X-ray swallowing function w/ciner/videoradiography neck radiographs(s)&delayed images contrast 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

$4,019.54

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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$4,019.54

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.

$124.96 with Texas Childrens Health Plans vs $2,142.41 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
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $124.96 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $124.96 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $127.64 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $127.64 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $127.64 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $127.64 ↓ -97%
United MGMCD $130.19 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $137.46 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STAR $137.46 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $137.46 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $137.46 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $137.85 ↓ -97%
Humana MCD $156.20 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $241.17 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $241.17 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $241.17 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $241.17 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $241.17 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $320.71 ↓ -92%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $339.25 ↓ -92%
Cigna CSN $371.16 ↓ -91%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $401.68 ↓ -90%
United SmallGroup $401.74 ↓ -90%
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74 ↓ -90%
BCBS BAV $406.35 ↓ -90%
Cigna PPO $477.48 ↓ -88%
BCBS HMO $619.55 ↓ -85%
Aetna QHPExchange $625.16 ↓ -84%
BCBS EPOSOA $643.24 ↓ -84%
BCBS PPO $665.10 ↓ -83%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $667.24 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $675.28 ↓ -83%
Aetna NBHMO $830.90 ↓ -79%
Aetna NBPOS $830.90 ↓ -79%
Aetna NBPPO $830.90 ↓ -79%
Aetna COMMHMO $883.88 ↓ -78%
Aetna COMMPOS $883.88 ↓ -78%
Aetna COMMPPO $883.88 ↓ -78%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,024.98 ↓ -75%
Aetna OONPPO $1,039.29 ↓ -74%
Aetna OONHMO $1,039.29 ↓ -74%
Aetna OONPOS $1,039.29 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,097.33 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,123.18 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,123.18 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,123.18 ↓ -72%
BCBS Traditional $1,406.84 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,607.82 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,607.82 ↓ -60%
Humana PPO $1,794.74 ↓ -55%
Humana HMO $1,794.74 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $1,808.79 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $2,142.41 ↓ -47%

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X-ray swallowing function w/ciner/videoradiography neck radiographs(s)&delayed images contrast study at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $1,078.70 $124.96 – $3,082.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $505.08 $124.96 – $631.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $472.24 $97.20 – $708.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $633.71 $124.96 – $792.13
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $505.08 $124.96 – $631.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $472.24 $133.71 – $708.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $472.24 $124.96 – $708.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $633.71 $124.96 – $950.56

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