Brace afo lg left 6607 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.

$12.54 with Superior Health Plan vs $2,787.98 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 $12.54
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $12.54
Superior Health Plan STARKids $12.54
Superior Health Plan STAR $12.54
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $12.54
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $27.17
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $27.17
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $27.17
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $27.17
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $29.26
Amerigroup MGMCD $29.26
Cigna CSN $30.93
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $33.44
BCBS MyBlueHealth $34.07
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $34.69
BCBS BAV $37.62
Cigna PPO $39.71
United OptionsPPO $42.22
BCBS HMO $47.02
BCBS EPOSOA $48.07
BCBS PPO $48.91
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $49.53
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $49.53
IPA Management Services COMM $52.25
BCBS Traditional $73.15
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $89.87
United GlobalAppendix $94.05
Coventry National First Health COMM $111.40
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $114.95
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $114.95
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $125.40
Independent Medical System COMM $125.40
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $125.40
Beech Street WCOMP $125.40
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $167.20
Beech Street COMMPPO $167.20
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $171.38
Physicians, INC COMM $177.65
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $177.65
Affiliated PPO COMM $188.10
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $188.10
Oscar MGMCR $355.20
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $362.45
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $362.45
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $362.45
Amerigroup DualEligible $362.45
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $362.45
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $362.45
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $362.45
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $362.45
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $362.45
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $362.45
BCBS MCRPPO $362.45
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $362.45
CHC Harris Health Indigent $362.45
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $362.45
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $362.45
Devoted Health MGMCR $362.45
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $362.45
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $362.45
WellMed MGMCR $364.26
Aetna MCR $365.53
Van Lang IPA MCR $366.07
United MCR $369.70
WellCare POS $373.32
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $373.32
WellCare PFFS $373.32
WellCare MCRHMO $373.32
WellCare SNP $373.32
WellCare PPO $373.32
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $380.57
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $380.57
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $380.57
Shared Health MGMCR $380.57
American Health Plan MGMCR $380.57
Superior Health Plan PFFS $380.57
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $380.57
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $380.57
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $380.57
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $384.20
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $384.20
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $384.20
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $384.20
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $384.20
Molina MGMCR $395.07
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $416.82
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $434.94
Verda Health Plan MCR $471.19
Community Health Choice HIX $525.55
Superior ValueHMO $525.55
Superior EPO $561.80
Superior HMO $561.80
UTMB MGMCR $590.79
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $717.65
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $761.14
Molina Healthcare HIX $779.27
Humana PPO $2,787.98
Humana HMO $2,787.98

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Brace afo lg left 6607 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $292.43 $185.24 – $1,308.60
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $292.43 $290.80 – $1,235.90
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $115.72 $39.68 – $214.91
St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital Navasota $292.43 $290.80 – $1,613.94
St. Joseph Health Burleson Hospital Caldwell $292.43 $290.80 – $1,308.60
Ascension Seton Smithville (Ascension Seton) Smithville $286.74 $281.16 – $281.16
Dell Children's Medical Center (Ascension Seton) Austin $557.55 $281.16 – $281.16
Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas (Ascension Seton) Austin $932.85 $281.16 – $281.16

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