Artery x-rays lung at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$13,214.51
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.
$13,214.51
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.
$127.38 with Texas Health Network vs $10,571.61 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Health Network | MCD | $127.38 | ↓ -99% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $129.98 | ↓ -99% |
| UTMB | MGMCD | $129.98 | ↓ -99% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $129.98 | ↓ -99% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $129.98 | ↓ -99% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $129.98 | ↓ -99% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $130.98 | ↓ -99% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $130.98 | ↓ -99% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $130.98 | ↓ -99% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $130.98 | ↓ -99% |
| United | MGMCD | $133.60 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $141.46 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $142.98 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $142.98 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $142.98 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $142.98 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | MCD | $162.47 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna | CSN | $258.02 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $279.24 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna | PPO | $331.93 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $421.97 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $560.84 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $560.84 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $560.84 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $596.60 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $596.60 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $596.60 | ↓ -95% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $673.52 | ↓ -95% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $673.52 | ↓ -95% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $673.52 | ↓ -95% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $673.52 | ↓ -95% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $673.52 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $701.49 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $701.49 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $701.49 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $758.11 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $758.11 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $758.11 | ↓ -94% |
| Humana | HMO | $1,521.31 | ↓ -88% |
| Humana | PPO | $1,521.31 | ↓ -88% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $1,863.41 | ↓ -86% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,975.67 | ↓ -85% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $2,694.09 | ↓ -80% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $2,862.47 | ↓ -78% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $3,064.53 | ↓ -77% |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $3,303.63 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $3,928.88 | ↓ -70% |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $3,928.88 | ↓ -70% |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $3,928.88 | ↓ -70% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $4,490.15 | ↓ -66% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $4,490.15 | ↓ -66% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $4,826.91 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $4,877.45 | ↓ -63% |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $5,051.42 | ↓ -62% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $5,051.42 | ↓ -62% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $5,051.42 | ↓ -62% |
| BCBS | BAV | $5,265.43 | ↓ -60% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $5,437.15 | ↓ -59% |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $5,612.69 | ↓ -58% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $5,983.12 | ↓ -55% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $6,173.95 | ↓ -53% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $6,173.95 | ↓ -53% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $6,438.74 | ↓ -51% |
| United | SmallGroup | $6,438.74 | ↓ -51% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $6,735.22 | ↓ -49% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $6,735.22 | ↓ -49% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $6,735.22 | ↓ -49% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $6,735.22 | ↓ -49% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $7,296.49 | ↓ -45% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $8,980.30 | ↓ -32% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $9,204.80 | ↓ -30% |
| BCBS | HMO | $9,422.35 | ↓ -29% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $9,541.56 | ↓ -28% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $9,541.56 | ↓ -28% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $9,782.62 | ↓ -26% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $10,102.83 | ↓ -24% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $10,102.83 | ↓ -24% |
| BCBS | PPO | $10,115.17 | ↓ -23% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $10,571.61 | ↓ -20% |
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Artery x-rays lung at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $3,150.00 | $129.98 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $3,402.00 | $700.25 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,344.80 | $129.98 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $3,150.00 | $129.98 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $3,402.00 | $139.08 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $3,402.00 | $129.98 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $2,344.80 | $129.98 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $3,150.00 | $129.98 – $7,896.23 |