Observation direct referral from physician office for admission 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.
$143.80 with Amerigroup vs $924.43 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.
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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| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $143.80 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $170.51 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $180.78 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $243.43 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $243.43 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $246.51 | — |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $277.33 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $297.69 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $328.23 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $359.50 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $410.86 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $410.92 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $410.92 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $410.92 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $441.67 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $462.21 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $547.47 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $564.93 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $564.93 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | — |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $616.28 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $616.28 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $616.28 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $616.28 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $667.64 | — |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $821.71 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $842.25 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $873.07 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $873.07 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $887.45 | — |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $924.43 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $924.43 | — |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $162.54 | $489.80 – $489.80 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $128.52 | $433.82 – $433.82 |
| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $189.35 | $35.98 – $405.75 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $545.65 | $90.90 – $1,559.00 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $272.65 | $198.49 – $1,402.20 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $126.00 | $114.45 – $686.70 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $545.65 | $90.00 – $1,559.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $545.65 | $90.00 – $1,559.00 |