Symes met fr leath socket ar 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.

$3,921.66 with Oscar vs $30,781.42 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 $3,921.66
Devoted Health MGMCR $4,001.69
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $4,001.69
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $4,001.69
Amerigroup DualEligible $4,001.69
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $4,001.69
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $4,001.69
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $4,001.69
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $4,001.69
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $4,001.69
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $4,001.69
BCBS MCRPPO $4,001.69
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $4,001.69
CHC Harris Health Indigent $4,001.69
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $4,001.69
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $4,001.69
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $4,001.69
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $4,001.69
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $4,001.69
WellMed MGMCR $4,021.70
Aetna MCR $4,035.70
Van Lang IPA MCR $4,041.71
United MCR $4,081.72
WellCare SNP $4,121.74
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $4,121.74
WellCare PPO $4,121.74
WellCare PFFS $4,121.74
WellCare MCRHMO $4,121.74
WellCare POS $4,121.74
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $4,201.77
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $4,201.77
Shared Health MGMCR $4,201.77
American Health Plan MGMCR $4,201.77
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $4,201.77
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $4,201.77
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $4,201.77
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $4,201.77
Superior Health Plan PFFS $4,201.77
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $4,241.79
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $4,241.79
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $4,241.79
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $4,241.79
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $4,241.79
Molina MGMCR $4,361.84
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $4,601.94
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $4,802.03
Verda Health Plan MCR $5,202.20
Community Health Choice HIX $5,802.45
Superior ValueHMO $5,802.45
Superior EPO $6,202.62
Superior HMO $6,202.62
UTMB MGMCR $6,522.75
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $7,923.35
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $8,403.55
Molina Healthcare HIX $8,603.63
Humana PPO $30,781.42
Humana HMO $30,781.42

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Symes met fr leath socket ar at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $3,921.66 – $8,603.63
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $3,921.66 – $8,603.63
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $3,921.66 – $8,603.63
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $3,921.66 – $8,603.63
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $3,921.66 – $8,603.63
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $3,921.66 – $8,603.63
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $3,921.66 – $8,603.63
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock not published $4,001.69 – $4,221.78

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