Cast sup lng arm splnt ped f 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.

$9.09 with Oscar vs $71.30 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
Oscar MGMCR $9.09
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $9.28
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $9.28
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $9.28
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $9.28
CHC Harris Health Indigent $9.28
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $9.28
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $9.28
Amerigroup DualEligible $9.28
BCBS MCRPPO $9.28
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $9.28
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $9.28
Devoted Health MGMCR $9.28
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $9.28
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $9.28
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $9.28
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $9.28
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $9.28
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $9.28
WellMed MGMCR $9.33
Aetna MCR $9.36
BCBS MyBlueHealth $9.37
Van Lang IPA MCR $9.37
United MCR $9.47
WellCare POS $9.56
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $9.56
WellCare MCRHMO $9.56
WellCare PPO $9.56
WellCare PFFS $9.56
WellCare SNP $9.56
American Health Plan MGMCR $9.74
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $9.74
Shared Health MGMCR $9.74
Superior Health Plan PFFS $9.74
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $9.74
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $9.74
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $9.74
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $9.74
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $9.74
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $9.84
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $9.84
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $9.84
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $9.84
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $9.84
Molina MGMCR $10.12
BCBS BAV $10.36
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $10.67
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $11.14
Verda Health Plan MCR $12.06
BCBS HMO $12.93
Community Health Choice HIX $13.46
Superior ValueHMO $13.46
BCBS EPOSOA $13.68
Superior HMO $14.38
Superior EPO $14.38
BCBS PPO $14.44
UTMB MGMCR $15.13
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $18.37
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $19.49
Molina Healthcare HIX $19.95
Humana HMO $71.30
Humana PPO $71.30

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Cast sup lng arm splnt ped f at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $9.09 – $19.95
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $8.69 – $8.69
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $9.09 – $19.95
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $9.09 – $19.95
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $9.09 – $19.95
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $9.09 – $19.95
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $9.09 – $19.95
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $9.09 – $19.95

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