Endo sleeve gastro w/tube at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
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Cash price 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 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.
$1,944.00 with Aetna vs $18,810.71 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna | QHPExchange | $1,944.00 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $2,580.00 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $2,580.00 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $2,742.00 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $2,742.00 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $2,986.00 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $3,174.00 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $3,228.00 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $3,228.00 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $3,486.00 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $3,486.00 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $3,732.00 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $4,034.00 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $4,690.00 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $4,690.00 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $8,778.00 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $13,023.00 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $14,109.00 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $14,539.68 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $16,448.01 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $16,776.00 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $18,810.71 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $18,810.71 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $18,810.71 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Endo sleeve gastro w/tube at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | not published | $11,359.13 – $11,359.13 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $18,628.96 – $18,628.96 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | not published | $5,260.00 – $19,355.95 |
| HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST | SPRING | not published | $16,175.39 – $16,175.39 |
| HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND | Pearland | not published | $18,628.96 – $18,628.96 |
| HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST | PASADENA | not published | $15,811.90 – $15,811.90 |
| Covenant Medical Center | Lubbock | not published | $3,340.00 – $13,903.57 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $15,811.90 – $15,811.90 |