Cath w/drainage 2-way latex 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.

$35.31 with Oscar vs $277.20 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 $35.31
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $36.03
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $36.03
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $36.03
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $36.03
CHC Harris Health Indigent $36.03
Amerigroup DualEligible $36.03
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $36.03
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $36.03
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $36.03
BCBS MCRPPO $36.03
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $36.03
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $36.03
Devoted Health MGMCR $36.03
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $36.03
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $36.03
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $36.03
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $36.03
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $36.03
WellMed MGMCR $36.21
Aetna MCR $36.34
Van Lang IPA MCR $36.39
BCBS MyBlueHealth $36.42
United MCR $36.75
WellCare POS $37.11
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $37.11
WellCare MCRHMO $37.11
WellCare PPO $37.11
WellCare PFFS $37.11
WellCare SNP $37.11
American Health Plan MGMCR $37.83
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $37.83
Shared Health MGMCR $37.83
Superior Health Plan PFFS $37.83
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $37.83
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $37.83
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $37.83
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $37.83
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $37.83
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $38.19
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $38.19
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $38.19
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $38.19
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $38.19
Molina MGMCR $39.27
BCBS BAV $40.24
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $41.43
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $43.24
Verda Health Plan MCR $46.84
BCBS HMO $50.22
Community Health Choice HIX $52.24
Superior ValueHMO $52.24
BCBS EPOSOA $53.16
Superior HMO $55.85
Superior EPO $55.85
BCBS PPO $56.10
UTMB MGMCR $58.73
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $71.34
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $75.66
Molina Healthcare HIX $77.46
Humana HMO $277.20
Humana PPO $277.20

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