X-ray sinuses paranasal complete > 3 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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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.

$37.76 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $1,948.80 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 $37.76
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $37.76
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $37.76
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $37.76
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $37.76
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $37.76
United MGMCD $38.52
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $40.78
Molina Healthcare CHIP $41.54
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $41.54
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $41.54
Molina Healthcare STAR $41.54
Humana MCD $47.20
Cigna CSN $99.26
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $107.43
Cigna PPO $127.70
BCBS MyBlueHealth $140.47
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $153.71
Aetna QHPExchange $163.05
BCBS BAV $177.98
United SmallGroup $182.03
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Aetna NBHMO $216.71
Aetna NBPOS $216.71
Aetna NBPPO $216.71
Superior Health Plan CHIP $219.38
Superior Health Plan STARKids $219.38
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $219.38
Superior Health Plan STAR $219.38
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $219.38
Aetna COMMPOS $230.53
Aetna COMMHMO $230.53
Aetna COMMPPO $230.53
Aetna OONPOS $271.06
Aetna OONPPO $271.06
Aetna OONHMO $271.06
BCBS HMO $271.35
BCBS EPOSOA $281.73
BCBS PPO $291.31
Aetna ASAPPO $292.94
Aetna ASAPOS $292.94
Aetna ASAHMO $292.94
Humana HMO $434.06
Humana PPO $434.06
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $606.94
United OptionsPPO $614.26
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $932.35
Evry Health BroadNetwork $998.17
BCBS Traditional $1,279.70
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,462.52
Curative Administrators COMM $1,462.52
United GlobalAppendix $1,645.33
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,948.80

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X-ray sinuses paranasal complete > 3 views at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $744.45 $37.76 – $2,127.00
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $888.07 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $328.04 $37.76 – $410.06
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $421.47 $86.75 – $632.21
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $419.51 $37.76 – $524.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $328.04 $37.76 – $410.06
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $421.47 $40.40 – $632.21
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $421.47 $37.76 – $632.21

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