Nqhp ol dig assmt&mgmt 21+ 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.

$30.35 with BCBS vs $75.01 with Molina Healthcare — 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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $30.35
BCBS BAV $33.46
Oscar MGMCR $34.19
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $34.89
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $34.89
Devoted Health MGMCR $34.89
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $34.89
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $34.89
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $34.89
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $34.89
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $34.89
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $34.89
CHC Harris Health Indigent $34.89
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $34.89
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $34.89
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $34.89
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $34.89
BCBS MCRPPO $34.89
Amerigroup DualEligible $34.89
WellMed MGMCR $35.06
Aetna MCR $35.19
Van Lang IPA MCR $35.24
United MCR $35.59
WellCare SNP $35.94
WellCare PPO $35.94
WellCare POS $35.94
WellCare MCRHMO $35.94
WellCare PFFS $35.94
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $35.94
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $36.63
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $36.63
Superior Health Plan PFFS $36.63
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $36.63
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $36.63
American Health Plan MGMCR $36.63
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $36.63
Shared Health MGMCR $36.63
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $36.63
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $36.98
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $36.98
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $36.98
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $36.98
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $36.98
Molina MGMCR $38.03
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $40.12
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $41.87
BCBS HMO $41.89
BCBS PPO $41.89
BCBS EPOSOA $41.89
Verda Health Plan MCR $45.36
Superior ValueHMO $50.59
Community Health Choice HIX $50.59
Superior EPO $54.08
Superior HMO $54.08
UTMB MGMCR $56.87
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $69.08
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $73.27
Molina Healthcare HIX $75.01

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Nqhp ol dig assmt&mgmt 21+ at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $49.93 – $49.93
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $30.35 – $75.01
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $44.23 – $44.23
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $30.35 – $72.63
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $30.35 – $75.01
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $30.35 – $75.01
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $30.35 – $75.01
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $30.35 – $75.01

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