Abd aorta w/runoff s&i 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.

$153.90 with Texas Health Network vs $11,893.06 with Affiliated PPO — 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 $153.90
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $156.71
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $156.71
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $156.71
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $156.71
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $157.04
UTMB MGMCD $157.04
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $157.04
Amerigroup MGMCD $157.04
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $157.04
United MGMCD $159.84
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $169.25
Molina Healthcare STAR $172.74
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $172.74
Molina Healthcare CHIP $172.74
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $172.74
Humana MCD $196.30
Cigna CSN $234.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $253.25
Cigna PPO $301.04
Aetna QHPExchange $388.13
Aetna NBPOS $515.86
Aetna NBHMO $515.86
Aetna NBPPO $515.86
Aetna COMMHMO $548.75
Aetna COMMPOS $548.75
Aetna COMMPPO $548.75
Aetna OONPOS $645.23
Aetna OONPPO $645.23
Aetna OONHMO $645.23
Aetna ASAPOS $697.31
Aetna ASAPPO $697.31
Aetna ASAHMO $697.31
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $792.87
Superior Health Plan STARKids $792.87
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $792.87
Superior Health Plan STAR $792.87
Superior Health Plan CHIP $792.87
Humana HMO $1,440.54
Humana PPO $1,440.54
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $2,193.61
United OptionsPPO $2,325.75
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $3,171.48
IPA Management Services COMM $3,303.63
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $3,369.70
Evry Health BroadNetwork $3,607.56
BCBS Traditional $4,625.08
Imagine Health PPO $4,625.08
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $4,625.08
BCBS MyBlueHealth $4,877.45
BCBS BAV $5,265.43
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $5,285.80
Curative Administrators COMM $5,285.80
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5,437.15
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $5,682.24
United GlobalAppendix $5,946.53
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $5,946.53
Averde Health Commercial $5,946.53
United SmallGroup $6,438.74
United AllPayerAppendix $6,438.74
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $6,607.26
Coventry National First Health COMM $7,043.33
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $7,267.98
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $7,267.98
Independent Medical System COMM $7,928.71
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $7,928.71
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $7,928.71
Beech Street WCOMP $7,928.71
Coastal Comp COMM $8,589.43
BCBS HMO $9,422.35
BCBS EPOSOA $9,782.62
BCBS PPO $10,115.17
Beech Street COMMPPO $10,571.61
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $10,571.61
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $10,835.90
Physicians, INC COMM $11,232.33
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $11,232.33
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $11,893.06
Affiliated PPO COMM $11,893.06

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Abd aorta w/runoff s&i at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $3,407.32 $157.04 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $3,569.56 $734.73 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $3,683.78 $157.04 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $3,407.32 $157.04 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $3,569.56 $168.03 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $3,569.56 $157.04 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $3,407.32 $157.04 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE Grapevine $3,407.32 $157.04 – $7,896.23

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