Afo sing bar clasp attach sh 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.

$339.29 with Oscar vs $2,663.01 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 $339.29
Devoted Health MGMCR $346.21
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $346.21
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $346.21
Amerigroup DualEligible $346.21
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $346.21
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $346.21
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $346.21
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $346.21
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $346.21
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $346.21
BCBS MCRPPO $346.21
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $346.21
CHC Harris Health Indigent $346.21
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $346.21
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $346.21
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $346.21
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $346.21
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $346.21
WellMed MGMCR $347.94
Aetna MCR $349.15
Van Lang IPA MCR $349.67
United MCR $353.13
WellCare SNP $356.60
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $356.60
WellCare PPO $356.60
WellCare PFFS $356.60
WellCare MCRHMO $356.60
WellCare POS $356.60
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $363.52
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $363.52
Shared Health MGMCR $363.52
American Health Plan MGMCR $363.52
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $363.52
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $363.52
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $363.52
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $363.52
Superior Health Plan PFFS $363.52
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $366.98
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $366.98
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $366.98
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $366.98
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $366.98
Molina MGMCR $377.37
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $398.14
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $415.45
Verda Health Plan MCR $450.07
Community Health Choice HIX $502.00
Superior ValueHMO $502.00
Superior EPO $536.63
Superior HMO $536.63
UTMB MGMCR $564.32
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $685.50
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $727.04
Molina Healthcare HIX $744.35
Humana PPO $2,663.01
Humana HMO $2,663.01

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Afo sing bar clasp attach sh at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $339.29 – $744.35
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $339.29 – $744.35
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $339.29 – $744.35
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $339.29 – $744.35
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $339.29 – $744.35
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $339.29 – $744.35
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $339.29 – $744.35
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock not published $346.21 – $365.25

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