Cor hlx vlgs double osteot 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.

$2,369.00 with Superior Health Plan vs $12,382.64 with BCBS — 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
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $2,369.00
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $2,369.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $2,369.00
Superior Health Plan STAR $2,369.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $2,369.00
Aetna QHPExchange $2,370.00
Texas Health Network MCD $3,069.93
UTMB MGMCD $3,132.58
Aetna NBPOS $3,148.00
Aetna NBHMO $3,148.00
Amerigroup MGMCD $3,289.21
Aetna COMMHMO $3,345.00
Aetna COMMPOS $3,345.00
United MGMCD $3,361.38
Aetna NBPPO $3,388.00
Molina Healthcare CHIP $3,445.84
Molina Healthcare STAR $3,445.84
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $3,445.84
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $3,445.84
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $3,508.49
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $3,508.49
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $3,508.49
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $3,508.49
Aetna COMMPPO $3,601.00
Humana MCD $3,915.72
Aetna OONHMO $3,934.00
Aetna OONPOS $3,934.00
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $3,954.56
Aetna OONPPO $4,237.00
Aetna ASAPOS $4,250.00
Aetna ASAHMO $4,250.00
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $4,255.00
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $4,505.00
Aetna ASAPPO $4,577.00
Humana PPO $4,690.00
Humana HMO $4,690.00
United SmallGroup $4,760.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $4,988.00
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $5,350.00
Curative Administrators COMM $5,849.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5,951.00
Evry Health BroadNetwork $6,077.00
United AllPayerAppendix $6,800.00
Oscar HIX $7,014.00
Cigna CSN $7,352.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $7,965.00
Cigna PPO $9,470.00
BCBS MyBlueHealth $9,571.12
BCBS BAV $10,827.33
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $11,500.00
BCBS EPOSOA $12,382.64
BCBS HMO $12,382.64
BCBS PPO $12,382.64

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