Endo knee-shin mnl lck ultra 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.

$955.33 with Oscar vs $7,498.44 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 $955.33
Devoted Health MGMCR $974.83
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $974.83
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $974.83
Amerigroup DualEligible $974.83
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $974.83
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $974.83
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $974.83
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $974.83
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $974.83
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $974.83
BCBS MCRPPO $974.83
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $974.83
CHC Harris Health Indigent $974.83
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $974.83
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $974.83
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $974.83
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $974.83
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $974.83
WellMed MGMCR $979.70
Aetna MCR $983.12
Van Lang IPA MCR $984.58
United MCR $994.33
WellCare SNP $1,004.07
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $1,004.07
WellCare PPO $1,004.07
WellCare PFFS $1,004.07
WellCare MCRHMO $1,004.07
WellCare POS $1,004.07
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $1,023.57
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $1,023.57
Shared Health MGMCR $1,023.57
American Health Plan MGMCR $1,023.57
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $1,023.57
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $1,023.57
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $1,023.57
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $1,023.57
Superior Health Plan PFFS $1,023.57
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $1,033.32
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $1,033.32
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $1,033.32
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $1,033.32
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $1,033.32
Molina MGMCR $1,062.56
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $1,121.05
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $1,169.80
Verda Health Plan MCR $1,267.28
Community Health Choice HIX $1,413.50
Superior ValueHMO $1,413.50
Superior EPO $1,510.99
Superior HMO $1,510.99
UTMB MGMCR $1,588.97
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $1,930.16
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $2,047.14
Molina Healthcare HIX $2,095.88
Humana PPO $7,498.44
Humana HMO $7,498.44

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Endo knee-shin mnl lck ultra at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $955.33 – $2,095.88
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $955.33 – $2,095.88
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $955.33 – $2,095.88
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $955.33 – $2,095.88
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $955.33 – $2,095.88
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $955.33 – $2,095.88

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