Acetone qualitative 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

$165.26

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.

$165.26

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.

$3.72 with Texas Health Network vs $148.73 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 $3.72 ↓ -98%
UTMB MGMCD $3.80 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $3.80 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $3.80 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $3.80 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $3.80 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $3.80 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $3.80 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $3.80 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $3.80 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $3.88 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $4.10 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $4.18 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $4.18 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $4.18 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STAR $4.18 ↓ -97%
Oscar MGMCR $4.43 ↓ -97%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $4.52 ↓ -97%
United SmallGroup $4.52 ↓ -97%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $4.52 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $4.52 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MGMCR $4.52 ↓ -97%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $4.52 ↓ -97%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $4.52 ↓ -97%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $4.52 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRPPO $4.52 ↓ -97%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $4.52 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $4.52 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $4.52 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $4.52 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $4.52 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $4.52 ↓ -97%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $4.52 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup DualEligible $4.52 ↓ -97%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $4.52 ↓ -97%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $4.52 ↓ -97%
WellMed MGMCR $4.54 ↓ -97%
Aetna MCR $4.56 ↓ -97%
Van Lang IPA MCR $4.57 ↓ -97%
United MCR $4.61 ↓ -97%
WellCare MCRHMO $4.66 ↓ -97%
WellCare POS $4.66 ↓ -97%
WellCare PFFS $4.66 ↓ -97%
WellCare SNP $4.66 ↓ -97%
WellCare PPO $4.66 ↓ -97%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $4.66 ↓ -97%
Shared Health MGMCR $4.75 ↓ -97%
Humana MCD $4.75 ↓ -97%
American Health Plan MGMCR $4.75 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $4.75 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $4.75 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $4.75 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $4.75 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $4.75 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $4.75 ↓ -97%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $4.75 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $4.79 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $4.79 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $4.79 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $4.79 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $4.79 ↓ -97%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $4.89 ↓ -97%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $4.89 ↓ -97%
Molina MGMCR $4.93 ↓ -97%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $5.20 ↓ -97%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $5.42 ↓ -97%
Verda Health Plan MCR $5.88 ↓ -96%
Superior ValueHMO $6.55 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice HIX $6.55 ↓ -96%
Superior EPO $7.01 ↓ -96%
Superior HMO $7.01 ↓ -96%
UTMB MGMCR $7.37 ↓ -96%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $8.95 ↓ -95%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $9.13 ↓ -94%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $9.49 ↓ -94%
Molina Healthcare HIX $9.72 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $9.92 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $9.92 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $9.92 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $9.92 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $9.92 ↓ -94%
BCBS BAV $10.08 ↓ -94%
BCBS HMO $12.61 ↓ -92%
Oscar HIX $13.06 ↓ -92%
BCBS EPOSOA $13.51 ↓ -92%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $13.56 ↓ -92%
BCBS PPO $14.42 ↓ -91%
Aetna QHPExchange $16.58 ↓ -90%
Cigna CSN $18.14 ↓ -89%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $19.65 ↓ -88%
Aetna NBPPO $22.05 ↓ -87%
Aetna NBHMO $22.05 ↓ -87%
Aetna NBPOS $22.05 ↓ -87%
Cigna PPO $23.38 ↓ -86%
Aetna COMMHMO $23.43 ↓ -86%
Aetna COMMPPO $23.43 ↓ -86%
Aetna COMMPOS $23.43 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $27.43 ↓ -83%
Aetna OONHMO $27.52 ↓ -83%
Aetna OONPOS $27.52 ↓ -83%
Aetna OONPPO $27.52 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $29.09 ↓ -82%
Aetna ASAPOS $29.76 ↓ -82%
Aetna ASAPPO $29.76 ↓ -82%
Aetna ASAHMO $29.76 ↓ -82%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $39.66 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $41.31 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $45.12 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $57.84 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $57.84 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $57.84 ↓ -65%
Humana PPO $60.38 ↓ -63%
Humana HMO $60.38 ↓ -63%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $71.06 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $74.37 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $74.37 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $74.37 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $82.63 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $88.08 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $90.89 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $90.89 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $99.16 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $99.16 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $99.16 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $99.16 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $107.42 ↓ -35%
Beech Street COMMPPO $132.21 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $132.21 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $135.51 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $140.47 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $140.47 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $148.73 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $148.73 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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