Brace halo bremer l2830 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.

$105.80 with Oscar vs $830.43 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 $105.80
TriWest Healthcare Alliance VeteransPCCC $105.80
Devoted Health MGMCR $107.96
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $107.96
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $107.96
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $107.96
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $107.96
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $107.96
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $107.96
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $107.96
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $107.96
BCBS MCRPPO $107.96
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $107.96
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $107.96
WellMed MGMCR $108.50
Van Lang IPA MCR $109.04
United MCR $110.12
WellCare PPO $111.20
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $111.20
WellCare MCRHMO $111.20
WellCare PFFS $111.20
WellCare POS $111.20
WellCare SNP $111.20
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $113.36
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $113.36
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $113.36
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $113.36
Superior Health Plan PFFS $113.36
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $113.36
Shared Health MGMCR $113.36
American Health Plan MGMCR $113.36
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $113.36
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $114.44
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $114.44
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $114.44
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $114.44
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $114.44
Molina MGMCR $117.68
Verda Health Plan MCR $140.35
Superior ValueHMO $156.54
Community Health Choice HIX $156.54
Superior EPO $167.34
Superior HMO $167.34
Molina Healthcare HIX $232.11
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $323.88
Humana PPO $830.43
Humana HMO $830.43

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Brace halo bremer l2830 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $105.80 – $232.11
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $105.80 – $232.11
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $105.80 – $232.11
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $105.80 – $232.11
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $105.80 – $232.11
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $105.80 – $232.11
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $105.80 – $232.11
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock not published $107.96 – $113.90

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