Sewhfo cap design without jnt cf 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.

$1,851.36 with Oscar vs $14,531.50 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 $1,851.36
Devoted Health MGMCR $1,889.14
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $1,889.14
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $1,889.14
Amerigroup DualEligible $1,889.14
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $1,889.14
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $1,889.14
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $1,889.14
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $1,889.14
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $1,889.14
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $1,889.14
BCBS MCRPPO $1,889.14
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $1,889.14
CHC Harris Health Indigent $1,889.14
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,889.14
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $1,889.14
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $1,889.14
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $1,889.14
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $1,889.14
WellMed MGMCR $1,898.59
Aetna MCR $1,905.20
Van Lang IPA MCR $1,908.03
United MCR $1,926.92
WellCare SNP $1,945.81
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $1,945.81
WellCare PPO $1,945.81
WellCare PFFS $1,945.81
WellCare MCRHMO $1,945.81
WellCare POS $1,945.81
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $1,983.60
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $1,983.60
Shared Health MGMCR $1,983.60
American Health Plan MGMCR $1,983.60
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $1,983.60
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $1,983.60
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $1,983.60
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $1,983.60
Superior Health Plan PFFS $1,983.60
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $2,002.49
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $2,002.49
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $2,002.49
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $2,002.49
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $2,002.49
Molina MGMCR $2,059.16
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $2,172.51
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $2,266.97
Verda Health Plan MCR $2,455.88
Community Health Choice HIX $2,739.25
Superior ValueHMO $2,739.25
Superior EPO $2,928.17
Superior HMO $2,928.17
UTMB MGMCR $3,079.30
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $3,740.50
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $3,967.19
Molina Healthcare HIX $4,061.65
Humana PPO $14,531.50
Humana HMO $14,531.50

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Sewhfo cap design without jnt cf at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $752.28 $451.37 – $1,612.02
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $1,128.96 $387.08 – $2,096.64
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $1,851.36 – $4,061.65
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $1,851.36 – $4,061.65
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $1,851.36 – $4,061.65
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $1,851.36 – $4,061.65
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $1,851.36 – $4,061.65
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $1,851.36 – $4,061.65

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