Lso sc r pos/lat pnl pre ots 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.

$205.87 with Oscar vs $2,725.25 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 $205.87
Devoted Health MGMCR $210.07
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $210.07
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $210.07
Amerigroup DualEligible $210.07
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $210.07
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $210.07
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $210.07
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $210.07
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $210.07
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $210.07
BCBS MCRPPO $210.07
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $210.07
CHC Harris Health Indigent $210.07
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $210.07
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $210.07
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $210.07
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $210.07
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $210.07
WellMed MGMCR $211.12
Aetna MCR $211.86
Van Lang IPA MCR $212.17
United MCR $214.27
WellCare SNP $216.37
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $216.37
WellCare PPO $216.37
WellCare PFFS $216.37
WellCare MCRHMO $216.37
WellCare POS $216.37
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $220.57
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $220.57
Shared Health MGMCR $220.57
American Health Plan MGMCR $220.57
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $220.57
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $220.57
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $220.57
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $220.57
Superior Health Plan PFFS $220.57
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $222.67
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $222.67
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $222.67
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $222.67
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $222.67
Molina MGMCR $228.98
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $241.58
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $252.08
Verda Health Plan MCR $273.09
Community Health Choice HIX $304.60
Superior ValueHMO $304.60
Superior EPO $325.61
Superior HMO $325.61
UTMB MGMCR $342.41
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $415.94
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $441.15
Molina Healthcare HIX $451.65
Humana PPO $2,725.25
Humana HMO $2,725.25

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Lso sc r pos/lat pnl pre ots at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $205.87 – $451.65
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $205.87 – $451.65
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $205.87 – $451.65
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $205.87 – $451.65
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $205.87 – $451.65
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $205.87 – $451.65
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $205.87 – $451.65
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock not published $210.07 – $221.62

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