5' nucleotidase - sendout 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

$451.30

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.

$451.30

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.

$9.18 with Texas Health Network vs $406.17 with Multiplan — 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
Texas Health Network MCD $9.18 ↓ -98%
UTMB MGMCD $9.37 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $9.37 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $9.37 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $9.37 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $9.37 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $9.37 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $9.37 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $9.37 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $9.37 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $9.56 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $10.12 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $10.31 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $10.31 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $10.31 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $10.31 ↓ -98%
Oscar MGMCR $10.93 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $11.15 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $11.15 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $11.15 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $11.15 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MGMCR $11.15 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $11.15 ↓ -98%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $11.15 ↓ -98%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $11.15 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $11.15 ↓ -98%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $11.15 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $11.15 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $11.15 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $11.15 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $11.15 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $11.15 ↓ -98%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $11.15 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup DualEligible $11.15 ↓ -98%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $11.15 ↓ -98%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $11.15 ↓ -98%
WellMed MGMCR $11.21 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $11.24 ↓ -98%
Van Lang IPA MCR $11.26 ↓ -98%
United MCR $11.37 ↓ -97%
WellCare MCRHMO $11.48 ↓ -97%
WellCare POS $11.48 ↓ -97%
WellCare PFFS $11.48 ↓ -97%
WellCare SNP $11.48 ↓ -97%
WellCare PPO $11.48 ↓ -97%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $11.48 ↓ -97%
Shared Health MGMCR $11.71 ↓ -97%
Humana MCD $11.71 ↓ -97%
American Health Plan MGMCR $11.71 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $11.71 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $11.71 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $11.71 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $11.71 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $11.71 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $11.71 ↓ -97%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $11.71 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $11.82 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $11.82 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $11.82 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $11.82 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $11.82 ↓ -97%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $12.07 ↓ -97%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $12.07 ↓ -97%
Molina MGMCR $12.15 ↓ -97%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $12.82 ↓ -97%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $13.38 ↓ -97%
Verda Health Plan MCR $14.50 ↓ -97%
Superior ValueHMO $16.17 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice HIX $16.17 ↓ -96%
Superior EPO $17.28 ↓ -96%
Superior HMO $17.28 ↓ -96%
UTMB MGMCR $18.17 ↓ -96%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $22.08 ↓ -95%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $22.52 ↓ -95%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $23.42 ↓ -95%
Molina Healthcare HIX $23.97 ↓ -95%
BCBS BAV $24.86 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $27.08 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $27.08 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $27.08 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $27.08 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $27.08 ↓ -94%
BCBS HMO $31.11 ↓ -93%
Oscar HIX $32.22 ↓ -93%
BCBS EPOSOA $33.34 ↓ -93%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $33.46 ↓ -93%
BCBS PPO $35.57 ↓ -92%
Aetna QHPExchange $40.83 ↓ -91%
Cigna CSN $45.98 ↓ -90%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $49.81 ↓ -89%
Aetna NBPOS $54.29 ↓ -88%
Aetna NBHMO $54.29 ↓ -88%
Aetna NBPPO $54.29 ↓ -88%
Aetna COMMPOS $57.68 ↓ -87%
Aetna COMMHMO $57.68 ↓ -87%
Aetna COMMPPO $57.68 ↓ -87%
Cigna PPO $59.26 ↓ -87%
Aetna OONHMO $67.76 ↓ -85%
Aetna OONPOS $67.76 ↓ -85%
Aetna OONPPO $67.76 ↓ -85%
Aetna ASAPOS $73.27 ↓ -84%
Aetna ASAPPO $73.27 ↓ -84%
Aetna ASAHMO $73.27 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $74.92 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $79.43 ↓ -82%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $108.31 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $112.83 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $123.20 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $148.99 ↓ -67%
Humana PPO $148.99 ↓ -67%
BCBS Traditional $157.96 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $157.96 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $157.96 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $194.06 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $203.09 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $203.09 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $203.09 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $225.65 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $240.54 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $248.22 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $248.22 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $270.78 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $270.78 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $270.78 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $270.78 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $293.35 ↓ -35%
Beech Street COMMPPO $361.04 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $361.04 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $370.07 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $383.61 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $383.61 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $406.17 ↓ -10%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $406.17 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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