Allergen alpha lactalbumin ige 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

$97.88

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.

$97.88

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.

$5.87 with Superior Health Plan vs $239.55 with Humana — 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 STARPLUS $5.87 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $5.87 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $5.87 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $5.87 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $5.87 ↓ -94%
Texas Health Network MCD $14.76 ↓ -85%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $15.06 ↓ -85%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $15.06 ↓ -85%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $15.06 ↓ -85%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $15.06 ↓ -85%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $15.06 ↓ -85%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $15.06 ↓ -85%
Amerigroup MGMCD $15.06 ↓ -85%
UTMB MGMCD $15.06 ↓ -85%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $15.06 ↓ -85%
United MGMCD $15.36 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $16.25 ↓ -83%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $16.26 ↓ -83%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $16.57 ↓ -83%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $16.57 ↓ -83%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $16.57 ↓ -83%
Molina Healthcare STAR $16.57 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $17.23 ↓ -82%
Oscar MGMCR $17.57 ↓ -82%
BCBS MCRPPO $17.93 ↓ -82%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $17.93 ↓ -82%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $17.93 ↓ -82%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $17.93 ↓ -82%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $17.93 ↓ -82%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $17.93 ↓ -82%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $17.93 ↓ -82%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $17.93 ↓ -82%
United AllPayerAppendix $17.93 ↓ -82%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $17.93 ↓ -82%
United SmallGroup $17.93 ↓ -82%
Amerigroup DualEligible $17.93 ↓ -82%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $17.93 ↓ -82%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $17.93 ↓ -82%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $17.93 ↓ -82%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $17.93 ↓ -82%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $17.93 ↓ -82%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $17.93 ↓ -82%
Devoted Health MGMCR $17.93 ↓ -82%
WellMed MGMCR $18.02 ↓ -82%
Aetna MCR $18.08 ↓ -82%
Van Lang IPA MCR $18.11 ↓ -81%
United MCR $18.29 ↓ -81%
WellCare PPO $18.47 ↓ -81%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $18.47 ↓ -81%
WellCare SNP $18.47 ↓ -81%
WellCare PFFS $18.47 ↓ -81%
WellCare MCRHMO $18.47 ↓ -81%
WellCare POS $18.47 ↓ -81%
Humana MCD $18.82 ↓ -81%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $18.83 ↓ -81%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $18.83 ↓ -81%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $18.83 ↓ -81%
American Health Plan MGMCR $18.83 ↓ -81%
Shared Health MGMCR $18.83 ↓ -81%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $18.83 ↓ -81%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $18.83 ↓ -81%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $18.83 ↓ -81%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $18.83 ↓ -81%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $19.01 ↓ -81%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $19.01 ↓ -81%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $19.01 ↓ -81%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $19.01 ↓ -81%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $19.01 ↓ -81%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $19.41 ↓ -80%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $19.41 ↓ -80%
Molina MGMCR $19.54 ↓ -80%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $20.62 ↓ -79%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $21.52 ↓ -78%
Verda Health Plan MCR $23.31 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $23.49 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $24.47 ↓ -75%
Community Health Choice HIX $26.00 ↓ -73%
Superior ValueHMO $26.00 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $26.72 ↓ -73%
Superior HMO $27.79 ↓ -72%
Superior EPO $27.79 ↓ -72%
UTMB MGMCR $29.23 ↓ -70%
Imagine Health PPO $34.26 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $34.26 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $34.26 ↓ -65%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $35.50 ↓ -64%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $36.22 ↓ -63%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $37.65 ↓ -62%
Molina Healthcare HIX $38.55 ↓ -61%
BCBS BAV $39.98 ↓ -59%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $42.09 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $44.05 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $44.05 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $44.05 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $48.94 ↓ -50%
BCBS HMO $50.02 ↓ -49%
Oscar HIX $51.82 ↓ -47%
Coventry National First Health COMM $52.17 ↓ -47%
BCBS EPOSOA $53.61 ↓ -45%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $53.80 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $53.83 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $53.83 ↓ -45%
BCBS PPO $57.20 ↓ -42%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $58.73 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $58.73 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $58.73 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $58.73 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $63.62 ↓ -35%
Aetna QHPExchange $65.70 ↓ -33%
Cigna CSN $73.87 ↓ -25%
Beech Street COMMPPO $78.30 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $78.30 ↓ -20%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $80.01 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $80.26 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $83.20 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $83.20 ↓ -15%
Aetna NBPOS $87.37 ↓ -11%
Aetna NBPPO $87.37 ↓ -11%
Aetna NBHMO $87.37 ↓ -11%
Affiliated PPO COMM $88.09 ↓ -10%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $88.09 ↓ -10%
Aetna COMMPPO $92.82 ↓ -5%
Aetna COMMPOS $92.82 ↓ -5%
Aetna COMMHMO $92.82 ↓ -5%
Cigna PPO $95.19 ↓ -3%
Aetna OONPOS $109.04 ↑ +11%
Aetna OONPPO $109.04 ↑ +11%
Aetna OONHMO $109.04 ↑ +11%
Aetna ASAPOS $117.90 ↑ +20%
Aetna ASAPPO $117.90 ↑ +20%
Aetna ASAHMO $117.90 ↑ +20%
Humana HMO $239.55 ↑ +145%
Humana PPO $239.55 ↑ +145%
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