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $58.10
Molina Healthcare CHIP $59.54
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $59.54
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $59.54
Molina Healthcare STAR $59.54
Humana MCD $67.66
Cigna CSN $144.16
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $149.28
Superior Health Plan STARKids $149.28
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $149.28
Superior Health Plan STAR $149.28
Superior Health Plan CHIP $149.28
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $156.02
Cigna PPO $185.46
BCBS MyBlueHealth $197.26
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04
Aetna QHPExchange $234.77
United SmallGroup $245.18
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
BCBS BAV $249.94
Aetna NBHMO $312.04
Aetna NBPOS $312.04
Aetna NBPPO $312.04
Aetna COMMPPO $331.93
Aetna COMMHMO $331.93
Aetna COMMPOS $331.93
BCBS HMO $381.07
Aetna OONPPO $390.29
Aetna OONPOS $390.29
Aetna OONHMO $390.29
BCBS EPOSOA $395.64
BCBS PPO $409.09
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $413.00
United OptionsPPO $417.97
Aetna ASAHMO $421.80
Aetna ASAPOS $421.80
Aetna ASAPPO $421.80
Humana PPO $589.17
Humana HMO $589.17
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $634.42
Evry Health BroadNetwork $679.20
BCBS Traditional $870.78
Curative Administrators COMM $995.17
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $995.17
United GlobalAppendix $1,119.57
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,326.07

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X-ray hip with pelvis when performed bilateral 3-4 views at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $633.85 $53.80 – $1,811.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $436.16 $54.13 – $545.20
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $647.97 $133.37 – $971.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $409.24 $54.13 – $511.55
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $436.16 $54.13 – $545.20
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $647.97 $57.92 – $971.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $647.97 $54.13 – $971.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $409.24 $54.13 – $613.86

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