Application of paste boot 29580 at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
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Cash price 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 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.
$32.46 with Texas Health Network vs $2,358.00 with Oscar — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Texas Health Network | MCD | $32.46 | — |
| UTMB | MGMCD | $33.12 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $34.78 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $36.43 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $36.43 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $36.43 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $36.43 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $37.73 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $39.38 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $39.38 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $39.38 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $39.38 | — |
| Humana | MCD | $41.40 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $44.39 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $128.01 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $135.32 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $146.29 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $149.04 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $151.78 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $160.92 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $164.58 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $173.72 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $205.72 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $210.30 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $213.95 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $216.70 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $216.70 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $219.44 | — |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $228.58 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $233.15 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $242.30 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $249.61 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $291.76 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $291.76 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $293.50 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $293.50 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $293.50 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $312.70 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $312.70 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $312.70 | — |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $320.02 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $320.02 | — |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $320.02 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $365.73 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $365.73 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $366.65 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $366.65 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $366.65 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $393.16 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $395.90 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $395.90 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $395.90 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $411.45 | — |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $457.17 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $487.34 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $502.88 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $502.88 | — |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $548.60 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $548.60 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $548.60 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $548.60 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $594.31 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | — |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $731.46 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $731.46 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $749.75 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $777.18 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $777.18 | — |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $822.90 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $822.90 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $948.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $948.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $948.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $948.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $948.00 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $1,120.00 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $1,600.00 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $1,702.00 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $2,115.00 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $2,358.00 | — |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $1,062.85 | $52.78 – $4,826.69 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $331.74 | $33.12 – $414.68 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $444.71 | $35.44 – $667.06 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $421.59 | $33.12 – $526.99 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $331.74 | $33.12 – $414.68 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $444.71 | $35.44 – $667.06 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $444.71 | $33.12 – $667.06 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $421.59 | $33.12 – $632.38 |