Brace ankle stablizing lg 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

$387.00

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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.

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$387.00

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.

$23.22 with Superior Health Plan vs $940.79 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 STARKids $23.22 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $23.22 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $23.22 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $23.22 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $23.22 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $50.31 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $50.31 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $50.31 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $50.31 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $54.18 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $54.18 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $57.28 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $61.92 ↓ -84%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $63.08 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $64.24 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $68.11 ↓ -82%
BCBS BAV $69.66 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $73.53 ↓ -81%
BCBS HMO $87.08 ↓ -77%
BCBS EPOSOA $89.01 ↓ -77%
BCBS PPO $90.56 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $91.72 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $91.72 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $92.88 ↓ -76%
Oscar MGMCR $119.86 ↓ -69%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $122.31 ↓ -68%
Devoted Health MGMCR $122.31 ↓ -68%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $122.31 ↓ -68%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $122.31 ↓ -68%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $122.31 ↓ -68%
Amerigroup DualEligible $122.31 ↓ -68%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $122.31 ↓ -68%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $122.31 ↓ -68%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $122.31 ↓ -68%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $122.31 ↓ -68%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $122.31 ↓ -68%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $122.31 ↓ -68%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $122.31 ↓ -68%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $122.31 ↓ -68%
BCBS MCRPPO $122.31 ↓ -68%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $122.31 ↓ -68%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $122.31 ↓ -68%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $122.31 ↓ -68%
WellMed MGMCR $122.92 ↓ -68%
Aetna MCR $123.35 ↓ -68%
Van Lang IPA MCR $123.53 ↓ -68%
United MCR $124.76 ↓ -68%
WellCare POS $125.98 ↓ -67%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $125.98 ↓ -67%
WellCare SNP $125.98 ↓ -67%
WellCare PFFS $125.98 ↓ -67%
WellCare MCRHMO $125.98 ↓ -67%
WellCare PPO $125.98 ↓ -67%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $128.43 ↓ -67%
Shared Health MGMCR $128.43 ↓ -67%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $128.43 ↓ -67%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $128.43 ↓ -67%
American Health Plan MGMCR $128.43 ↓ -67%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $128.43 ↓ -67%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $128.43 ↓ -67%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $128.43 ↓ -67%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $128.43 ↓ -67%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $129.65 ↓ -66%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $129.65 ↓ -66%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $129.65 ↓ -66%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $129.65 ↓ -66%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $129.65 ↓ -66%
Molina MGMCR $133.32 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $135.45 ↓ -65%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $140.66 ↓ -64%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $146.77 ↓ -62%
Verda Health Plan MCR $159.00 ↓ -59%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $166.41 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $174.15 ↓ -55%
Community Health Choice HIX $177.35 ↓ -54%
Superior ValueHMO $177.35 ↓ -54%
Superior EPO $189.58 ↓ -51%
Superior HMO $189.58 ↓ -51%
UTMB MGMCR $199.37 ↓ -48%
Coventry National First Health COMM $206.27 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $212.85 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $212.85 ↓ -45%
Beech Street WCOMP $232.20 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $232.20 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $232.20 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $232.20 ↓ -40%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $242.17 ↓ -37%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $256.85 ↓ -34%
Molina Healthcare HIX $262.97 ↓ -32%
Beech Street COMMPPO $309.60 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $317.34 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $328.95 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $328.95 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $348.30 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $348.30 ↓ -10%
Humana HMO $940.79 ↑ +143%
Humana PPO $940.79 ↑ +143%

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Brace ankle stablizing lg at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $94.89 not published
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $21.00 $7.78 – $61.00
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $21.00 $29.89 – $61.00
St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital Navasota $21.00 $22.12 – $67.71
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock $94.89 $122.31 – $129.04
St. Joseph Health Burleson Hospital Caldwell $21.00 $13.42 – $61.00
Covenant Hospital Plainview Plainview $94.89 not published
Covenant Hospital Levelland Levelland $94.89 not published

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