Electronic elbow sequential 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.

$49,007.06 with Oscar vs $384,659.87 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 $49,007.06
TriWest Healthcare Alliance VeteransPCCC $49,007.06
Devoted Health MGMCR $50,007.20
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $50,007.20
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $50,007.20
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $50,007.20
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $50,007.20
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $50,007.20
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $50,007.20
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $50,007.20
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $50,007.20
BCBS MCRPPO $50,007.20
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $50,007.20
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $50,007.20
WellMed MGMCR $50,257.24
Van Lang IPA MCR $50,507.27
United MCR $51,007.34
WellCare PPO $51,507.42
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $51,507.42
WellCare MCRHMO $51,507.42
WellCare PFFS $51,507.42
WellCare POS $51,507.42
WellCare SNP $51,507.42
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $52,507.56
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $52,507.56
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $52,507.56
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $52,507.56
Superior Health Plan PFFS $52,507.56
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $52,507.56
Shared Health MGMCR $52,507.56
American Health Plan MGMCR $52,507.56
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $52,507.56
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $53,007.63
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $53,007.63
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $53,007.63
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $53,007.63
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $53,007.63
Molina MGMCR $54,507.85
Verda Health Plan MCR $65,009.36
Superior ValueHMO $72,510.44
Community Health Choice HIX $72,510.44
Superior EPO $77,511.16
Superior HMO $77,511.16
Molina Healthcare HIX $107,515.48
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $150,021.60
Humana PPO $384,659.87
Humana HMO $384,659.87

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Electronic elbow sequential at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $49,007.06 – $107,515.48
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $49,007.06 – $107,515.48
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $49,007.06 – $107,515.48
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $49,007.06 – $107,515.48
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $49,007.06 – $107,515.48
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $49,007.06 – $107,515.48
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $49,007.06 – $107,515.48
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock not published $50,007.15 – $52,757.54

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