Excursion amplifier lever ty 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.

$278.60 with Oscar vs $2,186.92 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 $278.60
Devoted Health MGMCR $284.29
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $284.29
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $284.29
Amerigroup DualEligible $284.29
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $284.29
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $284.29
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $284.29
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $284.29
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $284.29
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $284.29
BCBS MCRPPO $284.29
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $284.29
CHC Harris Health Indigent $284.29
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $284.29
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $284.29
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $284.29
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $284.29
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $284.29
WellMed MGMCR $285.71
Aetna MCR $286.71
Van Lang IPA MCR $287.13
United MCR $289.98
WellCare SNP $292.82
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $292.82
WellCare PPO $292.82
WellCare PFFS $292.82
WellCare MCRHMO $292.82
WellCare POS $292.82
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $298.50
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $298.50
Shared Health MGMCR $298.50
American Health Plan MGMCR $298.50
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $298.50
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $298.50
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $298.50
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $298.50
Superior Health Plan PFFS $298.50
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $301.35
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $301.35
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $301.35
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $301.35
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $301.35
Molina MGMCR $309.88
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $326.93
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $341.15
Verda Health Plan MCR $369.58
Community Health Choice HIX $412.22
Superior ValueHMO $412.22
Superior EPO $440.65
Superior HMO $440.65
UTMB MGMCR $463.39
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $562.89
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $597.01
Molina Healthcare HIX $611.22
Humana PPO $2,186.92
Humana HMO $2,186.92

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Excursion amplifier lever ty at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $278.60 – $611.22
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $278.60 – $611.22
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $278.60 – $611.22
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $278.60 – $611.22

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