Brace wrist classic lft sm 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.
$14.04 with Superior Health Plan vs $518.17 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 | STARKids | $14.04 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $14.04 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $14.04 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $14.04 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $14.04 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $30.42 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $30.42 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $30.42 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $30.42 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $32.76 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $32.76 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $34.63 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $37.44 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $38.14 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $38.84 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $41.18 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $42.12 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $44.46 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $52.65 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $53.82 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $54.76 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $55.46 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $55.46 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $56.16 | — |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $58.50 | — |
| Oscar | MGMCR | $66.02 | — |
| Renaissance IPA Radiology | COMM | $67.37 | — |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $67.37 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $67.37 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS | $67.37 | — |
| Amerigroup | DualEligible | $67.37 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRHMO | $67.37 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRPPO | $67.37 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRSNP | $67.37 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | PFFS | $67.37 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MMP | $67.37 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $67.37 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $67.37 | — |
| BCBS | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $67.37 | — |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $67.37 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $67.37 | — |
| Kelsey Seybold | MGMCR | $67.37 | — |
| Renaissance IPA Radiology | MCR | $67.37 | — |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $67.37 | — |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $67.71 | — |
| Aetna | MCR | $67.94 | — |
| Van Lang IPA | MCR | $68.04 | — |
| United | MCR | $68.72 | — |
| WellCare | POS | $69.39 | — |
| WellCare | MCRHMO | $69.39 | — |
| WellCare | PFFS | $69.39 | — |
| Integranet Amerigroup IPA | MCR | $69.39 | — |
| WellCare | PPO | $69.39 | — |
| WellCare | SNP | $69.39 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | PFFS | $70.74 | — |
| ProCare Advantage | MGMCR | $70.74 | — |
| American Health Plan | MGMCR | $70.74 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRHMO | $70.74 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | DualEligible | $70.74 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPOS | $70.74 | — |
| Shared Health | MGMCR | $70.74 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPPO | $70.74 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRSNP | $70.74 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | MCRHMO | $71.41 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PFFS | $71.41 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PPO | $71.41 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | SNP | $71.41 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | POS | $71.41 | — |
| Molina | MGMCR | $73.43 | — |
| Kindred Hospital | MGMCR | $77.48 | — |
| Universal Healthcare Group | MCR | $80.84 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $81.90 | — |
| Verda Health Plan | MCR | $87.58 | — |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $97.69 | — |
| Community Health Choice | HIX | $97.69 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $100.62 | — |
| Superior | HMO | $104.42 | — |
| Superior | EPO | $104.42 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $105.30 | — |
| UTMB | MGMCR | $109.81 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $124.72 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $128.70 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $128.70 | — |
| Corvel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $133.39 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $140.40 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $140.40 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $140.40 | — |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $140.40 | — |
| OMNI Healthcare | WORKERSCOMP | $141.48 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $144.85 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $187.20 | — |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $187.20 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $191.88 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $198.90 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $198.90 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $210.60 | — |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $210.60 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $518.17 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $518.17 | — |
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Brace wrist classic lft sm at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $59.90 | not published |
| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $27.57 | $16.54 – $59.07 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $165.55 | $11.34 – $54.00 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $47.78 | $5.10 – $54.60 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $79.23 | $13.55 – $81.27 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $165.55 | $11.34 – $54.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $165.55 | $11.34 – $54.00 |
| St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital | College Station | $47.78 | $19.60 – $191.10 |