Artery x-rays adrenals 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

$7,023.55

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.

$7,023.55

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.

$169.08 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $10,115.17 with BCBS — 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
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $169.08 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $169.08 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $169.08 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $169.08 ↓ -98%
Texas Health Network MCD $169.29 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $172.46 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $172.75 ↓ -98%
UTMB MGMCD $172.75 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $172.75 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $172.75 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $172.75 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $182.61 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STAR $190.03 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $190.03 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $190.03 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $190.03 ↓ -97%
Humana MCD $215.94 ↓ -97%
Cigna CSN $394.68 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $421.41 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $421.41 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $421.41 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $421.41 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $421.41 ↓ -94%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $427.14 ↓ -94%
Cigna PPO $507.75 ↓ -93%
Aetna QHPExchange $636.35 ↓ -91%
Aetna NBHMO $845.77 ↓ -88%
Aetna NBPPO $845.77 ↓ -88%
Aetna NBPOS $845.77 ↓ -88%
Aetna COMMHMO $899.70 ↓ -87%
Aetna COMMPPO $899.70 ↓ -87%
Aetna COMMPOS $899.70 ↓ -87%
Aetna OONHMO $1,057.89 ↓ -85%
Aetna OONPPO $1,057.89 ↓ -85%
Aetna OONPOS $1,057.89 ↓ -85%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,143.27 ↓ -84%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,143.27 ↓ -84%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,143.27 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,165.91 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $1,236.14 ↓ -82%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $1,685.65 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,791.01 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,917.43 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $2,122.07 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $2,122.07 ↓ -70%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $2,458.24 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $2,458.24 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $2,458.24 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $2,809.42 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2,809.42 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $3,020.13 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $3,160.60 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $3,160.60 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $3,160.60 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $3,511.78 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $3,743.55 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $3,862.95 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $3,862.95 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $4,214.13 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $4,214.13 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $4,214.13 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $4,214.13 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $4,565.31 ↓ -35%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $4,877.45 ↓ -31%
BCBS BAV $5,265.43 ↓ -25%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5,437.15 ↓ -23%
Beech Street COMMPPO $5,618.84 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $5,759.31 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $5,970.02 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $5,970.02 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $6,321.19 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $6,321.19 ↓ -10%
United AllPayerAppendix $6,438.74 ↓ -8%
United SmallGroup $6,438.74 ↓ -8%
BCBS HMO $9,422.35 ↑ +34%
BCBS EPOSOA $9,782.62 ↑ +39%
BCBS PPO $10,115.17 ↑ +44%

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