Lumbar bolster pad 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.
$95.52 with Oscar vs $749.69 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.
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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| Oscar | MGMCR | $95.52 | — |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $97.47 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $97.47 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS | $97.47 | — |
| Amerigroup | DualEligible | $97.47 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRHMO | $97.47 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRPPO | $97.47 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRSNP | $97.47 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | PFFS | $97.47 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MMP | $97.47 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $97.47 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $97.47 | — |
| BCBS | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $97.47 | — |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $97.47 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $97.47 | — |
| Kelsey Seybold | MGMCR | $97.47 | — |
| Renaissance IPA Radiology | COMM | $97.47 | — |
| Renaissance IPA Radiology | MCR | $97.47 | — |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $97.47 | — |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $97.96 | — |
| Aetna | MCR | $98.30 | — |
| Van Lang IPA | MCR | $98.44 | — |
| United | MCR | $99.42 | — |
| WellCare | SNP | $100.39 | — |
| Integranet Amerigroup IPA | MCR | $100.39 | — |
| WellCare | PPO | $100.39 | — |
| WellCare | PFFS | $100.39 | — |
| WellCare | MCRHMO | $100.39 | — |
| WellCare | POS | $100.39 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRSNP | $102.34 | — |
| ProCare Advantage | MGMCR | $102.34 | — |
| Shared Health | MGMCR | $102.34 | — |
| American Health Plan | MGMCR | $102.34 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | DualEligible | $102.34 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRHMO | $102.34 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPOS | $102.34 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPPO | $102.34 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | PFFS | $102.34 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | MCRHMO | $103.32 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | POS | $103.32 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | SNP | $103.32 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PPO | $103.32 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PFFS | $103.32 | — |
| Molina | MGMCR | $106.24 | — |
| Kindred Hospital | MGMCR | $112.09 | — |
| Universal Healthcare Group | MCR | $116.96 | — |
| Verda Health Plan | MCR | $126.71 | — |
| Community Health Choice | HIX | $141.33 | — |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $141.33 | — |
| Superior | EPO | $151.08 | — |
| Superior | HMO | $151.08 | — |
| UTMB | MGMCR | $158.88 | — |
| Corvel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $192.99 | — |
| OMNI Healthcare | WORKERSCOMP | $204.69 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $209.56 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $749.69 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $749.69 | — |
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Lumbar bolster pad at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $95.52 – $209.56 |
| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | not published | $95.52 – $209.56 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | not published | $95.52 – $209.56 |
| HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST | SPRING | not published | $95.52 – $209.56 |
| HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND | Pearland | not published | $95.52 – $209.56 |
| HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST | PASADENA | not published | $95.52 – $209.56 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $95.52 – $209.56 |
| Covenant Medical Center | Lubbock | not published | $97.47 – $102.83 |