Pouch ostmy nb pouchkin ctf 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.

$2.90 with Oscar vs $22.89 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 $2.90
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $2.96
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $2.96
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $2.96
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $2.96
CHC Harris Health Indigent $2.96
Amerigroup DualEligible $2.96
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $2.96
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $2.96
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $2.96
BCBS MCRPPO $2.96
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2.96
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $2.96
Devoted Health MGMCR $2.96
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $2.96
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $2.96
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $2.96
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $2.96
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $2.96
WellMed MGMCR $2.97
Van Lang IPA MCR $2.99
Aetna MCR $2.99
BCBS MyBlueHealth $3.00
United MCR $3.02
WellCare POS $3.05
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $3.05
WellCare MCRHMO $3.05
WellCare PPO $3.05
WellCare PFFS $3.05
WellCare SNP $3.05
American Health Plan MGMCR $3.11
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $3.11
Shared Health MGMCR $3.11
Superior Health Plan PFFS $3.11
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $3.11
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $3.11
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $3.11
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $3.11
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $3.11
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $3.14
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $3.14
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $3.14
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $3.14
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $3.14
Molina MGMCR $3.23
BCBS BAV $3.32
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $3.40
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $3.55
Verda Health Plan MCR $3.85
BCBS HMO $4.14
Community Health Choice HIX $4.29
Superior ValueHMO $4.29
BCBS EPOSOA $4.38
Superior HMO $4.59
Superior EPO $4.59
BCBS PPO $4.62
UTMB MGMCR $4.82
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $5.86
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $6.22
Molina Healthcare HIX $6.36
Humana HMO $22.89
Humana PPO $22.89

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Pouch ostmy nb pouchkin ctf at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas (Ascension Seton) Austin $13.23 $2.40 – $2.90
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $2.78 – $2.78
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $2.90 – $6.36
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $2.90 – $6.36
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $2.90 – $6.36
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $2.90 – $6.36
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock not published $2.78 – $11.64
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $2.90 – $6.36

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