Bone tendon board add on 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.
$24.00 with Aetna vs $349.60 with Cigna — 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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| Aetna | MCR | $24.00 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $47.06 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $47.06 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $47.06 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $47.06 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $50.68 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $50.68 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $59.01 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $60.09 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $63.71 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $65.16 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $81.45 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $83.26 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $84.71 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $85.79 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $85.79 | — |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $90.50 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $97.74 | — |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $108.60 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $126.70 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $144.80 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $155.66 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $162.90 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $192.95 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $199.10 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $199.10 | — |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $217.20 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $217.20 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $217.20 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $217.20 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $271.16 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $289.60 | — |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $289.60 | — |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $289.60 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $293.57 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $296.84 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $307.70 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $307.70 | — |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $325.80 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $325.80 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $349.60 | — |
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Bone tendon board add on at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | $5,096.00 | $271.16 – $271.16 |
| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $10,838.31 | $320.87 – $23,224.95 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $12,740.24 | $320.87 – $23,950.19 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $12,740.24 | $320.87 – $23,950.19 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $12,740.24 | $320.87 – $23,950.19 |
| St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital | The Woodlands | $12,740.24 | $320.87 – $23,950.19 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $12,740.24 | $320.87 – $23,950.19 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $271.16 – $271.16 |