#acylcarnitineprfl 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.

$13.89 with Texas Health Network vs $1,995.38 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.

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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 $13.89
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $14.17
UTMB MGMCD $14.17
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $14.17
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $14.17
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $14.17
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $14.17
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $14.17
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $14.17
Amerigroup MGMCD $14.17
United MGMCD $14.45
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $15.30
Molina Healthcare STAR $15.59
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $15.59
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $15.59
Molina Healthcare CHIP $15.59
Oscar MGMCR $16.53
United SmallGroup $16.87
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $16.87
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $16.87
United AllPayerAppendix $16.87
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $16.87
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $16.87
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $16.87
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $16.87
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $16.87
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $16.87
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $16.87
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $16.87
Devoted Health MGMCR $16.87
BCBS MCRPPO $16.87
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $16.87
CHC Harris Health Indigent $16.87
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $16.87
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $16.87
Amerigroup DualEligible $16.87
WellMed MGMCR $16.95
Aetna MCR $17.01
Van Lang IPA MCR $17.04
United MCR $17.21
WellCare PFFS $17.38
WellCare PPO $17.38
WellCare SNP $17.38
WellCare POS $17.38
WellCare MCRHMO $17.38
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $17.38
Shared Health MGMCR $17.71
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $17.71
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $17.71
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $17.71
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $17.71
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $17.71
Humana MCD $17.71
American Health Plan MGMCR $17.71
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $17.71
Superior Health Plan PFFS $17.71
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $17.88
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $17.88
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $17.88
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $17.88
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $17.88
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $18.26
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $18.26
Molina MGMCR $18.39
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $19.40
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $20.24
Verda Health Plan MCR $21.93
Superior ValueHMO $24.46
Community Health Choice HIX $24.46
Superior HMO $26.15
Superior EPO $26.15
UTMB MGMCR $27.50
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $33.40
BCBS MyBlueHealth $34.08
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $35.43
Molina Healthcare HIX $36.27
BCBS BAV $37.62
BCBS HMO $47.07
Oscar HIX $48.75
BCBS EPOSOA $50.44
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $50.61
BCBS PPO $53.82
Aetna QHPExchange $61.79
Cigna CSN $69.71
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $75.51
Aetna NBHMO $82.18
Aetna NBPPO $82.18
Aetna NBPOS $82.18
Aetna COMMPOS $87.30
Aetna COMMHMO $87.30
Aetna COMMPPO $87.30
Cigna PPO $89.84
Aetna OONPPO $102.56
Aetna OONHMO $102.56
Aetna OONPOS $102.56
Aetna ASAPOS $110.89
Aetna ASAPPO $110.89
Aetna ASAHMO $110.89
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $133.03
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $133.03
Superior Health Plan STARKids $133.03
Superior Health Plan STAR $133.03
Superior Health Plan CHIP $133.03
Humana HMO $225.38
Humana PPO $225.38
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $368.04
United OptionsPPO $390.21
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $532.10
Evry Health BroadNetwork $605.27
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $775.98
Imagine Health PPO $775.98
BCBS Traditional $775.98
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $953.35
United GlobalAppendix $997.69
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $997.69
Averde Health Commercial $997.69
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $1,108.55
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,181.71
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,219.40
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,219.40
Beech Street WCOMP $1,330.25
Independent Medical System COMM $1,330.25
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,330.25
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,330.25
Coastal Comp COMM $1,441.11
Beech Street COMMPPO $1,773.67
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,818.01
Physicians, INC COMM $1,884.53
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,884.53
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,995.38
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $1,995.38
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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