Barrier skin flextend 2.25in floating flang new image 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

$75.50

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.

$75.50

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.

$3.06 with Superior Health Plan vs $68.18 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $3.06 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $3.06 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $3.06 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan STAR $3.06 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $3.06 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $6.63 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $6.63 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $6.63 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $6.63 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $7.14 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup MGMCD $7.14 ↓ -91%
Cigna CSN $7.55 ↓ -90%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $8.16 ↓ -89%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $8.47 ↓ -89%
Oscar MGMCR $8.66 ↓ -89%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $8.84 ↓ -88%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $8.84 ↓ -88%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $8.84 ↓ -88%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $8.84 ↓ -88%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $8.84 ↓ -88%
Devoted Health MGMCR $8.84 ↓ -88%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $8.84 ↓ -88%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $8.84 ↓ -88%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $8.84 ↓ -88%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $8.84 ↓ -88%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $8.84 ↓ -88%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $8.84 ↓ -88%
Amerigroup DualEligible $8.84 ↓ -88%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $8.84 ↓ -88%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $8.84 ↓ -88%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $8.84 ↓ -88%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $8.84 ↓ -88%
BCBS MCRPPO $8.84 ↓ -88%
WellMed MGMCR $8.88 ↓ -88%
Aetna MCR $8.92 ↓ -88%
Van Lang IPA MCR $8.93 ↓ -88%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $8.95 ↓ -88%
United MCR $9.02 ↓ -88%
WellCare POS $9.11 ↓ -88%
WellCare PPO $9.11 ↓ -88%
WellCare SNP $9.11 ↓ -88%
WellCare MCRHMO $9.11 ↓ -88%
WellCare PFFS $9.11 ↓ -88%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $9.11 ↓ -88%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $9.28 ↓ -88%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $9.28 ↓ -88%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $9.28 ↓ -88%
Shared Health MGMCR $9.28 ↓ -88%
American Health Plan MGMCR $9.28 ↓ -88%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $9.28 ↓ -88%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $9.28 ↓ -88%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $9.28 ↓ -88%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $9.28 ↓ -88%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $9.37 ↓ -88%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $9.37 ↓ -88%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $9.37 ↓ -88%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $9.37 ↓ -88%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $9.37 ↓ -88%
Molina MGMCR $9.64 ↓ -87%
Cigna PPO $9.69 ↓ -87%
BCBS BAV $9.89 ↓ -87%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $10.17 ↓ -87%
United OptionsPPO $10.30 ↓ -86%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $10.61 ↓ -86%
Verda Health Plan MCR $11.49 ↓ -85%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $12.09 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $12.09 ↓ -84%
BCBS HMO $12.35 ↓ -84%
IPA Management Services COMM $12.75 ↓ -83%
Community Health Choice HIX $12.82 ↓ -83%
Superior ValueHMO $12.82 ↓ -83%
BCBS EPOSOA $13.07 ↓ -83%
Superior HMO $13.70 ↓ -82%
Superior EPO $13.70 ↓ -82%
BCBS PPO $13.79 ↓ -82%
UTMB MGMCR $14.41 ↓ -81%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $17.50 ↓ -77%
BCBS Traditional $17.85 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $18.12 ↓ -76%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $18.56 ↓ -75%
Molina Healthcare HIX $19.01 ↓ -75%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $21.93 ↓ -71%
United GlobalAppendix $22.95 ↓ -70%
Coventry National First Health COMM $27.18 ↓ -64%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $28.05 ↓ -63%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $28.05 ↓ -63%
Independent Medical System COMM $30.60 ↓ -59%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $30.60 ↓ -59%
Beech Street WCOMP $30.60 ↓ -59%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $30.60 ↓ -59%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $40.80 ↓ -46%
Beech Street COMMPPO $40.80 ↓ -46%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $41.82 ↓ -45%
Physicians, INC COMM $43.35 ↓ -43%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $43.35 ↓ -43%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $45.90 ↓ -39%
Affiliated PPO COMM $45.90 ↓ -39%
Humana PPO $68.18 ↓ -10%
Humana HMO $68.18 ↓ -10%

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Barrier skin flextend 2.25in floating flang new image at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $8.66 – $19.01
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $8.30 – $8.30
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $8.66 – $19.01
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $8.66 – $19.01
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $8.66 – $19.01
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $8.66 – $19.01
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $8.66 – $19.01
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $8.66 – $19.01

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