Brace knee playmaker ii x-rom hook and loop xl at HCA HOUSTON WEST

12141 RICHMOND AVENUE, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1275580938

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published May 14, 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.

$446.06 with Oscar vs $5,373.95 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
Oscar MGMCR $446.06
WellMed MGMCR $452.88
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $455.16
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $455.16
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $455.16
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $455.16
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $455.16
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $455.16
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $455.16
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $455.16
Devoted Health MGMCR $455.16
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $455.16
Amerigroup DualEligible $455.16
BCBS MCRPPO $455.16
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $455.16
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $455.16
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $455.16
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $455.16
CHC Harris Health Indigent $455.16
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $455.16
Aetna MCR $459.03
Van Lang IPA MCR $459.71
United MCR $464.26
WellCare PFFS $468.81
WellCare PPO $468.81
WellCare SNP $468.81
WellCare POS $468.81
WellCare MCRHMO $468.81
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $468.81
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $477.92
Superior Health Plan PFFS $477.92
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $477.92
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $477.92
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $477.92
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $477.92
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $477.92
American Health Plan MGMCR $477.92
Shared Health MGMCR $477.92
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $482.47
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $482.47
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $482.47
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $482.47
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $482.47
Molina MGMCR $496.12
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $546.19
Verda Health Plan MCR $591.71
Superior ValueHMO $659.98
Community Health Choice HIX $659.98
Superior EPO $705.50
Superior HMO $705.50
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $901.22
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $955.84
Molina Healthcare HIX $978.59
Humana PPO $5,373.95
Humana HMO $5,373.95

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Brace knee playmaker ii x-rom hook and loop xl at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $239.65 $143.79 – $684.71
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $239.65 $143.79 – $684.71
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $446.06 – $978.59
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Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $314.34 not published
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $56.53 $41.16 – $290.70
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $239.65 $143.79 – $684.71
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $239.65 $143.79 – $684.71

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