Suspension sleeve lower ext 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.

$131.99 with Oscar vs $1,035.95 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 $131.99
TriWest Healthcare Alliance VeteransPCCC $131.99
Devoted Health MGMCR $134.68
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $134.68
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $134.68
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $134.68
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $134.68
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $134.68
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $134.68
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $134.68
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $134.68
BCBS MCRPPO $134.68
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $134.68
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $134.68
WellMed MGMCR $135.35
Van Lang IPA MCR $136.03
United MCR $137.37
WellCare PPO $138.72
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $138.72
WellCare MCRHMO $138.72
WellCare PFFS $138.72
WellCare POS $138.72
WellCare SNP $138.72
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $141.41
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $141.41
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $141.41
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $141.41
Superior Health Plan PFFS $141.41
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $141.41
Shared Health MGMCR $141.41
American Health Plan MGMCR $141.41
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $141.41
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $142.76
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $142.76
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $142.76
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $142.76
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $142.76
Molina MGMCR $146.80
Verda Health Plan MCR $175.08
Superior ValueHMO $195.29
Community Health Choice HIX $195.29
Superior EPO $208.75
Superior HMO $208.75
Molina Healthcare HIX $289.56
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $404.04
Humana PPO $1,035.95
Humana HMO $1,035.95

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Suspension sleeve lower ext at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $131.99 – $289.56
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $131.99 – $289.56
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $131.99 – $289.56
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $131.99 – $289.56
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $131.99 – $289.56
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $131.99 – $289.56
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $131.99 – $289.56
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock not published $134.68 – $142.09

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