Synvisc or synvisc-one 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

$7,840.48

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.

$7,840.48

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.

$9.25 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $7,056.43 with Affiliated PPO — 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
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $9.25 ↓ -100%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $9.25 ↓ -100%
United AllPayerAppendix $12.47 ↓ -100%
United SmallGroup $12.47 ↓ -100%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $12.47 ↓ -100%
Cigna CSN $22.00 ↓ -100%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $23.23 ↓ -100%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $23.82 ↓ -100%
BCBS BAV $25.60 ↓ -100%
Cigna PPO $28.36 ↓ -100%
BCBS EPOSOA $32.00 ↓ -100%
BCBS PPO $32.00 ↓ -100%
BCBS HMO $32.00 ↓ -100%
Humana PPO $115.22 ↓ -99%
Humana HMO $115.22 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan STAR $470.43 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $470.43 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $470.43 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $470.43 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $470.43 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $1,019.26 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $1,019.26 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $1,019.26 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $1,019.26 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $1,097.67 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $1,097.67 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,301.52 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $1,583.78 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $1,858.19 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $1,858.19 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $1,960.12 ↓ -75%
BCBS Traditional $2,744.17 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $3,371.41 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $3,528.22 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $4,178.98 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $4,312.26 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $4,312.26 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $4,704.29 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $4,704.29 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $4,704.29 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $4,704.29 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $5,096.31 ↓ -35%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $6,272.38 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $6,272.38 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $6,429.19 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $6,664.41 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $6,664.41 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $7,056.43 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $7,056.43 ↓ -10%

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Synvisc or synvisc-one at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,257.54 $45.62 – $45.62
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,232.66 $6.61 – $1,540.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,232.66 $7.66 – $1,848.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,232.66 $6.61 – $1,540.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,232.66 $6.61 – $1,540.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,232.66 $6.61 – $1,848.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,232.66 $7.66 – $1,848.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,232.66 $6.61 – $1,848.99

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