Repl zinc air battery 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.

$0.75 with Oscar vs $5.84 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 $0.75
Devoted Health MGMCR $0.77
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $0.77
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $0.77
WellMed MGMCR $0.77
Amerigroup DualEligible $0.77
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $0.77
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $0.77
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $0.77
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $0.77
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $0.77
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $0.77
BCBS MCRPPO $0.77
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $0.77
CHC Harris Health Indigent $0.77
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $0.77
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $0.77
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $0.77
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $0.77
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $0.77
Van Lang IPA MCR $0.78
Aetna MCR $0.78
United MCR $0.79
WellCare PFFS $0.79
WellCare MCRHMO $0.79
WellCare POS $0.79
WellCare PPO $0.79
WellCare SNP $0.79
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $0.79
Superior Health Plan PFFS $0.81
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $0.81
Shared Health MGMCR $0.81
American Health Plan MGMCR $0.81
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $0.81
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $0.81
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $0.81
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $0.81
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $0.81
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $0.82
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $0.82
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $0.82
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $0.82
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $0.82
Molina MGMCR $0.84
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $0.89
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $0.92
Verda Health Plan MCR $1.00
Community Health Choice HIX $1.12
Superior ValueHMO $1.12
Superior EPO $1.19
Superior HMO $1.19
UTMB MGMCR $1.26
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $1.52
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $1.62
Molina Healthcare HIX $1.66
Humana PPO $5.84
Humana HMO $5.84

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