Foot lamin/prepreg composite 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.

$148.28 with Oscar vs $1,163.83 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 $148.28
Devoted Health MGMCR $151.31
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $151.31
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $151.31
Amerigroup DualEligible $151.31
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $151.31
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $151.31
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $151.31
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $151.31
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $151.31
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $151.31
BCBS MCRPPO $151.31
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $151.31
CHC Harris Health Indigent $151.31
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $151.31
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $151.31
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $151.31
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $151.31
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $151.31
WellMed MGMCR $152.07
Aetna MCR $152.60
Van Lang IPA MCR $152.82
United MCR $154.34
WellCare SNP $155.85
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $155.85
WellCare PPO $155.85
WellCare PFFS $155.85
WellCare MCRHMO $155.85
WellCare POS $155.85
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $158.88
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $158.88
Shared Health MGMCR $158.88
American Health Plan MGMCR $158.88
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $158.88
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $158.88
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $158.88
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $158.88
Superior Health Plan PFFS $158.88
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $160.39
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $160.39
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $160.39
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $160.39
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $160.39
Molina MGMCR $164.93
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $174.01
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $181.57
Verda Health Plan MCR $196.70
Community Health Choice HIX $219.40
Superior ValueHMO $219.40
Superior EPO $234.53
Superior HMO $234.53
UTMB MGMCR $246.64
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $299.59
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $317.75
Molina Healthcare HIX $325.32
Humana PPO $1,163.83
Humana HMO $1,163.83

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Foot lamin/prepreg composite at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $148.28 – $325.32
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $148.28 – $325.32
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $148.28 – $325.32
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $148.28 – $325.32
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $148.28 – $325.32
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $148.28 – $325.32
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $148.28 – $325.32
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock not published $151.31 – $159.63

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