Elbow stump activated lock h 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.

$3,141.38 with TriWest Healthcare Alliance vs $24,656.91 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 $3,141.38
Oscar MGMCR $3,141.38
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $3,205.49
Devoted Health MGMCR $3,205.49
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $3,205.49
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $3,205.49
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $3,205.49
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $3,205.49
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $3,205.49
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $3,205.49
BCBS MCRPPO $3,205.49
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $3,205.49
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $3,205.49
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $3,205.49
WellMed MGMCR $3,221.52
Van Lang IPA MCR $3,237.54
United MCR $3,269.60
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $3,301.65
WellCare PFFS $3,301.65
WellCare MCRHMO $3,301.65
WellCare POS $3,301.65
WellCare SNP $3,301.65
WellCare PPO $3,301.65
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $3,365.76
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $3,365.76
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $3,365.76
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $3,365.76
Superior Health Plan PFFS $3,365.76
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $3,365.76
American Health Plan MGMCR $3,365.76
Shared Health MGMCR $3,365.76
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $3,365.76
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $3,397.82
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $3,397.82
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $3,397.82
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $3,397.82
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $3,397.82
Molina MGMCR $3,493.98
Verda Health Plan MCR $4,167.14
Superior ValueHMO $4,647.96
Community Health Choice HIX $4,647.96
Superior EPO $4,968.51
Superior HMO $4,968.51
Molina Healthcare HIX $6,891.80
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $9,616.47
Humana PPO $24,656.91
Humana HMO $24,656.91

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Elbow stump activated lock h at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $3,141.38 – $6,891.80
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $3,141.38 – $6,891.80
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $3,141.38 – $6,891.80
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $3,141.38 – $6,891.80
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $3,141.38 – $6,891.80
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $3,141.38 – $6,891.80
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $3,141.38 – $6,891.80
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock not published $3,205.49 – $3,381.79

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