Assay toxin or antitoxin 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

$1,074.22

Cash price

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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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$1,074.22

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.

$16.25 with Texas Health Network vs $966.80 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.

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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 $16.25 ↓ -98%
UTMB MGMCD $16.58 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $16.58 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $16.58 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $16.58 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $16.58 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $16.58 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $16.58 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $16.58 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $16.58 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $16.91 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $17.91 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $18.24 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $18.24 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $18.24 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $18.24 ↓ -98%
Oscar MGMCR $19.35 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $19.74 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $19.74 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $19.74 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $19.74 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $19.74 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MGMCR $19.74 ↓ -98%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $19.74 ↓ -98%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $19.74 ↓ -98%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $19.74 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $19.74 ↓ -98%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $19.74 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $19.74 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $19.74 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $19.74 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $19.74 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $19.74 ↓ -98%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $19.74 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup DualEligible $19.74 ↓ -98%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $19.74 ↓ -98%
WellMed MGMCR $19.84 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $19.91 ↓ -98%
Van Lang IPA MCR $19.94 ↓ -98%
United MCR $20.13 ↓ -98%
WellCare PPO $20.33 ↓ -98%
WellCare SNP $20.33 ↓ -98%
WellCare MCRHMO $20.33 ↓ -98%
WellCare POS $20.33 ↓ -98%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $20.33 ↓ -98%
WellCare PFFS $20.33 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $20.72 ↓ -98%
Shared Health MGMCR $20.73 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan MGMCR $20.73 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $20.73 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $20.73 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $20.73 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $20.73 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $20.73 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $20.73 ↓ -98%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $20.73 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $20.92 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $20.92 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $20.92 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $20.92 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $20.92 ↓ -98%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $21.36 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $21.36 ↓ -98%
Molina MGMCR $21.52 ↓ -98%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $22.70 ↓ -98%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $23.69 ↓ -98%
Verda Health Plan MCR $25.66 ↓ -98%
Superior ValueHMO $28.62 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice HIX $28.62 ↓ -97%
Superior EPO $30.60 ↓ -97%
Superior HMO $30.60 ↓ -97%
UTMB MGMCR $32.18 ↓ -97%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $39.09 ↓ -96%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $39.87 ↓ -96%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $41.45 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare HIX $42.44 ↓ -96%
BCBS BAV $44.02 ↓ -96%
BCBS HMO $55.07 ↓ -95%
Oscar HIX $57.05 ↓ -95%
BCBS EPOSOA $59.02 ↓ -95%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $59.22 ↓ -94%
BCBS PPO $62.97 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $64.45 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $64.45 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $64.45 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $64.45 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $64.45 ↓ -94%
Aetna QHPExchange $72.30 ↓ -93%
Cigna CSN $80.84 ↓ -92%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $87.56 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBHMO $96.15 ↓ -91%
Aetna NBPOS $96.15 ↓ -91%
Aetna NBPPO $96.15 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMMHMO $102.15 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMMPPO $102.15 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMMPOS $102.15 ↓ -90%
Cigna PPO $104.18 ↓ -90%
Aetna OONPOS $120.00 ↓ -89%
Aetna OONPPO $120.00 ↓ -89%
Aetna OONHMO $120.00 ↓ -89%
Aetna ASAPOS $129.75 ↓ -88%
Aetna ASAHMO $129.75 ↓ -88%
Aetna ASAPPO $129.75 ↓ -88%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $178.32 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $189.06 ↓ -82%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $257.81 ↓ -76%
Humana HMO $263.68 ↓ -75%
Humana PPO $263.68 ↓ -75%
IPA Management Services COMM $268.56 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $293.26 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $375.98 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $375.98 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $375.98 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $461.91 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $483.40 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $483.40 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $483.40 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $537.11 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $572.56 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $590.82 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $590.82 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $644.53 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $644.53 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $644.53 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $644.53 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $698.24 ↓ -35%
Beech Street COMMPPO $859.38 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $859.38 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $880.86 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $913.09 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $913.09 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $966.80 ↓ -10%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $966.80 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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