Monitor elec vad, rep 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.

$22,746.00 with Oscar vs $178,535.37 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 $22,746.00
TriWest Healthcare Alliance VeteransPCCC $22,746.00
Devoted Health MGMCR $23,210.20
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $23,210.20
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $23,210.20
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $23,210.20
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $23,210.20
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $23,210.20
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $23,210.20
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $23,210.20
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $23,210.20
BCBS MCRPPO $23,210.20
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $23,210.20
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $23,210.20
WellMed MGMCR $23,326.25
Van Lang IPA MCR $23,442.30
United MCR $23,674.40
WellCare PPO $23,906.51
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $23,906.51
WellCare MCRHMO $23,906.51
WellCare PFFS $23,906.51
WellCare POS $23,906.51
WellCare SNP $23,906.51
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $24,370.71
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $24,370.71
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $24,370.71
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $24,370.71
Superior Health Plan PFFS $24,370.71
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $24,370.71
Shared Health MGMCR $24,370.71
American Health Plan MGMCR $24,370.71
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $24,370.71
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $24,602.81
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $24,602.81
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $24,602.81
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $24,602.81
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $24,602.81
Molina MGMCR $25,299.12
Verda Health Plan MCR $30,173.26
Superior ValueHMO $33,654.79
Community Health Choice HIX $33,654.79
Superior EPO $35,975.81
Superior HMO $35,975.81
Molina Healthcare HIX $49,901.93
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $69,630.60
Humana PPO $178,535.37
Humana HMO $178,535.37

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