Eo elas w/metal jnts pre ots 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.

$163.71 with Oscar vs $1,285.00 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 $163.71
TriWest Healthcare Alliance VeteransPCCC $163.71
Devoted Health MGMCR $167.05
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $167.05
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $167.05
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $167.05
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $167.05
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $167.05
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $167.05
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $167.05
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $167.05
BCBS MCRPPO $167.05
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $167.05
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $167.05
WellMed MGMCR $167.89
Van Lang IPA MCR $168.72
United MCR $170.39
WellCare PPO $172.06
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $172.06
WellCare MCRHMO $172.06
WellCare PFFS $172.06
WellCare POS $172.06
WellCare SNP $172.06
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $175.40
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $175.40
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $175.40
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $175.40
Superior Health Plan PFFS $175.40
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $175.40
Shared Health MGMCR $175.40
American Health Plan MGMCR $175.40
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $175.40
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $177.07
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $177.07
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $177.07
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $177.07
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $177.07
Molina MGMCR $182.08
Verda Health Plan MCR $217.17
Superior ValueHMO $242.22
Community Health Choice HIX $242.22
Superior EPO $258.93
Superior HMO $258.93
Molina Healthcare HIX $359.16
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $501.15
Humana PPO $1,285.00
Humana HMO $1,285.00

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Eo elas w/metal jnts pre ots at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $67.26 $40.36 – $144.12
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $163.71 – $359.16
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $163.71 – $359.16
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $163.71 – $359.16
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $163.71 – $359.16

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