Above knee leather socket 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.

$766.65 with Oscar vs $6,017.37 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 $766.65
TriWest Healthcare Alliance VeteransPCCC $766.65
Devoted Health MGMCR $782.30
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $782.30
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $782.30
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $782.30
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $782.30
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $782.30
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $782.30
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $782.30
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $782.30
BCBS MCRPPO $782.30
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $782.30
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $782.30
WellMed MGMCR $786.21
Van Lang IPA MCR $790.12
United MCR $797.95
WellCare PPO $805.77
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $805.77
WellCare MCRHMO $805.77
WellCare PFFS $805.77
WellCare POS $805.77
WellCare SNP $805.77
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $821.41
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $821.41
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $821.41
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $821.41
Superior Health Plan PFFS $821.41
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $821.41
Shared Health MGMCR $821.41
American Health Plan MGMCR $821.41
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $821.41
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $829.24
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $829.24
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $829.24
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $829.24
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $829.24
Molina MGMCR $852.71
Verda Health Plan MCR $1,016.99
Superior ValueHMO $1,134.33
Community Health Choice HIX $1,134.33
Superior EPO $1,212.57
Superior HMO $1,212.57
Molina Healthcare HIX $1,681.94
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $2,346.90
Humana PPO $6,017.37
Humana HMO $6,017.37

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Above knee leather socket at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $766.65 – $1,681.94
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $766.65 – $1,681.94
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $766.65 – $1,681.94
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $766.65 – $1,681.94
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $766.65 – $1,681.94
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $766.65 – $1,681.94
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $766.65 – $1,681.94
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock not published $782.30 – $825.33

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