Foot insert plastazote or eq 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.

$195.52 with Oscar vs $1,534.73 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 $195.52
Devoted Health MGMCR $199.51
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $199.51
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $199.51
Amerigroup DualEligible $199.51
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $199.51
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $199.51
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $199.51
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $199.51
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $199.51
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $199.51
BCBS MCRPPO $199.51
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $199.51
CHC Harris Health Indigent $199.51
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $199.51
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $199.51
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $199.51
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $199.51
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $199.51
WellMed MGMCR $200.51
Aetna MCR $201.21
Van Lang IPA MCR $201.51
United MCR $203.50
WellCare SNP $205.50
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $205.50
WellCare PPO $205.50
WellCare PFFS $205.50
WellCare MCRHMO $205.50
WellCare POS $205.50
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $209.49
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $209.49
Shared Health MGMCR $209.49
American Health Plan MGMCR $209.49
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $209.49
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $209.49
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $209.49
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $209.49
Superior Health Plan PFFS $209.49
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $211.48
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $211.48
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $211.48
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $211.48
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $211.48
Molina MGMCR $217.47
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $229.44
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $239.41
Verda Health Plan MCR $259.36
Community Health Choice HIX $289.29
Superior ValueHMO $289.29
Superior EPO $309.24
Superior HMO $309.24
UTMB MGMCR $325.20
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $395.03
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $418.97
Molina Healthcare HIX $428.95
Humana PPO $1,534.73
Humana HMO $1,534.73

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $365.48 $99.97 – $470.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $365.48 $31.37 – $228.60
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $365.48 $78.74 – $228.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $365.48 $50.80 – $228.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $365.48 $94.09 – $470.43

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