Administration vaccine pneumococcal 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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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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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.

$1.57 with Superior Health Plan vs $600.00 with Texas Athletic Network — 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1.57
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1.57
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1.57
Superior Health Plan STAR $1.57
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $1.57
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $3.41
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $3.41
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $3.41
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $3.41
Amerigroup MGMCD $3.67
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $3.67
Cigna CSN $3.88
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $4.19
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $4.35
United OptionsPPO $4.61
Cigna PPO $4.98
Oscar HIX $5.11
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $6.21
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $6.21
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $6.29
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $6.68
Aetna QHPExchange $6.94
Evry Health BroadNetwork $7.15
Aetna NBHMO $8.41
Aetna NBPOS $8.41
Aetna NBPPO $8.41
Aetna COMMPPO $8.96
Aetna COMMPOS $8.96
Aetna COMMHMO $8.96
Imagine Health PPO $9.17
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $9.17
BCBS Traditional $9.17
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $10.48
Curative Administrators COMM $10.48
Aetna OONHMO $10.51
Aetna OONPOS $10.51
Aetna OONPPO $10.51
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $11.27
Aetna ASAHMO $11.34
Aetna ASAPPO $11.34
Aetna ASAPOS $11.34
United GlobalAppendix $11.79
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $11.79
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $13.10
Coventry National First Health COMM $13.96
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $14.41
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $14.41
Independent Medical System COMM $15.72
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $15.72
Beech Street WCOMP $15.72
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $15.72
Coastal Comp COMM $17.03
Beech Street COMMPPO $20.96
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $21.48
Physicians, INC COMM $22.27
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $22.27
Affiliated PPO COMM $23.58
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $23.58
IPA Management Services COMM $25.26
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $80.84
BCBS MyBlueHealth $112.16
BCBS BAV $123.66
BCBS PPO $154.81
BCBS EPOSOA $154.81
BCBS HMO $154.81
Humana HMO $193.92
Humana PPO $193.92
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00

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Administration vaccine pneumococcal at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $45.15 $37.00 – $96.75
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $51.80 $39.96 – $148.00
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $31.50 $82.62 – $145.80
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland $85.13 $112.16 – $193.92
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $51.80 $37.00 – $148.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $51.80 $37.00 – $148.00
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $51.80 $37.00 – $148.00
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $38.15 $16.35 – $94.51

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