Elbow socket ins use w/lock 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.

$878.96 with Oscar vs $6,899.04 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 $878.96
TriWest Healthcare Alliance VeteransPCCC $878.96
Devoted Health MGMCR $896.90
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $896.90
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $896.90
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $896.90
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $896.90
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $896.90
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $896.90
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $896.90
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $896.90
BCBS MCRPPO $896.90
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $896.90
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $896.90
WellMed MGMCR $901.38
Van Lang IPA MCR $905.87
United MCR $914.84
WellCare PPO $923.81
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $923.81
WellCare MCRHMO $923.81
WellCare PFFS $923.81
WellCare POS $923.81
WellCare SNP $923.81
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $941.75
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $941.75
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $941.75
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $941.75
Superior Health Plan PFFS $941.75
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $941.75
Shared Health MGMCR $941.75
American Health Plan MGMCR $941.75
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $941.75
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $950.71
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $950.71
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $950.71
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $950.71
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $950.71
Molina MGMCR $977.62
Verda Health Plan MCR $1,165.97
Superior ValueHMO $1,300.50
Community Health Choice HIX $1,300.50
Superior EPO $1,390.19
Superior HMO $1,390.19
Molina Healthcare HIX $1,928.33
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $2,690.70
Humana PPO $6,899.04
Humana HMO $6,899.04

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Elbow socket ins use w/lock at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $878.96 – $1,928.33
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $878.96 – $1,928.33
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $878.96 – $1,928.33
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $878.96 – $1,928.33
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $878.96 – $1,928.33
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $878.96 – $1,928.33
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $878.96 – $1,928.33
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock not published $896.90 – $946.23

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