Flex foot system 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.

$4,705.20 with Oscar vs $36,931.35 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 $4,705.20
Devoted Health MGMCR $4,801.22
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $4,801.22
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $4,801.22
Amerigroup DualEligible $4,801.22
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $4,801.22
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $4,801.22
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $4,801.22
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $4,801.22
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $4,801.22
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $4,801.22
BCBS MCRPPO $4,801.22
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $4,801.22
CHC Harris Health Indigent $4,801.22
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $4,801.22
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $4,801.22
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $4,801.22
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $4,801.22
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $4,801.22
WellMed MGMCR $4,825.23
Aetna MCR $4,842.03
Van Lang IPA MCR $4,849.23
United MCR $4,897.24
WellCare SNP $4,945.26
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $4,945.26
WellCare PPO $4,945.26
WellCare PFFS $4,945.26
WellCare MCRHMO $4,945.26
WellCare POS $4,945.26
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $5,041.28
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $5,041.28
Shared Health MGMCR $5,041.28
American Health Plan MGMCR $5,041.28
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $5,041.28
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $5,041.28
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $5,041.28
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $5,041.28
Superior Health Plan PFFS $5,041.28
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $5,089.29
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $5,089.29
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $5,089.29
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $5,089.29
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $5,089.29
Molina MGMCR $5,233.33
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $5,521.40
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $5,761.46
Verda Health Plan MCR $6,241.59
Community Health Choice HIX $6,961.77
Superior ValueHMO $6,961.77
Superior EPO $7,441.89
Superior HMO $7,441.89
UTMB MGMCR $7,825.99
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $9,506.42
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $10,082.56
Molina Healthcare HIX $10,322.62
Humana PPO $36,931.35
Humana HMO $36,931.35

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Flex foot system at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $4,705.20 – $10,322.62
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $4,705.20 – $10,322.62
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $4,705.20 – $10,322.62
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $4,705.20 – $10,322.62
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $4,705.20 – $10,322.62
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $4,705.20 – $10,322.62
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $4,705.20 – $10,322.62

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