Trans shoe caliper plate new 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.

$121.64 with Oscar vs $954.91 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 $121.64
Devoted Health MGMCR $124.12
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $124.12
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $124.12
Amerigroup DualEligible $124.12
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $124.12
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $124.12
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $124.12
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $124.12
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $124.12
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $124.12
BCBS MCRPPO $124.12
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $124.12
CHC Harris Health Indigent $124.12
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $124.12
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $124.12
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $124.12
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $124.12
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $124.12
WellMed MGMCR $124.74
Aetna MCR $125.18
Van Lang IPA MCR $125.36
United MCR $126.60
WellCare SNP $127.84
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $127.84
WellCare PPO $127.84
WellCare PFFS $127.84
WellCare MCRHMO $127.84
WellCare POS $127.84
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $130.33
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $130.33
Shared Health MGMCR $130.33
American Health Plan MGMCR $130.33
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $130.33
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $130.33
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $130.33
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $130.33
Superior Health Plan PFFS $130.33
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $131.57
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $131.57
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $131.57
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $131.57
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $131.57
Molina MGMCR $135.29
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $142.74
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $148.94
Verda Health Plan MCR $161.36
Community Health Choice HIX $179.97
Superior ValueHMO $179.97
Superior EPO $192.39
Superior HMO $192.39
UTMB MGMCR $202.32
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $245.76
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $260.65
Molina Healthcare HIX $266.86
Humana PPO $954.91
Humana HMO $954.91

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Trans shoe caliper plate new at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $121.64 – $266.86
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $121.64 – $266.86
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $121.64 – $266.86
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $121.64 – $266.86
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $121.64 – $266.86
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $121.64 – $266.86
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $121.64 – $266.86
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock not published $124.12 – $130.95

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