Blood Count (CBC) Test (without differential) 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

$812.34

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.

Full explanation →

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

$812.34

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$5.32 with Texas Health Network vs $731.11 with Affiliated PPO — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
Texas Health Network MCD $5.32 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $5.43 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $5.43 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $5.43 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $5.43 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $5.43 ↓ -99%
UTMB MGMCD $5.43 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $5.43 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $5.43 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $5.43 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $5.54 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $5.86 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $5.97 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $5.97 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $5.97 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $5.97 ↓ -99%
Oscar MGMCR $6.34 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $6.47 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $6.47 ↓ -99%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $6.47 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $6.47 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $6.47 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $6.47 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $6.47 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $6.47 ↓ -99%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $6.47 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $6.47 ↓ -99%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $6.47 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $6.47 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $6.47 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $6.47 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $6.47 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $6.47 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $6.47 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $6.47 ↓ -99%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $6.47 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $6.50 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $6.52 ↓ -99%
Van Lang IPA MCR $6.53 ↓ -99%
United MCR $6.60 ↓ -99%
WellCare PPO $6.66 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCRHMO $6.66 ↓ -99%
WellCare PFFS $6.66 ↓ -99%
WellCare POS $6.66 ↓ -99%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $6.66 ↓ -99%
WellCare SNP $6.66 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $6.79 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $6.79 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MGMCR $6.79 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $6.79 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $6.79 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $6.79 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $6.79 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $6.79 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $6.79 ↓ -99%
Shared Health MGMCR $6.79 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $6.86 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $6.86 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $6.86 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $6.86 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $6.86 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $7.00 ↓ -99%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $7.00 ↓ -99%
Molina MGMCR $7.05 ↓ -99%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $7.44 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $7.76 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MCR $8.41 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $9.38 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice HIX $9.38 ↓ -99%
Superior HMO $10.03 ↓ -99%
Superior EPO $10.03 ↓ -99%
UTMB MGMCR $10.55 ↓ -99%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $12.81 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $13.07 ↓ -98%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $13.59 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare HIX $13.91 ↓ -98%
BCBS BAV $14.43 ↓ -98%
BCBS HMO $18.05 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $18.70 ↓ -98%
BCBS EPOSOA $19.35 ↓ -98%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $19.39 ↓ -98%
BCBS PPO $20.64 ↓ -97%
Aetna QHPExchange $23.71 ↓ -97%
Cigna CSN $26.50 ↓ -97%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $28.70 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBHMO $31.54 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBPOS $31.54 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBPPO $31.54 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMMPOS $33.51 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMMHMO $33.51 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMMPPO $33.51 ↓ -96%
Cigna PPO $34.15 ↓ -96%
Aetna OONHMO $39.36 ↓ -95%
Aetna OONPOS $39.36 ↓ -95%
Aetna OONPPO $39.36 ↓ -95%
Aetna ASAPOS $42.56 ↓ -95%
Aetna ASAHMO $42.56 ↓ -95%
Aetna ASAPPO $42.56 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $48.74 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $48.74 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $48.74 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $48.74 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $48.74 ↓ -94%
Humana PPO $86.34 ↓ -89%
Humana HMO $86.34 ↓ -89%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $134.85 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $142.97 ↓ -82%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $194.96 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $203.09 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $221.77 ↓ -73%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $284.32 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $284.32 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $284.32 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $349.31 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $365.55 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $365.55 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $365.55 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $406.17 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $432.98 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $446.79 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $446.79 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $487.40 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $487.40 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $487.40 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $487.40 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $528.02 ↓ -35%
Beech Street COMMPPO $649.87 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $649.87 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $666.12 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $690.49 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $690.49 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $731.11 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $731.11 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Blood Count (CBC) Test (without differential) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $185.46 $5.82 – $24.91
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $89.90 $5.43 – $112.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $104.86 $9.48 – $157.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $93.57 $5.43 – $116.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $89.90 $5.43 – $112.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $104.86 $5.81 – $157.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $104.86 $5.43 – $157.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $93.57 $5.43 – $140.35

All Texas hospitals for this procedure →