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225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
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Cash price 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 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.
$6.01 with Oscar vs $600.00 with Texas Athletic Network — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Oscar | MGMCR | $6.01 | — |
| Amerigroup | DualEligible | $6.13 | — |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $6.13 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRHMO | $6.13 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $6.13 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS | $6.13 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRPPO | $6.13 | — |
| Renaissance IPA Radiology | MCR | $6.13 | — |
| Renaissance IPA Radiology | COMM | $6.13 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRSNP | $6.13 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | PFFS | $6.13 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MMP | $6.13 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $6.13 | — |
| BCBS | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $6.13 | — |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $6.13 | — |
| Kelsey Seybold | MGMCR | $6.13 | — |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $6.13 | — |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $6.16 | — |
| Aetna | MCR | $6.18 | — |
| Van Lang IPA | MCR | $6.19 | — |
| United | MCR | $6.25 | — |
| Integranet Amerigroup IPA | MCR | $6.31 | — |
| WellCare | MCRHMO | $6.31 | — |
| WellCare | PPO | $6.31 | — |
| WellCare | SNP | $6.31 | — |
| WellCare | POS | $6.31 | — |
| WellCare | PFFS | $6.31 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $6.32 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $6.32 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | DualEligible | $6.44 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPOS | $6.44 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPPO | $6.44 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRSNP | $6.44 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | PFFS | $6.44 | — |
| American Health Plan | MGMCR | $6.44 | — |
| Shared Health | MGMCR | $6.44 | — |
| ProCare Advantage | MGMCR | $6.44 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRHMO | $6.44 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | POS | $6.50 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | MCRHMO | $6.50 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PFFS | $6.50 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PPO | $6.50 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | SNP | $6.50 | — |
| Molina | MGMCR | $6.68 | — |
| Kindred Hospital | MGMCR | $7.05 | — |
| Universal Healthcare Group | MCR | $7.36 | — |
| Verda Health Plan | MCR | $7.97 | — |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $8.89 | — |
| Community Health Choice | HIX | $8.89 | — |
| Superior | EPO | $9.50 | — |
| Superior | HMO | $9.50 | — |
| UTMB | MGMCR | $9.99 | — |
| Corvel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $12.14 | — |
| OMNI Healthcare | WORKERSCOMP | $12.87 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $13.18 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $15.94 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $15.94 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $15.94 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $15.94 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $15.94 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $16.87 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $17.04 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $18.60 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $22.63 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $22.63 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $22.63 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $23.29 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $23.29 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $23.29 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $24.01 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $24.01 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $24.01 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $28.30 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $28.30 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $28.30 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $30.54 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $30.54 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $30.54 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $34.54 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $34.54 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $34.54 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $34.54 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $37.20 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $37.20 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $44.11 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $51.81 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $53.67 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $62.97 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $62.97 | — |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $66.43 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $82.98 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $82.98 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $93.00 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $114.26 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $119.57 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $119.57 | — |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $132.85 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $141.62 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $146.14 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $146.14 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $159.43 | — |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $159.43 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $159.43 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $159.43 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $172.71 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $212.57 | — |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $212.57 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $217.88 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $225.85 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $225.85 | — |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $239.14 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $239.14 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | — |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $84.96 | $18.45 – $134.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $108.19 | $18.45 – $162.29 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $96.98 | $18.45 – $149.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $84.96 | $16.87 – $134.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $108.19 | $18.45 – $162.29 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $108.19 | $18.45 – $253.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $96.98 | $18.45 – $149.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $84.96 | $18.45 – $134.00 |