Clsd ostomy pouch w/flange 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.

$2.51 with Oscar vs $19.67 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 $2.51
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $2.56
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $2.56
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $2.56
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $2.56
CHC Harris Health Indigent $2.56
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $2.56
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $2.56
Amerigroup DualEligible $2.56
BCBS MCRPPO $2.56
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2.56
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $2.56
Devoted Health MGMCR $2.56
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $2.56
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $2.56
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $2.56
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $2.56
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $2.56
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $2.56
WellMed MGMCR $2.57
Aetna MCR $2.58
BCBS MyBlueHealth $2.59
Van Lang IPA MCR $2.59
United MCR $2.61
WellCare POS $2.64
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $2.64
WellCare MCRHMO $2.64
WellCare PPO $2.64
WellCare PFFS $2.64
WellCare SNP $2.64
American Health Plan MGMCR $2.69
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $2.69
Shared Health MGMCR $2.69
Superior Health Plan PFFS $2.69
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $2.69
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $2.69
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $2.69
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $2.69
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $2.69
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $2.71
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $2.71
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $2.71
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $2.71
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $2.71
Molina MGMCR $2.79
BCBS BAV $2.86
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $2.94
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $3.07
Verda Health Plan MCR $3.33
BCBS HMO $3.57
Community Health Choice HIX $3.71
Superior ValueHMO $3.71
BCBS EPOSOA $3.78
Superior HMO $3.97
Superior EPO $3.97
BCBS PPO $3.99
UTMB MGMCR $4.17
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $5.07
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $5.38
Molina Healthcare HIX $5.50
Humana HMO $19.67
Humana PPO $19.67

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Clsd ostomy pouch w/flange at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $2.51 – $5.50
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $2.40 – $2.40
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $2.51 – $5.50
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $2.51 – $5.50
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $2.51 – $5.50
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $2.51 – $5.50
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $2.51 – $5.50
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $2.51 – $5.50

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