X-ray ribs 2 views left 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.

$36.75 with Texas Childrens Health Plans vs $384.19 with Humana — 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 $36.75
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $36.75
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $36.92
Superior Health Plan CHIP $36.92
Superior Health Plan STARKids $36.92
Superior Health Plan STAR $36.92
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $36.92
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $37.09
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $37.09
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $37.09
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $37.09
United MGMCD $37.83
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $40.06
Molina Healthcare CHIP $40.43
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $40.43
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $40.43
Molina Healthcare STAR $40.43
Humana MCD $45.94
Cigna CSN $95.64
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $102.14
United OptionsPPO $103.37
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $103.51
Cigna PPO $123.04
BCBS MyBlueHealth $140.47
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $153.71
Aetna QHPExchange $155.12
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $156.90
Evry Health BroadNetwork $167.98
BCBS BAV $177.98
United SmallGroup $182.03
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Aetna NBPPO $206.17
Aetna NBHMO $206.17
Aetna NBPOS $206.17
BCBS Traditional $215.36
Aetna COMMHMO $219.32
Aetna COMMPPO $219.32
Aetna COMMPOS $219.32
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $246.12
Curative Administrators COMM $246.12
Aetna OONPPO $257.88
Aetna OONPOS $257.88
Aetna OONHMO $257.88
BCBS HMO $271.35
United GlobalAppendix $276.89
Aetna ASAPPO $278.70
Aetna ASAPOS $278.70
Aetna ASAHMO $278.70
BCBS EPOSOA $281.73
BCBS PPO $291.31
Coventry National First Health COMM $327.96
Humana HMO $384.19
Humana PPO $384.19

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X-ray ribs 2 views left at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $393.75 $36.75 – $1,125.00
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $452.21 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $296.32 $36.75 – $370.40
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $362.86 $74.69 – $544.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $385.50 $36.75 – $481.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $296.32 $36.75 – $370.40
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $362.86 $39.32 – $544.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $362.86 $36.75 – $544.29

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