Tubing (oxygen) per foot 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.

$0.08 with Christus (USFHP) vs $0.68 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
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $0.08
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $0.08
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $0.08
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $0.08
BCBS MCRPPO $0.08
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $0.08
Devoted Health MGMCR $0.08
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $0.08
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $0.08
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $0.08
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $0.08
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $0.08
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $0.08
Shared Health MGMCR $0.08
TriWest Healthcare Alliance VeteransPCCC $0.08
Van Lang IPA MCR $0.08
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $0.08
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $0.08
American Health Plan MGMCR $0.08
Oscar MGMCR $0.08
WellCare PPO $0.08
WellCare SNP $0.08
WellCare POS $0.08
WellCare MCRHMO $0.08
WellCare PFFS $0.08
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $0.08
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $0.08
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $0.08
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $0.08
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $0.08
Superior Health Plan PFFS $0.08
United MCR $0.08
WellMed MGMCR $0.08
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $0.08
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $0.08
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $0.08
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $0.08
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.09
Molina MGMCR $0.09
Verda Health Plan MCR $0.10
BCBS BAV $0.10
Superior ValueHMO $0.12
Superior EPO $0.12
Superior HMO $0.12
BCBS HMO $0.12
Community Health Choice HIX $0.12
BCBS EPOSOA $0.13
BCBS PPO $0.13
Molina Healthcare HIX $0.17
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $0.24
Humana HMO $0.68
Humana PPO $0.68

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Tubing (oxygen) per foot at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $0.08 – $0.17
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $0.08 – $0.17
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $0.08 – $0.08
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $0.08 – $0.17
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $0.08 – $0.17
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $0.08 – $0.17
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $0.08 – $0.17
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $0.08 – $0.17

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