Round caliper and plate atta 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.

$94.19 with Oscar vs $739.27 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 $94.19
TriWest Healthcare Alliance VeteransPCCC $94.19
Devoted Health MGMCR $96.11
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $96.11
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $96.11
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $96.11
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $96.11
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $96.11
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $96.11
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $96.11
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $96.11
BCBS MCRPPO $96.11
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $96.11
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $96.11
WellMed MGMCR $96.59
Van Lang IPA MCR $97.07
United MCR $98.03
WellCare PPO $98.99
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $98.99
WellCare MCRHMO $98.99
WellCare PFFS $98.99
WellCare POS $98.99
WellCare SNP $98.99
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $100.92
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $100.92
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $100.92
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $100.92
Superior Health Plan PFFS $100.92
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $100.92
Shared Health MGMCR $100.92
American Health Plan MGMCR $100.92
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $100.92
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $101.88
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $101.88
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $101.88
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $101.88
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $101.88
Molina MGMCR $104.76
Verda Health Plan MCR $124.94
Superior ValueHMO $139.36
Community Health Choice HIX $139.36
Superior EPO $148.97
Superior HMO $148.97
Molina Healthcare HIX $206.64
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $288.33
Humana PPO $739.27
Humana HMO $739.27

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Round caliper and plate atta at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $94.19 – $206.64
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $94.19 – $206.64
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $94.19 – $206.64
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $94.19 – $206.64
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $94.19 – $206.64
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $94.19 – $206.64
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $94.19 – $206.64
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock not published $96.11 – $101.40

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