Mr sfty implt&/fb asmt stf 1 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

$311.37

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.

$311.37

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.

$18.68 with Superior Health Plan vs $280.23 with Affiliated PPO — 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 STARPLUS $18.68 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $18.68 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $18.68 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $18.68 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $18.68 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $40.48 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $40.48 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $40.48 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $40.48 ↓ -87%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $43.10 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $43.59 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $43.59 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $46.08 ↓ -85%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $46.53 ↓ -85%
BCBS BAV $46.53 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $49.82 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $51.69 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $54.80 ↓ -82%
United SmallGroup $55.10 ↓ -82%
United AllPayerAppendix $55.10 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $59.16 ↓ -81%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $73.79 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $73.79 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $74.73 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $77.84 ↓ -75%
Aetna QHPExchange $82.51 ↓ -74%
BCBS HMO $83.27 ↓ -73%
BCBS EPOSOA $86.45 ↓ -72%
BCBS PPO $89.39 ↓ -71%
Aetna NBPPO $99.95 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPOS $99.95 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBHMO $99.95 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMPPO $106.49 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMHMO $106.49 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPOS $106.49 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $108.98 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $124.55 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $124.86 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $124.86 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $124.86 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $133.89 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPPO $134.82 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $134.82 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $134.82 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $140.12 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $140.12 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $165.96 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $171.25 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $171.25 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $186.82 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $186.82 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $186.82 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $186.82 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $202.39 ↓ -35%
Beech Street COMMPPO $249.10 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $249.10 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $255.32 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $264.66 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $264.66 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $280.23 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $280.23 ↓ -10%

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