Ost pch drain for barrier fl 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

$76.00

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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.

$76.00

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.

$4.56 with Superior Health Plan vs $68.40 with Multiplan — 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 STAR $4.56 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $4.56 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $4.56 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $4.56 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $4.56 ↓ -94%
Oscar MGMCR $5.00 ↓ -93%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $5.10 ↓ -93%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $5.10 ↓ -93%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $5.10 ↓ -93%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $5.10 ↓ -93%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $5.10 ↓ -93%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $5.10 ↓ -93%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $5.10 ↓ -93%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $5.10 ↓ -93%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $5.10 ↓ -93%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $5.10 ↓ -93%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $5.10 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup DualEligible $5.10 ↓ -93%
BCBS MCRPPO $5.10 ↓ -93%
Devoted Health MGMCR $5.10 ↓ -93%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $5.10 ↓ -93%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $5.10 ↓ -93%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $5.10 ↓ -93%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $5.10 ↓ -93%
WellMed MGMCR $5.13 ↓ -93%
Aetna MCR $5.14 ↓ -93%
Van Lang IPA MCR $5.15 ↓ -93%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $5.16 ↓ -93%
United MCR $5.20 ↓ -93%
WellCare PPO $5.25 ↓ -93%
WellCare SNP $5.25 ↓ -93%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $5.25 ↓ -93%
WellCare POS $5.25 ↓ -93%
WellCare MCRHMO $5.25 ↓ -93%
WellCare PFFS $5.25 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $5.35 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $5.35 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $5.35 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $5.35 ↓ -93%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $5.35 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $5.35 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $5.35 ↓ -93%
American Health Plan MGMCR $5.35 ↓ -93%
Shared Health MGMCR $5.35 ↓ -93%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $5.41 ↓ -93%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $5.41 ↓ -93%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $5.41 ↓ -93%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $5.41 ↓ -93%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $5.41 ↓ -93%
Molina MGMCR $5.56 ↓ -93%
BCBS BAV $5.70 ↓ -93%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $5.86 ↓ -92%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $6.12 ↓ -92%
Verda Health Plan MCR $6.63 ↓ -91%
BCBS HMO $7.11 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice HIX $7.39 ↓ -90%
Superior ValueHMO $7.39 ↓ -90%
BCBS EPOSOA $7.53 ↓ -90%
Superior EPO $7.90 ↓ -90%
Superior HMO $7.90 ↓ -90%
BCBS PPO $7.95 ↓ -90%
UTMB MGMCR $8.31 ↓ -89%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $9.88 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $9.88 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $9.88 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $9.88 ↓ -87%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $10.10 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $10.64 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $10.64 ↓ -86%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $10.71 ↓ -86%
Molina Healthcare HIX $10.96 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $11.25 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $12.16 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $12.62 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $13.38 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $14.44 ↓ -81%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $18.01 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $18.01 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $18.24 ↓ -76%
BCBS Traditional $26.60 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $32.68 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $34.20 ↓ -55%
Humana HMO $39.25 ↓ -48%
Humana PPO $39.25 ↓ -48%
Coventry National First Health COMM $40.51 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $41.80 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $41.80 ↓ -45%
Beech Street WCOMP $45.60 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $45.60 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $45.60 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $45.60 ↓ -40%
Beech Street COMMPPO $60.80 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $62.32 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $64.60 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $64.60 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $68.40 ↓ -10%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $68.40 ↓ -10%

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Ost pch drain for barrier fl at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $29.00 $5.00 – $10.96
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $4.78 – $4.78
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $5.00 – $10.96
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $5.00 – $10.96
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $5.00 – $10.96
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $5.00 – $10.96
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $5.00 – $10.96
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $5.00 – $10.96

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