Acute venous thrombus image 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

$12,353.96

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.

$12,353.96

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.

$284.89 with Texas Health Network vs $11,118.56 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 $284.89 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $290.70 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $290.70 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $290.70 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $290.70 ↓ -98%
UTMB MGMCD $290.70 ↓ -98%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $308.08 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $308.08 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $308.08 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $308.08 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $314.24 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $319.77 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $319.77 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STAR $319.77 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $319.77 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $332.73 ↓ -97%
Humana MCD $363.38 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $478.90 ↓ -96%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -96%
BCBS BAV $516.99 ↓ -96%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $741.24 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $741.24 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $741.24 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $741.24 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $741.24 ↓ -94%
BCBS HMO $925.14 ↓ -93%
BCBS EPOSOA $960.51 ↓ -92%
BCBS PPO $993.17 ↓ -92%
Aetna QHPExchange $1,492.53 ↓ -88%
Aetna NBPPO $1,983.72 ↓ -84%
Aetna NBPOS $1,983.72 ↓ -84%
Aetna NBHMO $1,983.72 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $2,050.76 ↓ -83%
Aetna COMMPPO $2,110.21 ↓ -83%
Aetna COMMHMO $2,110.21 ↓ -83%
Aetna COMMPOS $2,110.21 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $2,174.30 ↓ -82%
Aetna OONHMO $2,481.23 ↓ -80%
Aetna OONPOS $2,481.23 ↓ -80%
Aetna OONPPO $2,481.23 ↓ -80%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $2,481.29 ↓ -80%
Aetna ASAPPO $2,681.50 ↓ -78%
Aetna ASAPOS $2,681.50 ↓ -78%
Aetna ASAHMO $2,681.50 ↓ -78%
United SmallGroup $2,938.37 ↓ -76%
United AllPayerAppendix $2,938.37 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $2,964.95 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $3,150.26 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $3,372.63 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $3,942.15 ↓ -68%
Humana HMO $3,942.15 ↓ -68%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $4,323.89 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $4,323.89 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $4,323.89 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $4,941.58 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $4,941.58 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $5,312.20 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $5,559.28 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $5,559.28 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $5,559.28 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $6,176.98 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $6,584.66 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $6,794.68 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $6,794.68 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $7,412.38 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $7,412.38 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $7,412.38 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $7,412.38 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $8,030.07 ↓ -35%
Beech Street COMMPPO $9,883.17 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $10,130.25 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $10,500.87 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $10,500.87 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $11,118.56 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $11,118.56 ↓ -10%

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Acute venous thrombus image at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,434.20 $295.21 – $3,517.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,505.91 $281.68 – $3,517.62
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,434.20 $281.68 – $3,517.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,505.91 $281.68 – $3,517.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $1,434.20 $281.68 – $3,517.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $1,434.20 $281.68 – $3,517.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE Suite 100 $1,505.91 $281.68 – $3,517.62

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