Component ankle afo plastic jt mold to pt mdl foot cup 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.

$801.33 with Oscar vs $6,289.61 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 $801.33
Devoted Health MGMCR $817.68
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $817.68
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $817.68
Amerigroup DualEligible $817.68
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $817.68
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $817.68
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $817.68
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $817.68
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $817.68
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $817.68
BCBS MCRPPO $817.68
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $817.68
CHC Harris Health Indigent $817.68
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $817.68
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $817.68
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $817.68
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $817.68
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $817.68
WellMed MGMCR $821.77
Aetna MCR $824.63
Van Lang IPA MCR $825.86
United MCR $834.03
WellCare SNP $842.21
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $842.21
WellCare PPO $842.21
WellCare PFFS $842.21
WellCare MCRHMO $842.21
WellCare POS $842.21
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $858.56
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $858.56
Shared Health MGMCR $858.56
American Health Plan MGMCR $858.56
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $858.56
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $858.56
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $858.56
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $858.56
Superior Health Plan PFFS $858.56
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $866.74
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $866.74
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $866.74
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $866.74
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $866.74
Molina MGMCR $891.27
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $940.33
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $981.22
Verda Health Plan MCR $1,062.98
Community Health Choice HIX $1,185.64
Superior ValueHMO $1,185.64
Superior EPO $1,267.40
Superior HMO $1,267.40
UTMB MGMCR $1,332.82
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $1,619.01
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $1,717.13
Molina Healthcare HIX $1,758.01
Humana PPO $6,289.61
Humana HMO $6,289.61

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Component ankle afo plastic jt mold to pt mdl foot cup at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $266.97 $190.42 – $1,142.51
St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston Livingston $266.97 $190.42 – $1,142.51
St. Luke's Health Memorial San Augustine San Augustine $266.97 $190.42 – $1,142.51
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $801.33 – $1,758.01
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $801.33 – $1,758.01
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $801.33 – $1,758.01
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $801.33 – $1,758.01
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $801.33 – $1,758.01

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