Kafo plas sing free knee mol 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.

$1,875.69 with Oscar vs $14,722.40 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 $1,875.69
Devoted Health MGMCR $1,913.97
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $1,913.97
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $1,913.97
Amerigroup DualEligible $1,913.97
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $1,913.97
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $1,913.97
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $1,913.97
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $1,913.97
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $1,913.97
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $1,913.97
BCBS MCRPPO $1,913.97
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $1,913.97
CHC Harris Health Indigent $1,913.97
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,913.97
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $1,913.97
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $1,913.97
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $1,913.97
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $1,913.97
WellMed MGMCR $1,923.54
Aetna MCR $1,930.24
Van Lang IPA MCR $1,933.11
United MCR $1,952.25
WellCare SNP $1,971.39
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $1,971.39
WellCare PPO $1,971.39
WellCare PFFS $1,971.39
WellCare MCRHMO $1,971.39
WellCare POS $1,971.39
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $2,009.67
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $2,009.67
Shared Health MGMCR $2,009.67
American Health Plan MGMCR $2,009.67
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $2,009.67
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $2,009.67
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $2,009.67
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $2,009.67
Superior Health Plan PFFS $2,009.67
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $2,028.81
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $2,028.81
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $2,028.81
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $2,028.81
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $2,028.81
Molina MGMCR $2,086.23
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $2,201.07
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $2,296.76
Verda Health Plan MCR $2,488.16
Community Health Choice HIX $2,775.26
Superior ValueHMO $2,775.26
Superior EPO $2,966.65
Superior HMO $2,966.65
UTMB MGMCR $3,119.77
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $3,789.66
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $4,019.34
Molina Healthcare HIX $4,115.04
Humana PPO $14,722.40
Humana HMO $14,722.40

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Kafo plas sing free knee mol at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $1,875.69 – $4,115.04
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $1,875.69 – $4,115.04
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $1,875.69 – $4,115.04
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $1,875.69 – $4,115.04
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $1,875.69 – $4,115.04
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $1,875.69 – $4,115.04
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $1,875.69 – $4,115.04
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock not published $1,913.97 – $2,019.24

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