Test socket shldr disart/tho 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.

$418.21 with Oscar vs $3,282.48 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 $418.21
TriWest Healthcare Alliance VeteransPCCC $418.21
Devoted Health MGMCR $426.74
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $426.74
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $426.74
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $426.74
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $426.74
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $426.74
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $426.74
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $426.74
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $426.74
BCBS MCRPPO $426.74
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $426.74
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $426.74
WellMed MGMCR $428.87
Van Lang IPA MCR $431.01
United MCR $435.27
WellCare PPO $439.54
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $439.54
WellCare MCRHMO $439.54
WellCare PFFS $439.54
WellCare POS $439.54
WellCare SNP $439.54
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $448.08
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $448.08
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $448.08
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $448.08
Superior Health Plan PFFS $448.08
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $448.08
Shared Health MGMCR $448.08
American Health Plan MGMCR $448.08
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $448.08
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $452.34
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $452.34
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $452.34
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $452.34
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $452.34
Molina MGMCR $465.15
Verda Health Plan MCR $554.76
Superior ValueHMO $618.77
Community Health Choice HIX $618.77
Superior EPO $661.45
Superior HMO $661.45
Molina Healthcare HIX $917.49
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $1,280.22
Humana PPO $3,282.48
Humana HMO $3,282.48

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Test socket shldr disart/tho at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $418.21 – $917.49
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $418.21 – $917.49
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $418.21 – $917.49
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $418.21 – $917.49
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $418.21 – $917.49
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $418.21 – $917.49
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $418.21 – $917.49
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock not published $426.74 – $450.21

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