Bactericidal level serum 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

$1,003.03

Cash price

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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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$1,003.03

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.

$12.37 with Texas Health Network vs $902.73 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.

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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 $12.37 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $12.62 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $12.62 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $12.62 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $12.62 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $12.62 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $12.62 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $12.62 ↓ -99%
UTMB MGMCD $12.62 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $12.62 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $12.87 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $13.63 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $13.88 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $13.88 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $13.88 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $13.88 ↓ -99%
Oscar MGMCR $14.72 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $15.02 ↓ -99%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $15.02 ↓ -99%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $15.02 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $15.02 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $15.02 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $15.02 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $15.02 ↓ -99%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $15.02 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $15.02 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $15.02 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $15.02 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $15.02 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $15.02 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $15.02 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $15.02 ↓ -99%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $15.02 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $15.02 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $15.02 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $15.02 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $15.10 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $15.15 ↓ -98%
Van Lang IPA MCR $15.17 ↓ -98%
United MCR $15.32 ↓ -98%
WellCare PFFS $15.47 ↓ -98%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $15.47 ↓ -98%
WellCare MCRHMO $15.47 ↓ -98%
WellCare POS $15.47 ↓ -98%
WellCare SNP $15.47 ↓ -98%
WellCare PPO $15.47 ↓ -98%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $15.77 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $15.77 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $15.77 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $15.77 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $15.77 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $15.77 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $15.77 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan MGMCR $15.77 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $15.77 ↓ -98%
Shared Health MGMCR $15.77 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $15.92 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $15.92 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $15.92 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $15.92 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $15.92 ↓ -98%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $16.26 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $16.26 ↓ -98%
Molina MGMCR $16.37 ↓ -98%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $17.27 ↓ -98%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $18.02 ↓ -98%
Verda Health Plan MCR $19.53 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice HIX $21.78 ↓ -98%
Superior ValueHMO $21.78 ↓ -98%
Superior EPO $23.28 ↓ -98%
Superior HMO $23.28 ↓ -98%
UTMB MGMCR $24.48 ↓ -98%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $29.74 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $30.34 ↓ -97%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $31.54 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare HIX $32.29 ↓ -97%
BCBS BAV $33.49 ↓ -97%
BCBS HMO $41.91 ↓ -96%
Oscar HIX $43.41 ↓ -96%
BCBS EPOSOA $44.91 ↓ -96%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $45.08 ↓ -96%
BCBS PPO $47.91 ↓ -95%
Aetna QHPExchange $55.04 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STAR $60.18 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $60.18 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $60.18 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $60.18 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $60.18 ↓ -94%
Cigna CSN $61.31 ↓ -94%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $66.41 ↓ -93%
Aetna NBHMO $73.20 ↓ -93%
Aetna NBPPO $73.20 ↓ -93%
Aetna NBPOS $73.20 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMMPPO $77.77 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMMHMO $77.77 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMMPOS $77.77 ↓ -92%
Cigna PPO $79.01 ↓ -92%
Aetna OONPOS $91.36 ↓ -91%
Aetna OONHMO $91.36 ↓ -91%
Aetna OONPPO $91.36 ↓ -91%
Aetna ASAPOS $98.78 ↓ -90%
Aetna ASAPPO $98.78 ↓ -90%
Aetna ASAHMO $98.78 ↓ -90%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $166.50 ↓ -83%
Humana PPO $200.71 ↓ -80%
Humana HMO $200.71 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $202.61 ↓ -80%
IPA Management Services COMM $250.76 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $273.83 ↓ -73%
Imagine Health PPO $351.06 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $351.06 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $431.30 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $451.36 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $451.36 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $451.36 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $501.51 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $534.61 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $551.67 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $551.67 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $601.82 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $601.82 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $601.82 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $601.82 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $651.97 ↓ -35%
Beech Street COMMPPO $802.42 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $802.42 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $822.48 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $852.58 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $852.58 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $902.73 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $902.73 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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