Bone marrow imaging body 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

$10,024.80

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.

$10,024.80

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.

$229.87 with Texas Health Network vs $9,022.32 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 $229.87 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $234.56 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $234.56 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $234.56 ↓ -98%
UTMB MGMCD $234.56 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $234.56 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $244.59 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $244.59 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $244.59 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $244.59 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $249.48 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $258.02 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $258.02 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STAR $258.02 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $258.02 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $264.16 ↓ -97%
Humana MCD $293.20 ↓ -97%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $383.75 ↓ -96%
BCBS BAV $414.28 ↓ -96%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -95%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $601.49 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $601.49 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $601.49 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $601.49 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $601.49 ↓ -94%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $716.53 ↓ -93%
BCBS HMO $741.34 ↓ -93%
BCBS EPOSOA $769.68 ↓ -92%
BCBS PPO $795.85 ↓ -92%
United AllPayerAppendix $848.52 ↓ -92%
United SmallGroup $848.52 ↓ -92%
Aetna QHPExchange $1,192.06 ↓ -88%
Aetna NBPPO $1,584.36 ↓ -84%
Aetna NBPOS $1,584.36 ↓ -84%
Aetna NBHMO $1,584.36 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,664.12 ↓ -83%
Aetna COMMPPO $1,685.38 ↓ -83%
Aetna COMMPOS $1,685.38 ↓ -83%
Aetna COMMHMO $1,685.38 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $1,764.36 ↓ -82%
Aetna OONHMO $1,981.71 ↓ -80%
Aetna OONPOS $1,981.71 ↓ -80%
Aetna OONPPO $1,981.71 ↓ -80%
Aetna ASAPOS $2,141.67 ↓ -79%
Aetna ASAPPO $2,141.67 ↓ -79%
Aetna ASAHMO $2,141.67 ↓ -79%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $2,405.95 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,556.32 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $2,736.77 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $3,198.91 ↓ -68%
Humana HMO $3,198.91 ↓ -68%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $3,508.68 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $3,508.68 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $3,508.68 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $4,009.92 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $4,009.92 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $4,310.66 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $4,511.16 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $4,511.16 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $4,511.16 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $5,012.40 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $5,343.22 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $5,513.64 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $5,513.64 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $6,014.88 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $6,014.88 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $6,014.88 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $6,014.88 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $6,516.12 ↓ -35%
Beech Street COMMPPO $8,019.84 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $8,220.34 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $8,521.08 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $8,521.08 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $9,022.32 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $9,022.32 ↓ -10%

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Bone marrow imaging body at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $452.36 $225.20 – $1,021.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $973.73 $200.43 – $1,460.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,010.08 $225.20 – $1,262.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $452.36 $225.20 – $1,021.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $973.73 $240.96 – $1,460.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $973.73 $225.20 – $1,460.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,010.08 $225.20 – $1,515.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $452.36 $225.20 – $1,021.72

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