Artery x-rays lung at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
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.
$132.29 with Texas Health Network vs $8,773.92 with Multiplan — 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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| Texas Health Network | MCD | $132.29 | — |
| UTMB | MGMCD | $134.99 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $134.99 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $134.99 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $134.99 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $134.99 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $134.99 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $134.99 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $134.99 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $134.99 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $137.69 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $145.79 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $148.49 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $148.49 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $148.49 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $148.49 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $163.64 | — |
| Humana | MCD | $168.74 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $176.66 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $299.30 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $316.13 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $323.91 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $328.22 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $339.38 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $385.04 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $481.51 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $584.93 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $584.93 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $584.93 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $584.93 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $584.93 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $639.97 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $639.97 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $639.97 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $680.78 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $680.78 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $680.78 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $800.48 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $800.48 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $800.48 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $865.09 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $865.09 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $865.09 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $1,618.30 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $1,681.94 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $1,681.94 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,715.79 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $2,339.71 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $2,485.94 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $2,661.42 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $3,412.08 | — |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $3,412.08 | — |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $3,412.08 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $3,899.52 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $3,899.52 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $4,191.98 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $4,386.96 | — |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $4,386.96 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $4,386.96 | — |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $4,874.40 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $5,196.11 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $5,361.84 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $5,361.84 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $5,437.15 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $5,849.28 | — |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $5,849.28 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $5,849.28 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $5,849.28 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $6,336.72 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $6,438.74 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $6,438.74 | — |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $7,799.04 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $7,994.02 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $8,286.48 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $8,286.48 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $8,773.92 | — |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $8,773.92 | — |
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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 | $1,704.33 | $134.99 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $2,168.15 | $312.41 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,079.54 | $134.99 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,704.33 | $134.99 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $2,168.15 | $144.44 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $2,168.15 | $134.99 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $2,079.54 | $134.99 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $1,704.33 | $134.99 – $7,896.23 |