Immobilizer shldr cntor adlt 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

$698.00

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.

$698.00

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.

$41.88 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,015.49 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $41.88 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $41.88 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $41.88 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $41.88 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $41.88 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $90.74 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $90.74 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $90.74 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $90.74 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $97.72 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $97.72 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $103.30 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $111.68 ↓ -84%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $113.77 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $115.87 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $122.85 ↓ -82%
BCBS BAV $125.64 ↓ -82%
Oscar MGMCR $129.38 ↓ -81%
Devoted Health MGMCR $132.02 ↓ -81%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $132.02 ↓ -81%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $132.02 ↓ -81%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $132.02 ↓ -81%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $132.02 ↓ -81%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $132.02 ↓ -81%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $132.02 ↓ -81%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $132.02 ↓ -81%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $132.02 ↓ -81%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $132.02 ↓ -81%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $132.02 ↓ -81%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $132.02 ↓ -81%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $132.02 ↓ -81%
BCBS MCRPPO $132.02 ↓ -81%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $132.02 ↓ -81%
Amerigroup DualEligible $132.02 ↓ -81%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $132.02 ↓ -81%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $132.02 ↓ -81%
Cigna PPO $132.62 ↓ -81%
WellMed MGMCR $132.68 ↓ -81%
Aetna MCR $133.14 ↓ -81%
Van Lang IPA MCR $133.34 ↓ -81%
United MCR $134.66 ↓ -81%
WellCare POS $135.98 ↓ -81%
WellCare PPO $135.98 ↓ -81%
WellCare SNP $135.98 ↓ -81%
WellCare MCRHMO $135.98 ↓ -81%
WellCare PFFS $135.98 ↓ -81%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $135.98 ↓ -81%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $138.62 ↓ -80%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $138.62 ↓ -80%
American Health Plan MGMCR $138.62 ↓ -80%
Shared Health MGMCR $138.62 ↓ -80%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $138.62 ↓ -80%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $138.62 ↓ -80%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $138.62 ↓ -80%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $138.62 ↓ -80%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $138.62 ↓ -80%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $139.94 ↓ -80%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $139.94 ↓ -80%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $139.94 ↓ -80%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $139.94 ↓ -80%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $139.94 ↓ -80%
Molina MGMCR $143.90 ↓ -79%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $151.82 ↓ -78%
BCBS HMO $157.05 ↓ -78%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $158.42 ↓ -77%
BCBS EPOSOA $160.54 ↓ -77%
BCBS PPO $163.33 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $165.43 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $165.43 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $167.52 ↓ -76%
Verda Health Plan MCR $171.63 ↓ -75%
IPA Management Services COMM $174.50 ↓ -75%
Community Health Choice HIX $191.43 ↓ -73%
Superior ValueHMO $191.43 ↓ -73%
Superior EPO $204.63 ↓ -71%
Superior HMO $204.63 ↓ -71%
UTMB MGMCR $215.19 ↓ -69%
BCBS Traditional $244.30 ↓ -65%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $261.40 ↓ -63%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $277.24 ↓ -60%
Molina Healthcare HIX $283.84 ↓ -59%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $300.14 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $314.10 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $372.03 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $383.90 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $383.90 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $418.80 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $418.80 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $418.80 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $418.80 ↓ -40%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $558.40 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $558.40 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $572.36 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $593.30 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $593.30 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $628.20 ↓ -10%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $628.20 ↓ -10%
Humana PPO $1,015.49 ↑ +45%
Humana HMO $1,015.49 ↑ +45%

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Immobilizer shldr cntor adlt at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $265.36 not published
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $231.00 $129.38 – $283.84
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $146.30 $79.80 – $380.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $100.80 $17.59 – $124.20
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $118.29 $37.80 – $226.80
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $146.30 $79.80 – $380.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $146.30 $79.80 – $380.00
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $100.80 $67.62 – $371.70

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