Assay duodenal fluid trypsin 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

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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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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.

$5.93 with Texas Health Network vs $96.19 with Humana — 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 $5.93
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $6.05
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $6.05
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $6.05
UTMB MGMCD $6.05
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $6.05
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $6.05
Amerigroup MGMCD $6.05
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $6.05
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $6.05
United MGMCD $6.17
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $6.53
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $6.66
Molina Healthcare CHIP $6.66
Molina Healthcare STAR $6.66
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $6.66
Oscar MGMCR $7.06
United SmallGroup $7.20
Amerigroup DualEligible $7.20
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $7.20
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $7.20
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $7.20
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $7.20
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $7.20
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $7.20
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $7.20
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $7.20
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $7.20
CHC Harris Health Indigent $7.20
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $7.20
BCBS MCRPPO $7.20
Devoted Health MGMCR $7.20
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $7.20
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $7.20
United AllPayerAppendix $7.20
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $7.20
WellMed MGMCR $7.24
Aetna MCR $7.26
Van Lang IPA MCR $7.27
United MCR $7.34
WellCare MCRHMO $7.42
WellCare SNP $7.42
WellCare POS $7.42
WellCare PPO $7.42
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $7.42
WellCare PFFS $7.42
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $7.56
Humana MCD $7.56
American Health Plan MGMCR $7.56
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $7.56
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $7.56
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $7.56
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $7.56
Superior Health Plan PFFS $7.56
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $7.56
Shared Health MGMCR $7.56
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $7.63
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $7.63
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $7.63
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $7.63
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $7.63
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $7.79
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $7.79
Molina MGMCR $7.85
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $8.28
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $8.64
Verda Health Plan MCR $9.36
Community Health Choice HIX $10.44
Superior ValueHMO $10.44
Superior EPO $11.16
Superior HMO $11.16
UTMB MGMCR $11.74
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $14.26
BCBS MyBlueHealth $14.54
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $15.12
Molina Healthcare HIX $15.48
BCBS BAV $16.06
BCBS HMO $20.09
Oscar HIX $20.81
BCBS EPOSOA $21.53
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $21.60
BCBS PPO $22.97
Aetna QHPExchange $26.37
Cigna CSN $29.27
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $31.70
Aetna NBHMO $35.06
Aetna NBPOS $35.06
Aetna NBPPO $35.06
Aetna COMMPPO $37.25
Aetna COMMPOS $37.25
Aetna COMMHMO $37.25
Cigna PPO $37.72
Aetna OONPOS $43.76
Aetna OONHMO $43.76
Aetna OONPPO $43.76
Aetna ASAHMO $47.32
Aetna ASAPOS $47.32
Aetna ASAPPO $47.32
Humana HMO $96.19
Humana PPO $96.19
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Assay duodenal fluid trypsin at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Hospital Mansfield Mansfield $66.84 $7.20 – $30.47
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $6.48 – $27.72
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $6.05 – $29.27
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $15.72 – $31.39
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $5.93 – $29.27
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $5.93 – $29.27
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $6.05 – $29.27
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $6.05 – $29.27

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