Afo sing solid stirrup calf 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.

$432.05 with Oscar vs $3,391.08 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 $432.05
Devoted Health MGMCR $440.87
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $440.87
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $440.87
Amerigroup DualEligible $440.87
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $440.87
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $440.87
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $440.87
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $440.87
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $440.87
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $440.87
BCBS MCRPPO $440.87
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $440.87
CHC Harris Health Indigent $440.87
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $440.87
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $440.87
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $440.87
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $440.87
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $440.87
WellMed MGMCR $443.07
Aetna MCR $444.62
Van Lang IPA MCR $445.28
United MCR $449.69
WellCare SNP $454.10
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $454.10
WellCare PPO $454.10
WellCare PFFS $454.10
WellCare MCRHMO $454.10
WellCare POS $454.10
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $462.91
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $462.91
Shared Health MGMCR $462.91
American Health Plan MGMCR $462.91
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $462.91
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $462.91
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $462.91
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $462.91
Superior Health Plan PFFS $462.91
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $467.32
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $467.32
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $467.32
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $467.32
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $467.32
Molina MGMCR $480.55
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $507.00
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $529.04
Verda Health Plan MCR $573.13
Community Health Choice HIX $639.26
Superior ValueHMO $639.26
Superior EPO $683.35
Superior HMO $683.35
UTMB MGMCR $718.62
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $872.92
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $925.83
Molina Healthcare HIX $947.87
Humana PPO $3,391.08
Humana HMO $3,391.08

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Afo sing solid stirrup calf at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $432.05 – $947.87
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $432.05 – $947.87
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $432.05 – $947.87
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $432.05 – $947.87
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $432.05 – $947.87
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $432.05 – $947.87
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $432.05 – $947.87
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock not published $440.87 – $465.12

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