Abdominal Ultrasound (limited) at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
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Cash price 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 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.
$49.39 with Superior Health Plan vs $740.90 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $49.39 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $49.39 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $49.39 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $49.39 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $49.39 | — |
| Texas Health Network | MCD | $85.47 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $87.21 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $87.21 | — |
| UTMB | MGMCD | $87.21 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $87.21 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $87.21 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $88.55 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $88.55 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $88.55 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $88.55 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $90.32 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $95.63 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $95.93 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $95.93 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $95.93 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $95.93 | — |
| Humana | MCD | $109.01 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $136.65 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $144.89 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $197.26 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $197.57 | — |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $205.81 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $207.04 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $212.95 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $213.00 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $224.74 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $245.18 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $245.18 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $262.69 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $262.69 | — |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $288.13 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $288.13 | — |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $288.13 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $329.29 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $329.29 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $353.98 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $358.25 | — |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $370.45 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $370.45 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $370.45 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $381.07 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $395.64 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $409.09 | — |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $411.61 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $438.78 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $452.77 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $452.77 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $476.15 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $476.15 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $476.15 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $493.93 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $493.93 | — |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $493.93 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $493.93 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $506.51 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $506.51 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $506.51 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $535.09 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $595.56 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $595.56 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $595.56 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $643.63 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $643.63 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $643.63 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $658.58 | — |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $658.58 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $675.04 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $699.74 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $699.74 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $740.90 | — |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $740.90 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Abdominal Ultrasound (limited) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $1,242.44 | $431.51 – $431.51 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $629.42 | $87.21 – $786.77 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $671.72 | $138.26 – $1,007.59 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $604.43 | $87.21 – $755.54 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $629.42 | $87.21 – $786.77 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $671.72 | $93.31 – $1,007.59 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $671.72 | $87.21 – $1,007.59 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $604.43 | $87.21 – $906.65 |