Assay of osteocalcin 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.
$24.57 with Texas Health Network vs $2,146.41 with Affiliated PPO — 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 | $24.57 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $25.07 | — |
| UTMB | MGMCD | $25.07 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $25.07 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $25.07 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $25.07 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $25.07 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $25.07 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $25.07 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $25.07 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $25.57 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $27.08 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $27.58 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $27.58 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $27.58 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $27.58 | — |
| Oscar | MGMCR | $29.25 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $29.85 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $29.85 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRHMO | $29.85 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $29.85 | — |
| Kelsey Seybold | MGMCR | $29.85 | — |
| BCBS | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $29.85 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MMP | $29.85 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $29.85 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS | $29.85 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | PFFS | $29.85 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRSNP | $29.85 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRPPO | $29.85 | — |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $29.85 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $29.85 | — |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $29.85 | — |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $29.85 | — |
| Renaissance IPA Radiology | MCR | $29.85 | — |
| Renaissance IPA Radiology | COMM | $29.85 | — |
| Amerigroup | DualEligible | $29.85 | — |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $30.00 | — |
| Aetna | MCR | $30.10 | — |
| Van Lang IPA | MCR | $30.15 | — |
| United | MCR | $30.45 | — |
| WellCare | PFFS | $30.75 | — |
| WellCare | PPO | $30.75 | — |
| WellCare | SNP | $30.75 | — |
| WellCare | POS | $30.75 | — |
| WellCare | MCRHMO | $30.75 | — |
| Integranet Amerigroup IPA | MCR | $30.75 | — |
| Shared Health | MGMCR | $31.34 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRSNP | $31.34 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPPO | $31.34 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPOS | $31.34 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRHMO | $31.34 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | DualEligible | $31.34 | — |
| Humana | MCD | $31.34 | — |
| American Health Plan | MGMCR | $31.34 | — |
| ProCare Advantage | MGMCR | $31.34 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | PFFS | $31.34 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | POS | $31.64 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PFFS | $31.64 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PPO | $31.64 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | SNP | $31.64 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | MCRHMO | $31.64 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $32.31 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $32.31 | — |
| Molina | MGMCR | $32.54 | — |
| Kindred Hospital | MGMCR | $34.33 | — |
| Universal Healthcare Group | MCR | $35.82 | — |
| Verda Health Plan | MCR | $38.80 | — |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $43.28 | — |
| Community Health Choice | HIX | $43.28 | — |
| Superior | HMO | $46.27 | — |
| Superior | EPO | $46.27 | — |
| UTMB | MGMCR | $48.66 | — |
| Corvel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $59.10 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $60.30 | — |
| OMNI Healthcare | WORKERSCOMP | $62.69 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $64.18 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $66.57 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $83.28 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $86.27 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $89.25 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $89.55 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $95.22 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $109.37 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $122.67 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $132.87 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $143.09 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $143.09 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $143.09 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $143.09 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $143.09 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $145.44 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $145.44 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $145.44 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $154.52 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $154.52 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $154.52 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $158.08 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $181.52 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $181.52 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $181.52 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $196.27 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $196.27 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $196.27 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $395.89 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $398.72 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $398.72 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $419.74 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $572.38 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $651.08 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $834.72 | — |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $834.72 | — |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $834.72 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $1,025.51 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $1,073.20 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $1,073.20 | — |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $1,073.20 | — |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $1,192.45 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $1,271.15 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $1,311.69 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $1,311.69 | — |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $1,430.94 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $1,430.94 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $1,430.94 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $1,430.94 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $1,550.18 | — |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $1,907.92 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,955.62 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $2,027.16 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $2,027.16 | — |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $2,146.41 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $2,146.41 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $147.42 | $10.00 – $184.28 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $149.56 | $12.00 – $224.33 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $140.84 | $12.00 – $176.06 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $147.42 | $10.00 – $184.28 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $149.56 | $12.00 – $224.33 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $149.56 | $8.00 – $224.33 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $140.84 | $12.00 – $211.27 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $147.42 | $10.00 – $184.28 |