Antibody elution rbc reference 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

$1,903.09

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.

$1,903.09

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.

$100.84 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,522.47 with Cigna Behavioral Health — 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 $100.84 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $100.84 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $100.84 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STAR $100.84 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $100.84 ↓ -95%
Aetna QHPExchange $120.02 ↓ -94%
Cigna CSN $126.87 ↓ -93%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $137.42 ↓ -93%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $149.16 ↓ -92%
United SmallGroup $149.16 ↓ -92%
United AllPayerAppendix $149.16 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBPOS $159.61 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBHMO $159.61 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBPPO $159.61 ↓ -92%
Cigna PPO $163.49 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMMPPO $169.57 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMMPOS $169.57 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMMHMO $169.57 ↓ -91%
Aetna OONPOS $199.20 ↓ -90%
Aetna OONHMO $199.20 ↓ -90%
Aetna OONPPO $199.20 ↓ -90%
Aetna ASAPPO $215.38 ↓ -89%
Aetna ASAPOS $215.38 ↓ -89%
Aetna ASAHMO $215.38 ↓ -89%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $218.48 ↓ -89%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $218.48 ↓ -89%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $218.48 ↓ -89%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $218.48 ↓ -89%
Amerigroup MGMCD $235.29 ↓ -88%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $235.29 ↓ -88%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $278.98 ↓ -85%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $289.87 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $295.79 ↓ -84%
BCBS BAV $320.00 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $327.72 ↓ -83%
Humana PPO $339.75 ↓ -82%
Humana HMO $339.75 ↓ -82%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $398.31 ↓ -79%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $398.31 ↓ -79%
BCBS HMO $400.37 ↓ -79%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $403.35 ↓ -79%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $428.56 ↓ -77%
BCBS EPOSOA $429.07 ↓ -77%
BCBS PPO $457.76 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $458.81 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $475.77 ↓ -75%
BCBS Traditional $588.22 ↓ -69%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $588.22 ↓ -69%
Imagine Health PPO $588.22 ↓ -69%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $672.25 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $722.67 ↓ -62%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $756.28 ↓ -60%
Averde Health Commercial $756.28 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $756.28 ↓ -60%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $840.31 ↓ -56%
Coventry National First Health COMM $895.77 ↓ -53%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $924.34 ↓ -51%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $924.34 ↓ -51%
Independent Medical System COMM $1,008.37 ↓ -47%
Beech Street WCOMP $1,008.37 ↓ -47%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,008.37 ↓ -47%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,008.37 ↓ -47%
Coastal Comp COMM $1,092.40 ↓ -43%
Beech Street COMMPPO $1,344.50 ↓ -29%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,378.11 ↓ -28%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,428.53 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,428.53 ↓ -25%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,512.56 ↓ -21%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $1,512.56 ↓ -21%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,522.47 ↓ -20%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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