Anora (draw only) 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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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.

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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.

$3.66 with Superior Health Plan vs $260.35 with TriWest Healthcare Alliance — 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 $3.66
Superior Health Plan CHIP $3.66
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $3.66
Superior Health Plan STAR $3.66
Superior Health Plan STARKids $3.66
Aetna MCR $4.05
United SmallGroup $6.63
United AllPayerAppendix $6.63
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $6.63
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $7.93
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $7.93
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $7.93
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $7.93
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $8.54
Amerigroup MGMCD $8.54
Cigna CSN $9.03
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $9.76
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $10.13
Cigna PPO $11.59
Oscar HIX $11.90
United OptionsPPO $12.33
BCBS MyBlueHealth $12.38
BCBS BAV $13.67
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $14.46
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $14.46
IPA Management Services COMM $15.26
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $15.56
Aetna QHPExchange $16.17
Molina Healthcare HIX $16.48
Evry Health BroadNetwork $16.66
BCBS HMO $17.10
BCBS EPOSOA $18.33
BCBS PPO $19.55
Aetna NBPOS $19.59
Aetna NBHMO $19.59
Aetna NBPPO $19.59
Aetna COMMPPO $20.87
Aetna COMMPOS $20.87
Aetna COMMHMO $20.87
BCBS Traditional $21.36
Imagine Health PPO $21.36
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $24.41
Curative Administrators COMM $24.41
Aetna OONPOS $24.47
Aetna OONHMO $24.47
Aetna OONPPO $24.47
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $26.24
Aetna ASAHMO $26.42
Aetna ASAPOS $26.42
Aetna ASAPPO $26.42
Averde Health Commercial $27.46
United GlobalAppendix $27.46
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $27.46
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $30.51
Coventry National First Health COMM $32.52
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $33.56
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $33.56
Independent Medical System COMM $36.61
Beech Street WCOMP $36.61
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $36.61
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $36.61
Coastal Comp COMM $39.66
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $48.82
Beech Street COMMPPO $48.82
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $50.04
Physicians, INC COMM $51.87
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $51.87
Affiliated PPO COMM $54.92
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $54.92
Humana HMO $56.30
Humana PPO $56.30
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $78.11
CHC Harris Health Indigent $97.63
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $113.90
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $260.35

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