Endo below knee alignable sy 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.

$579.37 with Oscar vs $4,547.51 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 $579.37
Devoted Health MGMCR $591.19
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $591.19
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $591.19
Amerigroup DualEligible $591.19
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $591.19
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $591.19
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $591.19
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $591.19
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $591.19
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $591.19
BCBS MCRPPO $591.19
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $591.19
CHC Harris Health Indigent $591.19
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $591.19
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $591.19
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $591.19
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $591.19
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $591.19
WellMed MGMCR $594.15
Aetna MCR $596.22
Van Lang IPA MCR $597.10
United MCR $603.01
WellCare SNP $608.93
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $608.93
WellCare PPO $608.93
WellCare PFFS $608.93
WellCare MCRHMO $608.93
WellCare POS $608.93
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $620.75
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $620.75
Shared Health MGMCR $620.75
American Health Plan MGMCR $620.75
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $620.75
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $620.75
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $620.75
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $620.75
Superior Health Plan PFFS $620.75
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $626.66
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $626.66
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $626.66
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $626.66
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $626.66
Molina MGMCR $644.40
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $679.87
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $709.43
Verda Health Plan MCR $768.55
Community Health Choice HIX $857.23
Superior ValueHMO $857.23
Superior EPO $916.34
Superior HMO $916.34
UTMB MGMCR $963.64
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $1,170.56
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $1,241.50
Molina Healthcare HIX $1,271.06
Humana PPO $4,547.51
Humana HMO $4,547.51

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Endo below knee alignable sy at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $579.37 – $1,271.06
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $579.37 – $1,271.06
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $579.37 – $1,271.06
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $579.37 – $1,271.06
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $579.37 – $1,271.06
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $579.37 – $1,271.06
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $579.37 – $1,271.06
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock not published $591.19 – $623.71

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