Bone survey-lead poisoning 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

$6,968.13

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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.

$6,968.13

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.

$64.18 with Texas Health Network vs $6,271.32 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 $64.18 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $65.15 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $65.15 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $65.15 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $65.15 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $65.49 ↓ -99%
UTMB MGMCD $65.49 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $65.49 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $65.49 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $65.49 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $66.45 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $70.36 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $72.04 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $72.04 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $72.04 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $72.04 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $81.86 ↓ -99%
Cigna CSN $161.17 ↓ -98%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $174.42 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $197.26 ↓ -97%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04 ↓ -97%
Cigna PPO $207.34 ↓ -97%
BCBS BAV $212.95 ↓ -97%
United SmallGroup $245.18 ↓ -96%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -96%
Aetna QHPExchange $264.65 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBHMO $351.75 ↓ -95%
Aetna NBPPO $351.75 ↓ -95%
Aetna NBPOS $351.75 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMMHMO $374.17 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMMPPO $374.17 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMMPOS $374.17 ↓ -95%
BCBS HMO $381.07 ↓ -95%
BCBS EPOSOA $395.64 ↓ -94%
BCBS PPO $409.09 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $418.09 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $418.09 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $418.09 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $418.09 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $418.09 ↓ -94%
Aetna OONHMO $439.96 ↓ -94%
Aetna OONPPO $439.96 ↓ -94%
Aetna OONPOS $439.96 ↓ -94%
Aetna ASAPOS $475.47 ↓ -93%
Aetna ASAPPO $475.47 ↓ -93%
Aetna ASAHMO $475.47 ↓ -93%
Humana HMO $726.06 ↓ -90%
Humana PPO $726.06 ↓ -90%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,156.71 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $1,407.56 ↓ -80%
IPA Management Services COMM $1,742.03 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,776.87 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,902.30 ↓ -73%
Imagine Health PPO $2,438.85 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $2,438.85 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2,787.25 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $2,787.25 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $2,996.30 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $3,135.66 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $3,135.66 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $3,135.66 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $3,484.07 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $3,714.01 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $3,832.47 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $3,832.47 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $4,180.88 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $4,180.88 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $4,180.88 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $4,180.88 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $4,529.28 ↓ -35%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $5,574.50 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $5,574.50 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $5,713.87 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $5,922.91 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $5,922.91 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $6,271.32 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $6,271.32 ↓ -10%

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