Postop app non-wgt bear dsg 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.

$651.72 with Oscar vs $5,115.45 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
Oscar MGMCR $651.72
Devoted Health MGMCR $665.02
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $665.02
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $665.02
Amerigroup DualEligible $665.02
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $665.02
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $665.02
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $665.02
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $665.02
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $665.02
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $665.02
BCBS MCRPPO $665.02
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $665.02
CHC Harris Health Indigent $665.02
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $665.02
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $665.02
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $665.02
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $665.02
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $665.02
WellMed MGMCR $668.35
Aetna MCR $670.67
Van Lang IPA MCR $671.67
United MCR $678.32
WellCare SNP $684.97
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $684.97
WellCare PPO $684.97
WellCare PFFS $684.97
WellCare MCRHMO $684.97
WellCare POS $684.97
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $698.27
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $698.27
Shared Health MGMCR $698.27
American Health Plan MGMCR $698.27
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $698.27
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $698.27
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $698.27
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $698.27
Superior Health Plan PFFS $698.27
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $704.92
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $704.92
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $704.92
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $704.92
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $704.92
Molina MGMCR $724.87
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $764.77
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $798.02
Verda Health Plan MCR $864.53
Community Health Choice HIX $964.28
Superior ValueHMO $964.28
Superior EPO $1,030.78
Superior HMO $1,030.78
UTMB MGMCR $1,083.98
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $1,316.74
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $1,396.54
Molina Healthcare HIX $1,429.79
Humana PPO $5,115.45
Humana HMO $5,115.45

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Postop app non-wgt bear dsg at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $881.95 $249.88 – $1,175.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $881.95 $235.19 – $1,175.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $881.95 $235.19 – $1,175.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE Grapevine $881.95 $220.49 – $1,175.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - IRVING Irving $881.95 $161.69 – $1,175.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - LAKE POINTE Rowlett $881.95 $161.69 – $1,175.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $881.95 $249.88 – $1,175.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $881.95 $411.57 – $1,175.93

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