Brace ortho exos 28-50in sm 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.

$1,471.00 with Oscar vs $11,545.99 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 $1,471.00
TriWest Healthcare Alliance VeteransPCCC $1,471.00
Devoted Health MGMCR $1,501.02
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $1,501.02
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $1,501.02
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $1,501.02
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $1,501.02
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $1,501.02
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $1,501.02
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $1,501.02
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $1,501.02
BCBS MCRPPO $1,501.02
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $1,501.02
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,501.02
WellMed MGMCR $1,508.53
Van Lang IPA MCR $1,516.03
United MCR $1,531.04
WellCare PPO $1,546.05
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $1,546.05
WellCare MCRHMO $1,546.05
WellCare PFFS $1,546.05
WellCare POS $1,546.05
WellCare SNP $1,546.05
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $1,576.07
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $1,576.07
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $1,576.07
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $1,576.07
Superior Health Plan PFFS $1,576.07
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $1,576.07
Shared Health MGMCR $1,576.07
American Health Plan MGMCR $1,576.07
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $1,576.07
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $1,591.08
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $1,591.08
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $1,591.08
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $1,591.08
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $1,591.08
Molina MGMCR $1,636.11
Verda Health Plan MCR $1,951.33
Superior ValueHMO $2,176.48
Community Health Choice HIX $2,176.48
Superior EPO $2,326.58
Superior HMO $2,326.58
Molina Healthcare HIX $3,227.19
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $4,503.06
Humana PPO $11,545.99
Humana HMO $11,545.99

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Brace ortho exos 28-50in sm at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $822.07 not published
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock $822.07 $1,501.02 – $1,583.58
Covenant Hospital Plainview Plainview $822.07 not published
Covenant Hospital Levelland Levelland $822.07 not published
Covenant Specialty Hospital Lubbock $822.07 not published
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $1,471.00 – $3,227.19
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $1,471.00 – $3,227.19
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $1,471.00 – $3,227.19

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