Cast sup lng leg ped plaster 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.

$18.02 with Oscar vs $141.52 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 $18.02
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $18.39
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $18.39
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $18.39
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $18.39
CHC Harris Health Indigent $18.39
Amerigroup DualEligible $18.39
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $18.39
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $18.39
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $18.39
BCBS MCRPPO $18.39
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $18.39
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $18.39
Devoted Health MGMCR $18.39
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $18.39
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $18.39
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $18.39
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $18.39
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $18.39
WellMed MGMCR $18.48
Aetna MCR $18.55
Van Lang IPA MCR $18.57
BCBS MyBlueHealth $18.59
United MCR $18.76
WellCare POS $18.94
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $18.94
WellCare MCRHMO $18.94
WellCare PPO $18.94
WellCare PFFS $18.94
WellCare SNP $18.94
American Health Plan MGMCR $19.31
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $19.31
Shared Health MGMCR $19.31
Superior Health Plan PFFS $19.31
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $19.31
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $19.31
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $19.31
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $19.31
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $19.31
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $19.49
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $19.49
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $19.49
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $19.49
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $19.49
Molina MGMCR $20.05
BCBS BAV $20.54
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $21.15
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $22.07
Verda Health Plan MCR $23.91
BCBS HMO $25.63
Community Health Choice HIX $26.67
Superior ValueHMO $26.67
BCBS EPOSOA $27.13
Superior HMO $28.50
Superior EPO $28.50
BCBS PPO $28.63
UTMB MGMCR $29.98
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $36.41
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $38.62
Molina Healthcare HIX $39.54
Humana HMO $141.52
Humana PPO $141.52

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Cast sup lng leg ped plaster at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $18.02 – $39.54
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $17.24 – $17.24
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $18.02 – $39.54
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $18.02 – $39.54
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $18.02 – $39.54
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $18.02 – $39.54
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $18.02 – $39.54
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $18.02 – $39.54

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