Appl long leg cast brace 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.

$80.30 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 $80.30
UTMB MGMCD $81.94
Amerigroup MGMCD $86.04
United MGMCD $87.92
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $90.13
Molina Healthcare CHIP $90.13
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $90.13
Molina Healthcare STAR $90.13
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $91.77
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $91.77
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $91.77
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $91.77
Humana MCD $102.42
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $103.44
BCBS MyBlueHealth $729.58
BCBS BAV $803.35
BCBS HMO $933.70
BCBS EPOSOA $940.78
BCBS PPO $946.84
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $948.00
Superior Health Plan STAR $948.00
United SmallGroup $1,120.00
United AllPayerAppendix $1,600.00
Curative Administrators COMM $1,672.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,702.00
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $2,115.00
Oscar HIX $2,358.00
Cigna CSN $2,518.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,728.00
Cigna PPO $3,244.00
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $4,255.00
Humana HMO $4,690.00
Humana PPO $4,690.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $5,841.00

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Appl long leg cast brace at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $375.00 $81.94 – $665.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $372.55 $76.68 – $665.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $372.55 $81.94 – $665.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $375.00 $81.94 – $665.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $372.55 $87.68 – $665.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $372.55 $81.94 – $665.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $372.55 $81.94 – $665.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $375.00 $81.94 – $665.29

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