Reconstruct elbow joint 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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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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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.

$948.00 with Superior Health Plan vs $65,905.00 with Cigna — 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

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 $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $948.00
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $2,115.00
Aetna QHPExchange $2,370.00
Aetna NBPOS $3,148.00
Aetna NBHMO $3,148.00
Aetna COMMPOS $3,345.00
Aetna COMMHMO $3,345.00
Aetna NBPPO $3,388.00
Aetna COMMPPO $3,601.00
Aetna OONHMO $3,934.00
Aetna OONPOS $3,934.00
Aetna OONPPO $4,237.00
Aetna ASAPOS $4,250.00
Aetna ASAHMO $4,250.00
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $4,255.00
Aetna ASAPPO $4,577.00
Humana PPO $4,690.00
Humana HMO $4,690.00
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $5,350.00
Curative Administrators COMM $9,875.00
Texas Health Network MCD $9,992.21
UTMB MGMCD $10,196.13
Oscar HIX $10,586.00
Amerigroup MGMCD $10,705.94
United MGMCD $10,940.86
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $10,949.00
United SmallGroup $11,200.00
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $11,215.74
Molina Healthcare CHIP $11,215.74
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $11,215.74
Molina Healthcare STAR $11,215.74
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $11,419.67
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $11,419.67
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $11,419.67
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $11,419.67
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $11,500.00
Humana MCD $12,745.16
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $12,871.60
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $14,000.00
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $14,000.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $15,678.00
United AllPayerAppendix $16,000.00
Devoted Health MGMCR $22,017.15
Shared Health MGMCR $22,897.84
Evry Health BroadNetwork $24,561.00
BCBS MyBlueHealth $25,513.73
BCBS BAV $28,862.40
BCBS HMO $33,008.39
BCBS EPOSOA $33,008.39
BCBS PPO $33,008.39
Cigna CSN $51,161.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $55,429.00
Cigna PPO $65,905.00

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