Assay of neonatal thyroxine 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.
$5.32 with Texas Health Network vs $86.34 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.
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 | $5.32 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $5.43 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $5.43 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $5.43 | — |
| UTMB | MGMCD | $5.43 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $5.43 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $5.43 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $5.43 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $5.43 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $5.43 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $5.54 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $5.86 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $5.97 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $5.97 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $5.97 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $5.97 | — |
| Oscar | MGMCR | $6.34 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $6.47 | — |
| Amerigroup | DualEligible | $6.47 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | PFFS | $6.47 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRSNP | $6.47 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRPPO | $6.47 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRHMO | $6.47 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $6.47 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS | $6.47 | — |
| Renaissance IPA Radiology | MCR | $6.47 | — |
| Renaissance IPA Radiology | COMM | $6.47 | — |
| Kelsey Seybold | MGMCR | $6.47 | — |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $6.47 | — |
| BCBS | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $6.47 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $6.47 | — |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $6.47 | — |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $6.47 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MMP | $6.47 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $6.47 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $6.47 | — |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $6.50 | — |
| Aetna | MCR | $6.52 | — |
| Van Lang IPA | MCR | $6.53 | — |
| United | MCR | $6.60 | — |
| WellCare | MCRHMO | $6.66 | — |
| WellCare | SNP | $6.66 | — |
| WellCare | POS | $6.66 | — |
| WellCare | PPO | $6.66 | — |
| Integranet Amerigroup IPA | MCR | $6.66 | — |
| WellCare | PFFS | $6.66 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRSNP | $6.79 | — |
| Humana | MCD | $6.79 | — |
| American Health Plan | MGMCR | $6.79 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | DualEligible | $6.79 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRHMO | $6.79 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPOS | $6.79 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPPO | $6.79 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | PFFS | $6.79 | — |
| ProCare Advantage | MGMCR | $6.79 | — |
| Shared Health | MGMCR | $6.79 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | MCRHMO | $6.86 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PPO | $6.86 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | SNP | $6.86 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | POS | $6.86 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PFFS | $6.86 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $7.00 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $7.00 | — |
| Molina | MGMCR | $7.05 | — |
| Kindred Hospital | MGMCR | $7.44 | — |
| Universal Healthcare Group | MCR | $7.76 | — |
| Verda Health Plan | MCR | $8.41 | — |
| Community Health Choice | HIX | $9.38 | — |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $9.38 | — |
| Superior | EPO | $10.03 | — |
| Superior | HMO | $10.03 | — |
| UTMB | MGMCR | $10.55 | — |
| Corvel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $12.81 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $13.07 | — |
| OMNI Healthcare | WORKERSCOMP | $13.59 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $13.91 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $14.43 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $18.05 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $18.70 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $19.35 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $19.39 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $20.64 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $23.71 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $26.50 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $28.70 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $31.54 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $31.54 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $31.54 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $33.51 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $33.51 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $33.51 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $34.15 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $39.36 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $39.36 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $39.36 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $42.56 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $42.56 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $42.56 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $86.34 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $86.34 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
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Assay of neonatal thyroxine at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $13.33 | $5.43 – $16.66 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $13.33 | $5.43 – $16.66 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $13.33 | $5.43 – $16.66 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE | Grapevine | $13.33 | $5.43 – $16.66 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - IRVING | Irving | $13.33 | $5.43 – $16.66 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - LAKE POINTE | Rowlett | $13.33 | $5.43 – $16.66 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY | McKinney | $13.33 | $5.43 – $16.66 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY | Frisco | $13.33 | $5.43 – $16.66 |