Ortho shoe add march bar 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.

$50.80 with Oscar vs $398.76 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 $50.80
TriWest Healthcare Alliance VeteransPCCC $50.80
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $51.84
Devoted Health MGMCR $51.84
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $51.84
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $51.84
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $51.84
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $51.84
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $51.84
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $51.84
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $51.84
BCBS MCRPPO $51.84
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $51.84
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $51.84
WellMed MGMCR $52.10
Van Lang IPA MCR $52.36
United MCR $52.88
WellCare POS $53.40
WellCare PPO $53.40
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $53.40
WellCare SNP $53.40
WellCare PFFS $53.40
WellCare MCRHMO $53.40
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $54.43
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $54.43
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $54.43
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $54.43
Superior Health Plan PFFS $54.43
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $54.43
Shared Health MGMCR $54.43
American Health Plan MGMCR $54.43
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $54.43
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $54.95
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $54.95
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $54.95
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $54.95
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $54.95
Molina MGMCR $56.51
Verda Health Plan MCR $67.39
Superior ValueHMO $75.17
Community Health Choice HIX $75.17
Superior HMO $80.35
Superior EPO $80.35
Molina Healthcare HIX $111.46
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $155.52
Humana PPO $398.76
Humana HMO $398.76

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Ortho shoe add march bar at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $50.80 – $111.46
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $50.80 – $111.46
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $50.80 – $111.46
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $50.80 – $111.46
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $50.80 – $111.46
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $50.80 – $111.46
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $50.80 – $111.46
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock not published $51.84 – $54.69

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