Kit case 4.2mm spinejack at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
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Cash price 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 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.
$300.00 with Texas Athletic Network vs $26,114.72 with Coastal Comp — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | — |
| Aetna | MCR | $916.53 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $1,797.12 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $1,797.12 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $1,797.12 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $1,797.12 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $1,935.36 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $1,935.36 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $2,045.95 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $2,211.84 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $2,253.31 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $2,294.78 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $2,410.59 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $2,410.59 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $2,410.59 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $2,410.59 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $2,410.59 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $2,433.02 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $2,488.32 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $2,626.56 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $3,110.40 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $3,179.52 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $3,234.82 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $3,276.29 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $3,276.29 | — |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $3,456.00 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $3,732.48 | — |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $4,147.20 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $4,838.40 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $5,529.60 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $5,944.32 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $6,220.80 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $7,368.19 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $7,603.20 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $7,603.20 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $7,834.42 | — |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $8,294.40 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $8,294.40 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $8,294.40 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $8,294.40 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $9,642.36 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $10,245.01 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $10,646.77 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $10,968.18 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $11,059.20 | — |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $11,059.20 | — |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $11,059.20 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $11,335.68 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $11,750.40 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $11,750.40 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $12,441.60 | — |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $12,441.60 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $12,820.32 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $12,820.32 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $12,896.66 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $12,896.66 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $12,896.66 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $13,740.36 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $13,740.36 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $13,740.36 | — |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $14,061.77 | — |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $14,061.77 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $16,070.60 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $16,110.78 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $16,110.78 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $16,110.78 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $17,396.42 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $17,396.42 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $17,396.42 | — |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $18,079.42 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $18,079.42 | — |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $20,088.25 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $26,114.72 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Kit case 4.2mm spinejack at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $10,051.86 | $6,052.42 – $20,633.25 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $13,775.74 | $2,846.99 – $13,557.08 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $5,836.60 | $4,249.05 – $30,016.80 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $13,775.74 | $2,982.56 – $13,557.08 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $13,775.74 | $2,982.56 – $13,557.08 |
| St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital | College Station | $5,836.60 | $6,670.40 – $28,349.20 |
| St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital | The Woodlands | $13,775.74 | $2,982.56 – $13,557.08 |
| St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital | Navasota | $5,836.60 | $6,670.40 – $37,020.72 |