88334 ap bill cytologic exam each additional site 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

$971.25

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.

$971.25

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.

$14.57 with Superior Health Plan vs $777.00 with Cigna Behavioral Health — 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $14.57 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $14.57 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $14.57 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan STAR $14.57 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $14.57 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $16.10 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $19.19 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $19.19 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $19.19 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $31.57 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $31.57 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $31.57 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $31.57 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $33.99 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $33.99 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $34.22 ↓ -96%
BCBS BAV $37.78 ↓ -96%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $40.31 ↓ -96%
United OptionsPPO $42.74 ↓ -96%
BCBS HMO $47.26 ↓ -95%
Oscar HIX $47.35 ↓ -95%
BCBS EPOSOA $50.65 ↓ -95%
BCBS PPO $54.04 ↓ -94%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $57.55 ↓ -94%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $57.55 ↓ -94%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $58.28 ↓ -94%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $61.92 ↓ -94%
Molina Healthcare HIX $65.56 ↓ -93%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $66.29 ↓ -93%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $72.85 ↓ -92%
Aetna QHPExchange $73.07 ↓ -92%
Cigna CSN $80.84 ↓ -92%
Imagine Health PPO $84.99 ↓ -91%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $84.99 ↓ -91%
BCBS Traditional $84.99 ↓ -91%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $87.56 ↓ -91%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $97.13 ↓ -90%
Aetna NBHMO $97.18 ↓ -90%
Aetna NBPOS $97.18 ↓ -90%
Aetna NBPPO $97.18 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMMPOS $103.24 ↓ -89%
Aetna COMMHMO $103.24 ↓ -89%
Aetna COMMPPO $103.24 ↓ -89%
Cigna PPO $104.18 ↓ -89%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $104.41 ↓ -89%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $109.27 ↓ -89%
Averde Health Commercial $109.27 ↓ -89%
United GlobalAppendix $109.27 ↓ -89%
Aetna OONHMO $121.28 ↓ -88%
Aetna OONPOS $121.28 ↓ -88%
Aetna OONPPO $121.28 ↓ -88%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $121.41 ↓ -87%
Coventry National First Health COMM $129.42 ↓ -87%
Aetna ASAHMO $131.13 ↓ -86%
Aetna ASAPOS $131.13 ↓ -86%
Aetna ASAPPO $131.13 ↓ -86%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $133.55 ↓ -86%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $133.55 ↓ -86%
Beech Street WCOMP $145.69 ↓ -85%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $145.69 ↓ -85%
Independent Medical System COMM $145.69 ↓ -85%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $145.69 ↓ -85%
Coastal Comp COMM $157.83 ↓ -84%
Humana PPO $164.46 ↓ -83%
Humana HMO $164.46 ↓ -83%
Beech Street COMMPPO $194.26 ↓ -80%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $194.26 ↓ -80%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $199.11 ↓ -79%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $206.40 ↓ -79%
Physicians, INC COMM $206.40 ↓ -79%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $218.54 ↓ -77%
Affiliated PPO COMM $218.54 ↓ -77%
IPA Management Services COMM $242.81 ↓ -75%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $777.00 ↓ -20%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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88334 ap bill cytologic exam each additional site at other Texas hospitals

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $101.78 $28.84 – $144.19
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $136.34 $28.06 – $204.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $104.88 $20.98 – $131.10
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $136.34 $36.00 – $204.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $136.34 $26.00 – $204.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $104.88 $34.96 – $157.32
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $101.78 $27.14 – $144.19

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