Administration chemotherapy IV infusion each addl sequential infusion diff substance/drug >1 hr at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
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Gross charge 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.
$55.20 with Superior Health Plan vs $827.96 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $55.20 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $55.20 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $55.20 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $55.20 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $55.20 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $119.59 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $119.59 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $119.59 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $119.59 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $128.79 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $128.79 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $152.71 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $161.91 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $161.93 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $178.54 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $179.39 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $218.03 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $218.03 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $220.79 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $223.52 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $223.52 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $223.52 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $234.59 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $251.15 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | — |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $321.99 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $321.99 | — |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $321.99 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $367.98 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $367.98 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $395.58 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $413.98 | — |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $413.98 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $413.98 | — |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $459.98 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $490.34 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $505.98 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $505.98 | — |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $551.98 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $551.98 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $551.98 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $551.98 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $597.97 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $637.39 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $637.39 | — |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $735.97 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $754.37 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $781.97 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $781.97 | — |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $827.96 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $827.96 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | not published by hospital | — |
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