Passy muir valve metal trach 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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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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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.

$45.63 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $1,137.53 with Humana — 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
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $45.63
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $45.63
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $45.63
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $45.63
Amerigroup MGMCD $49.14
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $49.14
Cigna CSN $51.95
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $56.16
BCBS MyBlueHealth $57.21
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $58.27
BCBS BAV $63.18
Cigna PPO $66.69
United OptionsPPO $70.90
BCBS HMO $78.97
BCBS EPOSOA $80.73
Superior Health Plan STARKids $80.76
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $80.76
Superior Health Plan CHIP $80.76
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $80.76
Superior Health Plan STAR $80.76
BCBS PPO $82.13
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $83.19
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $83.19
IPA Management Services COMM $87.75
BCBS Traditional $122.85
Oscar MGMCR $144.92
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $147.88
Devoted Health MGMCR $147.88
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $147.88
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $147.88
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $147.88
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $147.88
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $147.88
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $147.88
CHC Harris Health Indigent $147.88
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $147.88
Amerigroup DualEligible $147.88
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $147.88
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $147.88
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $147.88
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $147.88
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $147.88
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $147.88
BCBS MCRPPO $147.88
WellMed MGMCR $148.62
Aetna MCR $149.14
Van Lang IPA MCR $149.36
United MCR $150.84
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $150.93
WellCare POS $152.32
WellCare PPO $152.32
WellCare SNP $152.32
WellCare MCRHMO $152.32
WellCare PFFS $152.32
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $152.32
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $155.27
American Health Plan MGMCR $155.27
Shared Health MGMCR $155.27
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $155.27
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $155.27
Superior Health Plan PFFS $155.27
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $155.27
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $155.27
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $155.27
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $156.75
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $156.75
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $156.75
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $156.75
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $156.75
United GlobalAppendix $157.95
Molina MGMCR $161.19
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $170.06
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $177.46
Coventry National First Health COMM $187.08
Verda Health Plan MCR $192.24
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $193.05
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $193.05
Independent Medical System COMM $210.60
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $210.60
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $210.60
Beech Street WCOMP $210.60
Superior ValueHMO $214.43
Community Health Choice HIX $214.43
Superior EPO $229.21
Superior HMO $229.21
UTMB MGMCR $241.04
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $280.80
Beech Street COMMPPO $280.80
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $287.82
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $292.80
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $298.35
Physicians, INC COMM $298.35
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $310.55
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $315.90
Affiliated PPO COMM $315.90
Molina Healthcare HIX $317.94
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $503.28
Humana HMO $1,137.53
Humana PPO $1,137.53

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $339.37 $74.63 – $351.20
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $339.37 $54.22 – $395.10
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