X-ray tibia/fibula 2 views (both sides) 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.

$31.74 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $1,192.51 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 $31.74
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $31.74
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $31.74
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $31.74
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $31.74
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $31.74
United MGMCD $32.37
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $34.28
Molina Healthcare CHIP $34.91
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $34.91
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $34.91
Molina Healthcare STAR $34.91
Humana MCD $39.67
Cigna CSN $87.12
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $94.29
Cigna PPO $112.08
Superior Health Plan CHIP $134.24
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $134.24
Superior Health Plan STARKids $134.24
Superior Health Plan STAR $134.24
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $134.24
BCBS MyBlueHealth $140.47
Aetna QHPExchange $141.18
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $153.71
BCBS BAV $177.98
United SmallGroup $182.03
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Aetna NBHMO $187.64
Aetna NBPOS $187.64
Aetna NBPPO $187.64
Aetna COMMPPO $199.60
Aetna COMMHMO $199.60
Aetna COMMPOS $199.60
Aetna OONHMO $234.69
Aetna OONPPO $234.69
Aetna OONPOS $234.69
Aetna ASAPPO $253.64
Aetna ASAHMO $253.64
Aetna ASAPOS $253.64
BCBS HMO $271.35
BCBS EPOSOA $281.73
BCBS PPO $291.31
Humana PPO $353.28
Humana HMO $353.28
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $371.40
United OptionsPPO $375.88
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $570.53
Evry Health BroadNetwork $610.80
BCBS Traditional $783.08
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $894.94
Curative Administrators COMM $894.94
United GlobalAppendix $1,006.81
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,192.51

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X-ray tibia/fibula 2 views (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $484.75 $31.74 – $1,385.00
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $565.55 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $306.47 $31.74 – $383.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $387.38 $79.74 – $581.07
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $342.47 $31.74 – $428.08
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $306.47 $31.74 – $383.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $387.38 $33.96 – $581.07
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $387.38 $31.74 – $581.07

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