Term dev modifier wrist unit 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.

$510.55 with Oscar vs $4,007.33 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 $510.55
TriWest Healthcare Alliance VeteransPCCC $510.55
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $520.97
Devoted Health MGMCR $520.97
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $520.97
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $520.97
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $520.97
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $520.97
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $520.97
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $520.97
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $520.97
BCBS MCRPPO $520.97
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $520.97
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $520.97
WellMed MGMCR $523.57
Van Lang IPA MCR $526.18
United MCR $531.39
WellCare POS $536.60
WellCare PPO $536.60
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $536.60
WellCare SNP $536.60
WellCare PFFS $536.60
WellCare MCRHMO $536.60
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $547.02
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $547.02
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $547.02
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $547.02
Superior Health Plan PFFS $547.02
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $547.02
Shared Health MGMCR $547.02
American Health Plan MGMCR $547.02
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $547.02
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $552.23
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $552.23
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $552.23
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $552.23
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $552.23
Molina MGMCR $567.86
Verda Health Plan MCR $677.26
Superior ValueHMO $755.41
Community Health Choice HIX $755.41
Superior HMO $807.50
Superior EPO $807.50
Molina Healthcare HIX $1,120.09
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $1,562.91
Humana PPO $4,007.33
Humana HMO $4,007.33

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Term dev modifier wrist unit at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $510.55 – $1,120.09
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $510.55 – $1,120.09
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $510.55 – $1,120.09
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $510.55 – $1,120.09
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $510.55 – $1,120.09
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $510.55 – $1,120.09
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $510.55 – $1,120.09
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock not published $520.97 – $549.62

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