Cornea 1/2moon str split thick 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.

$7,904.24 with Oscar vs $62,040.88 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 $7,904.24
TriWest Healthcare Alliance VeteransPCCC $7,904.24
Devoted Health MGMCR $8,065.55
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $8,065.55
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $8,065.55
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $8,065.55
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $8,065.55
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $8,065.55
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $8,065.55
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $8,065.55
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $8,065.55
BCBS MCRPPO $8,065.55
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $8,065.55
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $8,065.55
WellMed MGMCR $8,105.88
Van Lang IPA MCR $8,146.21
United MCR $8,226.86
WellCare PPO $8,307.52
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $8,307.52
WellCare MCRHMO $8,307.52
WellCare PFFS $8,307.52
WellCare POS $8,307.52
WellCare SNP $8,307.52
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $8,468.83
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $8,468.83
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $8,468.83
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $8,468.83
Superior Health Plan PFFS $8,468.83
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $8,468.83
Shared Health MGMCR $8,468.83
American Health Plan MGMCR $8,468.83
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $8,468.83
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $8,549.48
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $8,549.48
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $8,549.48
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $8,549.48
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $8,549.48
Molina MGMCR $8,791.45
Verda Health Plan MCR $10,485.22
Superior ValueHMO $11,695.05
Community Health Choice HIX $11,695.05
Superior EPO $12,501.60
Superior HMO $12,501.60
Molina Healthcare HIX $17,340.93
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $24,196.65
Humana PPO $62,040.88
Humana HMO $62,040.88

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Cornea 1/2moon str split thick at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $100,000.00 $7,904.24 – $17,340.93
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $7,904.24 – $17,340.93
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $7,904.24 – $17,340.93
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $7,904.24 – $17,340.93
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $7,904.24 – $17,340.93
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $7,904.24 – $17,340.93
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $7,904.24 – $17,340.93
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock not published $14,602.05 – $14,602.05

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