Appl hip spica cast 1 leg 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.

$97.86 with Texas Health Network vs $5,841.00 with Healthcare Highways — 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
Texas Health Network MCD $97.86
UTMB MGMCD $99.86
Amerigroup MGMCD $104.85
United MGMCD $107.15
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $109.85
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $109.85
Molina Healthcare CHIP $109.85
Molina Healthcare STAR $109.85
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $111.84
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $111.84
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $111.84
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $111.84
Humana MCD $124.83
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $126.06
BCBS MyBlueHealth $838.39
BCBS BAV $923.15
Superior Health Plan STAR $948.00
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $948.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00
BCBS HMO $1,072.95
BCBS EPOSOA $1,081.08
BCBS PPO $1,088.04
United SmallGroup $1,120.00
Aetna QHPExchange $1,430.00
United AllPayerAppendix $1,600.00
Curative Administrators COMM $1,672.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,702.00
Aetna NBPOS $1,899.00
Aetna NBHMO $1,899.00
Aetna COMMHMO $2,017.00
Aetna COMMPOS $2,017.00
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $2,115.00
Aetna NBPPO $2,181.00
Aetna COMMPPO $2,317.00
Oscar HIX $2,358.00
Aetna OONPOS $2,374.00
Aetna OONHMO $2,374.00
Cigna CSN $2,518.00
Aetna ASAHMO $2,564.00
Aetna ASAPOS $2,564.00
Aetna OONPPO $2,727.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,728.00
Aetna ASAPPO $2,947.00
Cigna PPO $3,244.00
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $4,255.00
Humana PPO $4,690.00
Humana HMO $4,690.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $5,841.00

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Appl hip spica cast 1 leg at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $895.29 $99.86 – $1,119.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $544.48 $71.00 – $816.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $544.48 $71.00 – $680.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $895.29 $99.86 – $1,119.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $544.48 $85.00 – $816.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $544.48 $99.86 – $816.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $544.48 $71.00 – $816.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $895.29 $99.86 – $1,119.11

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