Stocking sup grips 4 pre ots 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.

$24.45 with Oscar vs $191.88 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 $24.45
TriWest Healthcare Alliance VeteransPCCC $24.45
Devoted Health MGMCR $24.95
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $24.95
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $24.95
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $24.95
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $24.95
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $24.95
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $24.95
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $24.95
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $24.95
BCBS MCRPPO $24.95
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $24.95
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $24.95
WellMed MGMCR $25.07
Van Lang IPA MCR $25.20
United MCR $25.45
WellCare PPO $25.70
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $25.70
WellCare MCRHMO $25.70
WellCare PFFS $25.70
WellCare POS $25.70
WellCare SNP $25.70
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $26.20
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $26.20
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $26.20
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $26.20
Superior Health Plan PFFS $26.20
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $26.20
Shared Health MGMCR $26.20
American Health Plan MGMCR $26.20
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $26.20
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $26.45
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $26.45
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $26.45
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $26.45
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $26.45
Molina MGMCR $27.20
Verda Health Plan MCR $32.44
Superior ValueHMO $36.18
Community Health Choice HIX $36.18
Superior EPO $38.67
Superior HMO $38.67
Molina Healthcare HIX $53.64
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $74.85
Humana PPO $191.88
Humana HMO $191.88

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Stocking sup grips 4 pre ots at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $24.45 – $53.64
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $24.45 – $53.64
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $24.45 – $53.64
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $24.45 – $53.64
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $24.45 – $53.64
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $24.45 – $53.64
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $24.45 – $53.64
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock not published $24.95 – $26.32

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