Manipulation chest wall initial demonstration/evaluation 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

$1,167.57

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.

$1,167.57

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.

$26.33 with Superior Health Plan vs $600.00 with Texas Athletic Network — 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 $26.33 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $26.33 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $26.33 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan STAR $26.33 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $26.33 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $57.04 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $57.04 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $57.04 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $57.04 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $61.43 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup MGMCD $61.43 ↓ -95%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $72.84 ↓ -94%
Oscar HIX $85.57 ↓ -93%
United OptionsPPO $88.64 ↓ -92%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $104.00 ↓ -91%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $104.00 ↓ -91%
IPA Management Services COMM $109.70 ↓ -91%
Aetna QHPExchange $116.28 ↓ -90%
Aetna NBPPO $140.85 ↓ -88%
Aetna NBPOS $140.85 ↓ -88%
Aetna NBHMO $140.85 ↓ -88%
Aetna COMMHMO $150.07 ↓ -87%
Aetna COMMPOS $150.07 ↓ -87%
Aetna COMMPPO $150.07 ↓ -87%
BCBS Traditional $153.58 ↓ -87%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $175.52 ↓ -85%
Aetna OONHMO $175.96 ↓ -85%
Aetna OONPPO $175.96 ↓ -85%
Aetna OONPOS $175.96 ↓ -85%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $188.68 ↓ -84%
Aetna ASAPOS $190.00 ↓ -84%
Aetna ASAPPO $190.00 ↓ -84%
Aetna ASAHMO $190.00 ↓ -84%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $197.46 ↓ -83%
Averde Health Commercial $197.46 ↓ -83%
United GlobalAppendix $197.46 ↓ -83%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $219.40 ↓ -81%
Coventry National First Health COMM $233.88 ↓ -80%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $241.34 ↓ -79%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $241.34 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $248.95 ↓ -79%
Humana PPO $248.95 ↓ -79%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $255.13 ↓ -78%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $263.28 ↓ -77%
Independent Medical System COMM $263.28 ↓ -77%
Beech Street WCOMP $263.28 ↓ -77%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $263.28 ↓ -77%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $280.22 ↓ -76%
BCBS BAV $281.30 ↓ -76%
Coastal Comp COMM $285.22 ↓ -76%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -74%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $351.04 ↓ -70%
Beech Street COMMPPO $351.04 ↓ -70%
BCBS PPO $352.17 ↓ -70%
BCBS HMO $352.17 ↓ -70%
BCBS EPOSOA $352.17 ↓ -70%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $359.82 ↓ -69%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $372.98 ↓ -68%
Physicians, INC COMM $372.98 ↓ -68%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $394.92 ↓ -66%
Affiliated PPO COMM $394.92 ↓ -66%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -57%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -49%

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Manipulation chest wall initial demonstration/evaluation at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $572.01 $419.77 – $419.77
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $226.54 $64.19 – $316.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $216.95 $44.66 – $325.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $202.10 $40.42 – $316.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $226.54 $60.41 – $316.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $216.95 $69.64 – $325.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $216.95 $112.09 – $3,235.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $202.10 $67.37 – $316.45

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