Brace afopos solid ankle cust 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.

$624.21 with Oscar vs $4,899.41 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 $624.21
TriWest Healthcare Alliance VeteransPCCC $624.21
Devoted Health MGMCR $636.95
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $636.95
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $636.95
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $636.95
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $636.95
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $636.95
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $636.95
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $636.95
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $636.95
BCBS MCRPPO $636.95
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $636.95
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $636.95
WellMed MGMCR $640.13
Van Lang IPA MCR $643.32
United MCR $649.69
WellCare PPO $656.06
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $656.06
WellCare MCRHMO $656.06
WellCare PFFS $656.06
WellCare POS $656.06
WellCare SNP $656.06
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $668.80
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $668.80
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $668.80
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $668.80
Superior Health Plan PFFS $668.80
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $668.80
Shared Health MGMCR $668.80
American Health Plan MGMCR $668.80
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $668.80
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $675.17
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $675.17
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $675.17
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $675.17
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $675.17
Molina MGMCR $694.28
Verda Health Plan MCR $828.04
Superior ValueHMO $923.58
Community Health Choice HIX $923.58
Superior EPO $987.27
Superior HMO $987.27
Molina Healthcare HIX $1,369.44
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $1,910.85
Humana PPO $4,899.41
Humana HMO $4,899.41

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Brace afopos solid ankle cust at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $2,200.80 not published
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock $2,200.80 $636.95 – $671.98
Covenant Hospital Plainview Plainview $2,184.00 not published
Ascension Seton Edgar B. Davis (Ascension Seton) Luling $685.08 $494.09 – $494.09
Covenant Hospital Levelland Levelland $2,184.00 not published
Ascension Seton Highland Lakes (Ascension Seton) Burnet $685.08 $494.09 – $494.09
Covenant Specialty Hospital Lubbock $2,200.80 not published
Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Ascension Seton) Austin $685.08 $494.09 – $494.09

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