Range of motion measurements 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.

$14.34 with BCBS vs $172.88 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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $14.34
BCBS BAV $15.82
BCBS PPO $19.80
BCBS EPOSOA $19.80
BCBS HMO $19.80
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $20.28
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $20.28
Oscar MGMCR $20.98
Devoted Health MGMCR $21.41
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $21.41
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $21.41
Amerigroup DualEligible $21.41
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $21.41
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $21.41
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $21.41
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $21.41
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $21.41
BCBS MCRPPO $21.41
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $21.41
CHC Harris Health Indigent $21.41
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $21.41
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $21.41
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $21.41
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $21.41
WellMed MGMCR $21.52
Aetna MCR $21.59
Van Lang IPA MCR $21.62
United MCR $21.84
WellCare MCRHMO $22.05
WellCare POS $22.05
WellCare SNP $22.05
WellCare PPO $22.05
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $22.05
WellCare PFFS $22.05
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $22.48
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $22.48
Shared Health MGMCR $22.48
Superior Health Plan PFFS $22.48
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $22.48
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $22.48
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $22.48
American Health Plan MGMCR $22.48
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $22.48
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $22.69
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $22.69
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $22.69
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $22.69
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $22.69
Molina MGMCR $23.34
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $24.62
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $25.69
Verda Health Plan MCR $27.83
Community Health Choice HIX $31.04
Superior ValueHMO $31.04
Superior HMO $33.19
Superior EPO $33.19
UTMB MGMCR $34.90
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $42.39
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $44.96
Molina Healthcare HIX $46.03
Humana PPO $172.88
Humana HMO $172.88

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Range of motion measurements at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $54.95 $8.95 – $293.00
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $7.25 $3.11 – $255.00
Ascension Seton Cedar Park Hospital Cedar Park $37.69 $5.94 – $25.44
Ascension Seton Edgar B. Davis (Ascension Seton) Luling $30.06 $5.94 – $25.44
Ascension Seton Highland Lakes (Ascension Seton) Burnet $30.06 $5.94 – $25.44
Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Ascension Seton) Austin $53.01 $5.94 – $34.45
Ascension Seton Northwest (Ascension Seton) Austin $53.01 $5.94 – $34.45
Ascension Seton Smithville (Ascension Seton) Smithville $57.15 $5.94 – $33.50

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