Aminolevulinic acid delta 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

$1,737.82

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.

$1,737.82

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.

$13.54 with Texas Health Network vs $1,564.04 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
Texas Health Network MCD $13.54 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $13.82 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $13.82 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $13.82 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $13.82 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $13.82 ↓ -99%
UTMB MGMCD $13.82 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $13.82 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $13.82 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $13.82 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $14.10 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $14.93 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $15.20 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $15.20 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $15.20 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $15.20 ↓ -99%
Oscar MGMCR $16.12 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $16.45 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $16.45 ↓ -99%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $16.45 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $16.45 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $16.45 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $16.45 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $16.45 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $16.45 ↓ -99%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $16.45 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $16.45 ↓ -99%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $16.45 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $16.45 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $16.45 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $16.45 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $16.45 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $16.45 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $16.45 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $16.45 ↓ -99%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $16.45 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $16.53 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $16.59 ↓ -99%
Van Lang IPA MCR $16.61 ↓ -99%
United MCR $16.78 ↓ -99%
WellCare PPO $16.94 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCRHMO $16.94 ↓ -99%
WellCare PFFS $16.94 ↓ -99%
WellCare POS $16.94 ↓ -99%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $16.94 ↓ -99%
WellCare SNP $16.94 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $17.27 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $17.27 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MGMCR $17.27 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $17.27 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $17.27 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $17.27 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $17.27 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $17.27 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $17.27 ↓ -99%
Shared Health MGMCR $17.27 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $17.44 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $17.44 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $17.44 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $17.44 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $17.44 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $17.80 ↓ -99%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $17.80 ↓ -99%
Molina MGMCR $17.93 ↓ -99%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $18.92 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $19.74 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MCR $21.39 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $23.85 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice HIX $23.85 ↓ -99%
Superior HMO $25.50 ↓ -99%
Superior EPO $25.50 ↓ -99%
UTMB MGMCR $26.81 ↓ -98%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $32.57 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $33.23 ↓ -98%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $34.55 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare HIX $35.37 ↓ -98%
BCBS BAV $36.68 ↓ -98%
BCBS HMO $45.90 ↓ -97%
Oscar HIX $47.54 ↓ -97%
BCBS EPOSOA $49.19 ↓ -97%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $49.36 ↓ -97%
BCBS PPO $52.48 ↓ -97%
Aetna QHPExchange $60.25 ↓ -97%
Cigna CSN $68.28 ↓ -96%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $73.96 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBHMO $80.13 ↓ -95%
Aetna NBPOS $80.13 ↓ -95%
Aetna NBPPO $80.13 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMMPOS $85.13 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMMHMO $85.13 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMMPPO $85.13 ↓ -95%
Cigna PPO $88.00 ↓ -95%
Aetna OONHMO $100.00 ↓ -94%
Aetna OONPOS $100.00 ↓ -94%
Aetna OONPPO $100.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $104.27 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $104.27 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $104.27 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $104.27 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $104.27 ↓ -94%
Aetna ASAPPO $108.13 ↓ -94%
Aetna ASAHMO $108.13 ↓ -94%
Aetna ASAPOS $108.13 ↓ -94%
Humana HMO $219.75 ↓ -87%
Humana PPO $219.75 ↓ -87%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $288.48 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $305.86 ↓ -82%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $417.08 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $434.45 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $474.42 ↓ -73%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $608.24 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $608.24 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $608.24 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $747.26 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $782.02 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $782.02 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $782.02 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $868.91 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $926.26 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $955.80 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $955.80 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,042.69 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,042.69 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $1,042.69 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $1,042.69 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $1,129.58 ↓ -35%
Beech Street COMMPPO $1,390.26 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,390.26 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,425.01 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,477.15 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,477.15 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $1,564.04 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,564.04 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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