Brace knee extender plus 22-30in 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.
$44.34 with Superior Health Plan vs $5,373.95 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.
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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| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $44.34 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $44.34 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $44.34 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $44.34 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $44.34 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $96.07 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $96.07 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $96.07 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $96.07 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $103.46 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $103.46 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $109.37 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $118.24 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $120.46 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $122.67 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $133.02 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $140.41 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $149.28 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $166.28 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $169.97 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $172.93 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $175.14 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $175.14 | — |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $184.75 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $258.65 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $317.77 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $332.55 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $393.89 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $406.45 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $406.45 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $443.40 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $443.40 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $443.40 | — |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $443.40 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $591.20 | — |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $591.20 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $605.98 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $628.15 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $628.15 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $665.10 | — |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $665.10 | — |
| Oscar | MGMCR | $684.66 | — |
| Renaissance IPA Radiology | COMM | $698.63 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $698.63 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS | $698.63 | — |
| Amerigroup | DualEligible | $698.63 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRHMO | $698.63 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRPPO | $698.63 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRSNP | $698.63 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | PFFS | $698.63 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MMP | $698.63 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $698.63 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $698.63 | — |
| BCBS | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $698.63 | — |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $698.63 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $698.63 | — |
| Kelsey Seybold | MGMCR | $698.63 | — |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $698.63 | — |
| Renaissance IPA Radiology | MCR | $698.63 | — |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $698.63 | — |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $702.12 | — |
| Aetna | MCR | $704.57 | — |
| Van Lang IPA | MCR | $705.62 | — |
| United | MCR | $712.60 | — |
| WellCare | POS | $719.59 | — |
| Integranet Amerigroup IPA | MCR | $719.59 | — |
| WellCare | PFFS | $719.59 | — |
| WellCare | MCRHMO | $719.59 | — |
| WellCare | SNP | $719.59 | — |
| WellCare | PPO | $719.59 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRHMO | $733.56 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | DualEligible | $733.56 | — |
| ProCare Advantage | MGMCR | $733.56 | — |
| Shared Health | MGMCR | $733.56 | — |
| American Health Plan | MGMCR | $733.56 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | PFFS | $733.56 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRSNP | $733.56 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPPO | $733.56 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPOS | $733.56 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | POS | $740.55 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PFFS | $740.55 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PPO | $740.55 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | SNP | $740.55 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | MCRHMO | $740.55 | — |
| Molina | MGMCR | $761.51 | — |
| Kindred Hospital | MGMCR | $803.42 | — |
| Universal Healthcare Group | MCR | $838.36 | — |
| Verda Health Plan | MCR | $908.22 | — |
| Community Health Choice | HIX | $1,013.01 | — |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $1,013.01 | — |
| Superior | EPO | $1,082.88 | — |
| Superior | HMO | $1,082.88 | — |
| UTMB | MGMCR | $1,138.77 | — |
| Corvel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $1,383.29 | — |
| OMNI Healthcare | WORKERSCOMP | $1,467.12 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $1,502.05 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $5,373.95 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $5,373.95 | — |
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Brace knee extender plus 22-30in at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $497.95 | not published |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | $1,480.00 | $684.66 – $1,502.05 |
| HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST | SPRING | $1,528.10 | $684.66 – $1,502.05 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $562.28 | $37.97 – $642.60 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $162.70 | $124.59 – $747.50 |
| St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital | College Station | $562.28 | $146.02 – $2,249.10 |
| St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital | Navasota | $562.28 | $108.06 – $2,249.10 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston | Livingston | $162.70 | $124.59 – $747.50 |