X-ray small intestine follow-through study 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

$7,370.40

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$7,370.40

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$82.53 with Texas Childrens Health Plans vs $3,928.42 with Coventry National First Health — same scan, same building. Share

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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
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $82.53 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $82.53 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $83.86 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $83.86 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $83.86 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $83.86 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $84.36 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $85.54 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $90.57 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $90.78 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $90.78 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $90.78 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $90.78 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $103.16 ↓ -99%
BCBS BAV $106.88 ↓ -99%
BCBS HMO $162.96 ↓ -98%
BCBS EPOSOA $169.19 ↓ -98%
BCBS PPO $174.94 ↓ -98%
Aetna QHPExchange $308.48 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBPPO $409.99 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBPOS $409.99 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBHMO $409.99 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMPOS $436.14 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMHMO $436.14 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMPPO $436.14 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $442.22 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $442.22 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $442.22 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $442.22 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $442.22 ↓ -94%
Aetna OONPOS $512.82 ↓ -93%
Aetna OONPPO $512.82 ↓ -93%
Aetna OONHMO $512.82 ↓ -93%
Aetna ASAPPO $554.21 ↓ -92%
Aetna ASAHMO $554.21 ↓ -92%
Aetna ASAPOS $554.21 ↓ -92%
Cigna CSN $1,090.82 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,179.26 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,223.49 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $1,238.23 ↓ -83%
Cigna PPO $1,400.38 ↓ -81%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,879.45 ↓ -75%
Molina Healthcare HIX $1,990.01 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $2,012.12 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $2,351.89 ↓ -68%
Humana PPO $2,351.89 ↓ -68%
BCBS Traditional $2,579.64 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $2,948.16 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2,948.16 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $3,316.68 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $3,928.42 ↓ -47%

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X-ray small intestine follow-through study at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $453.25 $67.58 – $1,295.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,234.59 $82.53 – $1,749.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,224.58 $89.56 – $1,836.86
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,235.93 $82.53 – $1,544.91
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,234.59 $82.53 – $1,749.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,224.58 $88.31 – $1,836.86
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,224.58 $82.53 – $1,836.86
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,235.93 $82.53 – $1,853.89

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