Add ue prost a/e acrylic at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE

225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035

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.

$674.27 with Oscar vs $5,292.42 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 $674.27
Devoted Health MGMCR $688.03
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $688.03
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $688.03
Amerigroup DualEligible $688.03
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $688.03
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $688.03
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $688.03
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $688.03
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $688.03
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $688.03
BCBS MCRPPO $688.03
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $688.03
CHC Harris Health Indigent $688.03
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $688.03
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $688.03
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $688.03
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $688.03
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $688.03
WellMed MGMCR $691.47
Aetna MCR $693.88
Van Lang IPA MCR $694.91
United MCR $701.79
WellCare SNP $708.67
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $708.67
WellCare PPO $708.67
WellCare PFFS $708.67
WellCare MCRHMO $708.67
WellCare POS $708.67
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $722.43
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $722.43
Shared Health MGMCR $722.43
American Health Plan MGMCR $722.43
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $722.43
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $722.43
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $722.43
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $722.43
Superior Health Plan PFFS $722.43
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $729.31
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $729.31
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $729.31
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $729.31
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $729.31
Molina MGMCR $749.95
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $791.23
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $825.64
Verda Health Plan MCR $894.44
Community Health Choice HIX $997.64
Superior ValueHMO $997.64
Superior EPO $1,066.45
Superior HMO $1,066.45
UTMB MGMCR $1,121.49
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $1,362.30
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $1,444.86
Molina Healthcare HIX $1,479.26
Humana PPO $5,292.42
Humana HMO $5,292.42

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $674.27 – $1,479.26
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $674.27 – $1,479.26
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $674.27 – $1,479.26
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $674.27 – $1,479.26
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $674.27 – $1,479.26
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $674.27 – $1,479.26
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $674.27 – $1,479.26
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock not published $688.03 – $725.87

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