Adh-sendout 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

$1,430.17

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.

$1,430.17

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.

$27.94 with Texas Health Network vs $1,178.46 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 $27.94 ↓ -98%
UTMB MGMCD $28.51 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $28.51 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $28.51 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $28.51 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $28.51 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $28.51 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $28.51 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $28.51 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $28.51 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $29.08 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $30.79 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $31.36 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $31.36 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $31.36 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $31.36 ↓ -98%
Oscar MGMCR $33.26 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $33.94 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $33.94 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $33.94 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $33.94 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MGMCR $33.94 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $33.94 ↓ -98%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $33.94 ↓ -98%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $33.94 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $33.94 ↓ -98%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $33.94 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $33.94 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $33.94 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $33.94 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $33.94 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $33.94 ↓ -98%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $33.94 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup DualEligible $33.94 ↓ -98%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $33.94 ↓ -98%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $33.94 ↓ -98%
WellMed MGMCR $34.11 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $34.23 ↓ -98%
Van Lang IPA MCR $34.28 ↓ -98%
United MCR $34.62 ↓ -98%
WellCare MCRHMO $34.96 ↓ -98%
WellCare POS $34.96 ↓ -98%
WellCare PFFS $34.96 ↓ -98%
WellCare SNP $34.96 ↓ -98%
WellCare PPO $34.96 ↓ -98%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $34.96 ↓ -98%
Shared Health MGMCR $35.64 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $35.64 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan MGMCR $35.64 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $35.64 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $35.64 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $35.64 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $35.64 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $35.64 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $35.64 ↓ -98%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $35.64 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $35.98 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $35.98 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $35.98 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $35.98 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $35.98 ↓ -97%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $36.73 ↓ -97%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $36.73 ↓ -97%
Molina MGMCR $36.99 ↓ -97%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $39.03 ↓ -97%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $40.73 ↓ -97%
Verda Health Plan MCR $44.12 ↓ -97%
Superior ValueHMO $49.21 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice HIX $49.21 ↓ -97%
Superior EPO $52.61 ↓ -96%
Superior HMO $52.61 ↓ -96%
UTMB MGMCR $55.32 ↓ -96%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $67.20 ↓ -95%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $68.56 ↓ -95%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $71.27 ↓ -95%
Molina Healthcare HIX $72.97 ↓ -95%
BCBS BAV $75.69 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $78.56 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $78.56 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $78.56 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STAR $78.56 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $78.56 ↓ -95%
BCBS HMO $94.69 ↓ -93%
Oscar HIX $98.09 ↓ -93%
BCBS EPOSOA $101.48 ↓ -93%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $101.82 ↓ -93%
BCBS PPO $108.27 ↓ -92%
Aetna QHPExchange $124.31 ↓ -91%
Cigna CSN $139.38 ↓ -90%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $150.97 ↓ -89%
Aetna NBPOS $165.31 ↓ -88%
Aetna NBHMO $165.31 ↓ -88%
Aetna NBPPO $165.31 ↓ -88%
Aetna COMMPOS $175.63 ↓ -88%
Aetna COMMHMO $175.63 ↓ -88%
Aetna COMMPPO $175.63 ↓ -88%
Cigna PPO $179.62 ↓ -87%
Aetna OONHMO $206.32 ↓ -86%
Aetna OONPOS $206.32 ↓ -86%
Aetna OONPPO $206.32 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $217.36 ↓ -85%
Aetna ASAPOS $223.08 ↓ -84%
Aetna ASAPPO $223.08 ↓ -84%
Aetna ASAHMO $223.08 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $230.45 ↓ -84%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $314.26 ↓ -78%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $357.47 ↓ -75%
IPA Management Services COMM $357.54 ↓ -75%
Humana HMO $453.36 ↓ -68%
Humana PPO $453.36 ↓ -68%
BCBS Traditional $458.29 ↓ -68%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $458.29 ↓ -68%
Imagine Health PPO $458.29 ↓ -68%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $563.04 ↓ -61%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $589.23 ↓ -59%
United GlobalAppendix $589.23 ↓ -59%
Averde Health Commercial $589.23 ↓ -59%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $654.70 ↓ -54%
Coventry National First Health COMM $697.91 ↓ -51%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $720.17 ↓ -50%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $720.17 ↓ -50%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $785.64 ↓ -45%
Beech Street WCOMP $785.64 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $785.64 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $785.64 ↓ -45%
Coastal Comp COMM $851.11 ↓ -40%
Beech Street COMMPPO $1,047.52 ↓ -27%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,073.71 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,112.99 ↓ -22%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,112.99 ↓ -22%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,144.14 ↓ -20%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,178.46 ↓ -18%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $1,178.46 ↓ -18%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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