Tibial length sock fx or equ 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.

$65.60 with Oscar vs $514.95 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 $65.60
Devoted Health MGMCR $66.94
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $66.94
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $66.94
Amerigroup DualEligible $66.94
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $66.94
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $66.94
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $66.94
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $66.94
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $66.94
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $66.94
BCBS MCRPPO $66.94
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $66.94
CHC Harris Health Indigent $66.94
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $66.94
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $66.94
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $66.94
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $66.94
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $66.94
WellMed MGMCR $67.27
Aetna MCR $67.51
Van Lang IPA MCR $67.61
United MCR $68.28
WellCare SNP $68.95
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $68.95
WellCare PPO $68.95
WellCare PFFS $68.95
WellCare MCRHMO $68.95
WellCare POS $68.95
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $70.29
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $70.29
Shared Health MGMCR $70.29
American Health Plan MGMCR $70.29
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $70.29
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $70.29
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $70.29
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $70.29
Superior Health Plan PFFS $70.29
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $70.96
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $70.96
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $70.96
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $70.96
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $70.96
Molina MGMCR $72.96
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $76.98
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $80.33
Verda Health Plan MCR $87.02
Community Health Choice HIX $97.06
Superior ValueHMO $97.06
Superior EPO $103.76
Superior HMO $103.76
UTMB MGMCR $109.11
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $132.54
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $140.57
Molina Healthcare HIX $143.92
Humana PPO $514.95
Humana HMO $514.95

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Tibial length sock fx or equ at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $65.60 – $143.92
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $65.60 – $143.92
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $65.60 – $143.92
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $65.60 – $143.92
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $65.60 – $143.92
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $65.60 – $143.92
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $65.60 – $143.92
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock not published $66.94 – $70.62

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