Adhesive, liquid or equal 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

$208.00

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.

$208.00

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.

$3.78 with Oscar vs $187.20 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
Oscar MGMCR $3.78 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $3.86 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup DualEligible $3.86 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $3.86 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $3.86 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $3.86 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $3.86 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $3.86 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $3.86 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $3.86 ↓ -98%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $3.86 ↓ -98%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $3.86 ↓ -98%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $3.86 ↓ -98%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $3.86 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MGMCR $3.86 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $3.86 ↓ -98%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $3.86 ↓ -98%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $3.86 ↓ -98%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $3.86 ↓ -98%
WellMed MGMCR $3.88 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $3.89 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $3.89 ↓ -98%
Van Lang IPA MCR $3.90 ↓ -98%
United MCR $3.94 ↓ -98%
WellCare MCRHMO $3.98 ↓ -98%
WellCare PPO $3.98 ↓ -98%
WellCare SNP $3.98 ↓ -98%
WellCare POS $3.98 ↓ -98%
WellCare PFFS $3.98 ↓ -98%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $3.98 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $4.05 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan MGMCR $4.05 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $4.05 ↓ -98%
Shared Health MGMCR $4.05 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $4.05 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $4.05 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $4.05 ↓ -98%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $4.05 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $4.05 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $4.09 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $4.09 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $4.09 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $4.09 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $4.09 ↓ -98%
Molina MGMCR $4.21 ↓ -98%
BCBS BAV $4.30 ↓ -98%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $4.44 ↓ -98%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $4.63 ↓ -98%
Verda Health Plan MCR $5.02 ↓ -98%
BCBS HMO $5.37 ↓ -97%
Superior ValueHMO $5.60 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice HIX $5.60 ↓ -97%
BCBS EPOSOA $5.68 ↓ -97%
Superior EPO $5.98 ↓ -97%
Superior HMO $5.98 ↓ -97%
BCBS PPO $6.00 ↓ -97%
UTMB MGMCR $6.29 ↓ -97%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $7.64 ↓ -96%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $8.11 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare HIX $8.30 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan STAR $12.48 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $12.48 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $12.48 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $12.48 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $12.48 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $27.04 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $27.04 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $27.04 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $27.04 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $29.12 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $29.12 ↓ -86%
Humana PPO $29.61 ↓ -86%
Humana HMO $29.61 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $30.78 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $33.28 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $34.53 ↓ -83%
Cigna PPO $39.52 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $42.02 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $49.30 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $49.30 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $52.00 ↓ -75%
BCBS Traditional $72.80 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $89.44 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $93.60 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $110.86 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $114.40 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $114.40 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $124.80 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $124.80 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $124.80 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $124.80 ↓ -40%
Beech Street COMMPPO $166.40 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $166.40 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $170.56 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $176.80 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $176.80 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $187.20 ↓ -10%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $187.20 ↓ -10%

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Adhesive, liquid or equal at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $3.78 – $8.30
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $3.61 – $3.61
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $3.78 – $8.30
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $3.78 – $8.30
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $3.78 – $8.30
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $3.78 – $8.30
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $3.78 – $8.30
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $3.78 – $8.30

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