Disconnect insert locking wr 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.

$99.01 with TriWest Healthcare Alliance vs $777.15 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
TriWest Healthcare Alliance VeteransPCCC $99.01
Oscar MGMCR $99.01
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $101.03
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $101.03
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $101.03
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $101.03
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $101.03
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $101.03
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $101.03
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $101.03
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $101.03
Devoted Health MGMCR $101.03
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $101.03
BCBS MCRPPO $101.03
WellMed MGMCR $101.54
Van Lang IPA MCR $102.04
United MCR $103.05
WellCare POS $104.06
WellCare PPO $104.06
WellCare SNP $104.06
WellCare MCRHMO $104.06
WellCare PFFS $104.06
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $104.06
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $106.08
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $106.08
American Health Plan MGMCR $106.08
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $106.08
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $106.08
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $106.08
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $106.08
Shared Health MGMCR $106.08
Superior Health Plan PFFS $106.08
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $107.09
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $107.09
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $107.09
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $107.09
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $107.09
Molina MGMCR $110.12
Verda Health Plan MCR $131.34
Superior ValueHMO $146.49
Community Health Choice HIX $146.49
Superior EPO $156.60
Superior HMO $156.60
Molina Healthcare HIX $217.21
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $303.09
Humana HMO $777.15
Humana PPO $777.15

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Disconnect insert locking wr at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $99.01 – $217.21
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $99.01 – $217.21
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $99.01 – $217.21
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $99.01 – $217.21

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