Amantadine (symmetrel)-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

$340.70

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.

$340.70

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.

$0.05 with Aetna vs $306.63 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.

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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
Aetna QHPExchange $0.05 ↓ -100%
Aetna NBHMO $0.06 ↓ -100%
Aetna NBPOS $0.06 ↓ -100%
Aetna NBPPO $0.06 ↓ -100%
Aetna COMMPOS $0.07 ↓ -100%
Aetna COMMHMO $0.07 ↓ -100%
Aetna COMMPPO $0.07 ↓ -100%
Aetna OONHMO $0.08 ↓ -100%
Aetna OONPPO $0.08 ↓ -100%
Aetna OONPOS $0.08 ↓ -100%
Aetna ASAHMO $0.09 ↓ -100%
Aetna ASAPPO $0.09 ↓ -100%
Aetna ASAPOS $0.09 ↓ -100%
Texas Health Network MCD $17.73 ↓ -95%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $18.09 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $18.09 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $18.09 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $18.09 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $18.09 ↓ -95%
UTMB MGMCD $18.09 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup MGMCD $18.09 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $18.09 ↓ -95%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $18.09 ↓ -95%
United MGMCD $18.45 ↓ -95%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $19.54 ↓ -94%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $19.90 ↓ -94%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $19.90 ↓ -94%
Molina Healthcare STAR $19.90 ↓ -94%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $19.90 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $20.44 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $20.44 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $20.44 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $20.44 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $20.44 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $22.59 ↓ -93%
Humana MCD $22.61 ↓ -93%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $55.53 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $56.56 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $59.96 ↓ -82%
BCBS BAV $61.33 ↓ -82%
Oscar HIX $66.44 ↓ -80%
BCBS HMO $76.66 ↓ -77%
BCBS EPOSOA $78.36 ↓ -77%
BCBS PPO $79.72 ↓ -77%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $81.77 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $85.17 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $86.88 ↓ -74%
Molina Healthcare HIX $91.99 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $93.01 ↓ -73%
Cigna CSN $98.98 ↓ -71%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $102.21 ↓ -70%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $107.21 ↓ -69%
BCBS Traditional $119.25 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $119.25 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $119.25 ↓ -65%
Cigna PPO $127.56 ↓ -63%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $136.28 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $146.50 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $153.31 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $153.31 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $153.31 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $170.35 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $181.59 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $187.38 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $187.38 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $204.42 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $204.42 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $204.42 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $204.42 ↓ -40%
Humana HMO $219.21 ↓ -36%
Humana PPO $219.21 ↓ -36%
Coastal Comp COMM $221.46 ↓ -35%
Beech Street COMMPPO $272.56 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $272.56 ↓ -20%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $272.56 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $279.37 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $289.60 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $289.60 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $306.63 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $306.63 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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