Ablation cryo pq liver tumor(s) 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.
$948.00 with Superior Health Plan vs $11,729.00 with Cigna — 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 |
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| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $948.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $948.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $948.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $948.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $948.00 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $2,115.00 | — |
| Texas Health Network | MCD | $2,757.54 | — |
| UTMB | MGMCD | $2,813.82 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $2,854.00 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $2,954.51 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $3,019.34 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $3,095.20 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $3,095.20 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $3,095.20 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $3,095.20 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $3,151.48 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $3,151.48 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $3,151.48 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $3,151.48 | — |
| Humana | MCD | $3,517.28 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $3,552.17 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $3,791.00 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $3,791.00 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $4,027.00 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $4,027.00 | — |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $4,255.00 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $4,278.00 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $4,546.00 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $4,690.00 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $4,690.00 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $4,739.00 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $4,739.00 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $5,119.00 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $5,119.00 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $5,347.00 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $5,777.00 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $6,300.00 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $7,733.94 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $8,749.02 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $8,778.00 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $8,987.00 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $9,000.00 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $9,105.00 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $9,124.00 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $9,493.00 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $9,653.00 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $9,865.00 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $10,005.78 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $10,005.78 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $10,005.78 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $11,729.00 | — |
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Ablation cryo pq liver tumor(s) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $8,581.80 | $2,813.82 – $25,500.18 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $7,512.59 | $71.00 – $25,500.18 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $7,014.56 | $71.00 – $25,500.18 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $8,581.80 | $2,813.82 – $25,500.18 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $7,512.59 | $85.00 – $25,500.18 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $7,512.59 | $2,813.82 – $25,500.18 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $7,014.56 | $71.00 – $25,500.18 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $8,581.80 | $2,813.82 – $25,500.18 |