Limited motion knee joint 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.

$167.85 with Oscar vs $1,317.43 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 $167.85
TriWest Healthcare Alliance VeteransPCCC $167.85
Devoted Health MGMCR $171.28
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $171.28
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $171.28
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $171.28
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $171.28
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $171.28
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $171.28
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $171.28
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $171.28
BCBS MCRPPO $171.28
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $171.28
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $171.28
WellMed MGMCR $172.14
Van Lang IPA MCR $172.99
United MCR $174.71
WellCare PPO $176.42
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $176.42
WellCare MCRHMO $176.42
WellCare PFFS $176.42
WellCare POS $176.42
WellCare SNP $176.42
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $179.84
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $179.84
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $179.84
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $179.84
Superior Health Plan PFFS $179.84
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $179.84
Shared Health MGMCR $179.84
American Health Plan MGMCR $179.84
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $179.84
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $181.56
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $181.56
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $181.56
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $181.56
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $181.56
Molina MGMCR $186.70
Verda Health Plan MCR $222.66
Superior ValueHMO $248.36
Community Health Choice HIX $248.36
Superior EPO $265.48
Superior HMO $265.48
Molina Healthcare HIX $368.25
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $513.84
Humana PPO $1,317.43
Humana HMO $1,317.43

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Limited motion knee joint at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $167.85 – $368.25
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $167.85 – $368.25
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $167.85 – $368.25
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $167.85 – $368.25
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $167.85 – $368.25
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $167.85 – $368.25
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $167.85 – $368.25
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock not published $171.28 – $180.70

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