Cerv collar supp adj cerv ba 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.

$600.26 with Oscar vs $4,711.43 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 $600.26
Devoted Health MGMCR $612.51
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $612.51
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $612.51
Amerigroup DualEligible $612.51
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $612.51
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $612.51
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $612.51
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $612.51
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $612.51
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $612.51
BCBS MCRPPO $612.51
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $612.51
CHC Harris Health Indigent $612.51
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $612.51
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $612.51
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $612.51
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $612.51
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $612.51
WellMed MGMCR $615.57
Aetna MCR $617.72
Van Lang IPA MCR $618.64
United MCR $624.76
WellCare SNP $630.89
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $630.89
WellCare PPO $630.89
WellCare PFFS $630.89
WellCare MCRHMO $630.89
WellCare POS $630.89
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $643.14
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $643.14
Shared Health MGMCR $643.14
American Health Plan MGMCR $643.14
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $643.14
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $643.14
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $643.14
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $643.14
Superior Health Plan PFFS $643.14
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $649.26
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $649.26
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $649.26
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $649.26
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $649.26
Molina MGMCR $667.64
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $704.39
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $735.01
Verda Health Plan MCR $796.26
Community Health Choice HIX $888.14
Superior ValueHMO $888.14
Superior EPO $949.39
Superior HMO $949.39
UTMB MGMCR $998.39
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $1,212.77
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $1,286.27
Molina Healthcare HIX $1,316.90
Humana PPO $4,711.43
Humana HMO $4,711.43

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Cerv collar supp adj cerv ba at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $1,513.04 not published
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $1,478.40 $312.77 – $2,209.50
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $1,478.40 $491.00 – $2,086.75
St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital Navasota $1,478.40 $491.00 – $2,725.05
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock $1,513.04 $612.51 – $646.20
St. Joseph Health Burleson Hospital Caldwell $1,478.40 $491.00 – $2,209.50
Covenant Hospital Plainview Plainview $1,513.04 not published
Covenant Hospital Levelland Levelland $1,513.04 not published

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