Below 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.

$605.59 with Oscar vs $4,753.41 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 $605.59
TriWest Healthcare Alliance VeteransPCCC $605.59
Devoted Health MGMCR $617.95
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $617.95
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $617.95
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $617.95
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $617.95
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $617.95
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $617.95
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $617.95
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $617.95
BCBS MCRPPO $617.95
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $617.95
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $617.95
WellMed MGMCR $621.04
Van Lang IPA MCR $624.13
United MCR $630.31
WellCare PPO $636.49
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $636.49
WellCare MCRHMO $636.49
WellCare PFFS $636.49
WellCare POS $636.49
WellCare SNP $636.49
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $648.85
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $648.85
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $648.85
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $648.85
Superior Health Plan PFFS $648.85
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $648.85
Shared Health MGMCR $648.85
American Health Plan MGMCR $648.85
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $648.85
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $655.03
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $655.03
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $655.03
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $655.03
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $655.03
Molina MGMCR $673.57
Verda Health Plan MCR $803.34
Superior ValueHMO $896.03
Community Health Choice HIX $896.03
Superior EPO $957.82
Superior HMO $957.82
Molina Healthcare HIX $1,328.59
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $1,853.85
Humana PPO $4,753.41
Humana HMO $4,753.41

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Below knee leather socket at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $605.59 – $1,328.59
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $605.59 – $1,328.59
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $605.59 – $1,328.59
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $605.59 – $1,328.59
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $605.59 – $1,328.59
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $605.59 – $1,328.59
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $605.59 – $1,328.59
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock not published $617.95 – $651.94

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