Upper ext fx orthosis rad/ul 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.

$457.78 with Oscar vs $3,593.18 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 $457.78
Devoted Health MGMCR $467.12
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $467.12
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $467.12
Amerigroup DualEligible $467.12
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $467.12
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $467.12
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $467.12
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $467.12
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $467.12
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $467.12
BCBS MCRPPO $467.12
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $467.12
CHC Harris Health Indigent $467.12
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $467.12
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $467.12
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $467.12
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $467.12
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $467.12
WellMed MGMCR $469.46
Aetna MCR $471.09
Van Lang IPA MCR $471.79
United MCR $476.46
WellCare SNP $481.13
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $481.13
WellCare PPO $481.13
WellCare PFFS $481.13
WellCare MCRHMO $481.13
WellCare POS $481.13
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $490.48
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $490.48
Shared Health MGMCR $490.48
American Health Plan MGMCR $490.48
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $490.48
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $490.48
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $490.48
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $490.48
Superior Health Plan PFFS $490.48
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $495.15
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $495.15
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $495.15
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $495.15
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $495.15
Molina MGMCR $509.16
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $537.19
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $560.54
Verda Health Plan MCR $607.26
Community Health Choice HIX $677.32
Superior ValueHMO $677.32
Superior EPO $724.04
Superior HMO $724.04
UTMB MGMCR $761.41
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $924.90
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $980.95
Molina Healthcare HIX $1,004.31
Humana PPO $3,593.18
Humana HMO $3,593.18

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Upper ext fx orthosis rad/ul at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $619.49 $175.52 – $825.98
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $619.49 $165.20 – $825.98
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $619.49 $165.20 – $825.98
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE Grapevine $619.49 $154.87 – $825.98
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - IRVING Irving $619.49 $113.57 – $825.98
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - LAKE POINTE Rowlett $619.49 $113.57 – $825.98
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $619.49 $175.52 – $825.98
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $619.49 $289.09 – $825.98

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