Knee lift loop drop lock rin 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.

$128.17 with Oscar vs $1,006.04 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 $128.17
TriWest Healthcare Alliance VeteransPCCC $128.17
Devoted Health MGMCR $130.79
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $130.79
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $130.79
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $130.79
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $130.79
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $130.79
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $130.79
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $130.79
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $130.79
BCBS MCRPPO $130.79
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $130.79
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $130.79
WellMed MGMCR $131.44
Van Lang IPA MCR $132.10
United MCR $133.41
WellCare PPO $134.71
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $134.71
WellCare MCRHMO $134.71
WellCare PFFS $134.71
WellCare POS $134.71
WellCare SNP $134.71
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $137.33
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $137.33
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $137.33
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $137.33
Superior Health Plan PFFS $137.33
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $137.33
Shared Health MGMCR $137.33
American Health Plan MGMCR $137.33
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $137.33
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $138.64
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $138.64
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $138.64
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $138.64
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $138.64
Molina MGMCR $142.56
Verda Health Plan MCR $170.03
Superior ValueHMO $189.65
Community Health Choice HIX $189.65
Superior EPO $202.72
Superior HMO $202.72
Molina Healthcare HIX $281.20
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $392.37
Humana PPO $1,006.04
Humana HMO $1,006.04

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Knee lift loop drop lock rin at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $128.17 – $281.20
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $128.17 – $281.20
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $128.17 – $281.20
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $128.17 – $281.20
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $128.17 – $281.20
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $128.17 – $281.20
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $128.17 – $281.20
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock not published $130.79 – $137.98

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