Antistreptolysin o screen 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

$1,310.68

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.

$1,310.68

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.

$4.75 with Texas Health Network vs $1,179.61 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 $4.75 ↓ -100%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $4.85 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $4.85 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $4.85 ↓ -100%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $4.85 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $4.85 ↓ -100%
UTMB MGMCD $4.85 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $4.85 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $4.85 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup MGMCD $4.85 ↓ -100%
United MGMCD $4.95 ↓ -100%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $5.24 ↓ -100%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $5.33 ↓ -100%
Molina Healthcare STAR $5.33 ↓ -100%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $5.33 ↓ -100%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $5.33 ↓ -100%
Oscar MGMCR $5.65 ↓ -100%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $5.77 ↓ -100%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5.77 ↓ -100%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $5.77 ↓ -100%
United AllPayerAppendix $5.77 ↓ -100%
Devoted Health MGMCR $5.77 ↓ -100%
United SmallGroup $5.77 ↓ -100%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $5.77 ↓ -100%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $5.77 ↓ -100%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $5.77 ↓ -100%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $5.77 ↓ -100%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $5.77 ↓ -100%
BCBS MCRPPO $5.77 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $5.77 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $5.77 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $5.77 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $5.77 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $5.77 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup DualEligible $5.77 ↓ -100%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $5.77 ↓ -100%
WellMed MGMCR $5.80 ↓ -100%
Aetna MCR $5.82 ↓ -100%
Van Lang IPA MCR $5.83 ↓ -100%
United MCR $5.89 ↓ -100%
WellCare PPO $5.94 ↓ -100%
WellCare MCRHMO $5.94 ↓ -100%
WellCare PFFS $5.94 ↓ -100%
WellCare POS $5.94 ↓ -100%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $5.94 ↓ -100%
WellCare SNP $5.94 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $6.06 ↓ -100%
Humana MCD $6.06 ↓ -100%
American Health Plan MGMCR $6.06 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $6.06 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $6.06 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $6.06 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $6.06 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $6.06 ↓ -100%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $6.06 ↓ -100%
Shared Health MGMCR $6.06 ↓ -100%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $6.12 ↓ -100%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $6.12 ↓ -100%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $6.12 ↓ -100%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $6.12 ↓ -100%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $6.12 ↓ -100%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $6.24 ↓ -100%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $6.24 ↓ -100%
Molina MGMCR $6.29 ↓ -100%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $6.64 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $6.92 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MCR $7.50 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $8.37 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice HIX $8.37 ↓ -99%
Superior HMO $8.94 ↓ -99%
Superior EPO $8.94 ↓ -99%
UTMB MGMCR $9.41 ↓ -99%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $11.42 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $11.66 ↓ -99%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $12.12 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare HIX $12.41 ↓ -99%
BCBS BAV $12.87 ↓ -99%
BCBS HMO $16.10 ↓ -99%
Oscar HIX $16.68 ↓ -99%
BCBS EPOSOA $17.25 ↓ -99%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $17.30 ↓ -99%
BCBS PPO $18.41 ↓ -99%
Aetna QHPExchange $21.16 ↓ -98%
Cigna CSN $23.69 ↓ -98%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $25.65 ↓ -98%
Aetna NBHMO $28.14 ↓ -98%
Aetna NBPOS $28.14 ↓ -98%
Aetna NBPPO $28.14 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMMPOS $29.90 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMMHMO $29.90 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMMPPO $29.90 ↓ -98%
Cigna PPO $30.52 ↓ -98%
Aetna OONHMO $35.12 ↓ -97%
Aetna OONPOS $35.12 ↓ -97%
Aetna OONPPO $35.12 ↓ -97%
Aetna ASAPPO $37.97 ↓ -97%
Aetna ASAPOS $37.97 ↓ -97%
Aetna ASAHMO $37.97 ↓ -97%
Humana HMO $77.04 ↓ -94%
Humana PPO $77.04 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $78.64 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $78.64 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $78.64 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $78.64 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $78.64 ↓ -94%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $217.57 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $230.68 ↓ -82%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $314.56 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $327.67 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $357.82 ↓ -73%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $458.74 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $458.74 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $458.74 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $563.59 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $589.81 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $589.81 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $589.81 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $655.34 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $698.59 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $720.87 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $720.87 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $786.41 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $786.41 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $786.41 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $786.41 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $851.94 ↓ -35%
Beech Street COMMPPO $1,048.54 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,048.54 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,074.76 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,114.08 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,114.08 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $1,179.61 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,179.61 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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