Socket insert knee articulat 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.

$456.05 with Oscar vs $3,579.64 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 $456.05
TriWest Healthcare Alliance VeteransPCCC $456.05
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $465.36
Devoted Health MGMCR $465.36
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $465.36
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $465.36
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $465.36
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $465.36
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $465.36
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $465.36
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $465.36
BCBS MCRPPO $465.36
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $465.36
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $465.36
WellMed MGMCR $467.69
Van Lang IPA MCR $470.01
United MCR $474.67
WellCare POS $479.32
WellCare PPO $479.32
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $479.32
WellCare SNP $479.32
WellCare PFFS $479.32
WellCare MCRHMO $479.32
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $488.63
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $488.63
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $488.63
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $488.63
Superior Health Plan PFFS $488.63
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $488.63
Shared Health MGMCR $488.63
American Health Plan MGMCR $488.63
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $488.63
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $493.28
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $493.28
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $493.28
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $493.28
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $493.28
Molina MGMCR $507.24
Verda Health Plan MCR $604.97
Superior ValueHMO $674.77
Community Health Choice HIX $674.77
Superior HMO $721.31
Superior EPO $721.31
Molina Healthcare HIX $1,000.52
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $1,396.08
Humana PPO $3,579.64
Humana HMO $3,579.64

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Socket insert knee articulat at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $456.05 – $1,000.52
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $456.05 – $1,000.52
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $456.05 – $1,000.52
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $456.05 – $1,000.52
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $456.05 – $1,000.52
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $456.05 – $1,000.52
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $456.05 – $1,000.52
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock not published $465.36 – $490.95

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