Brachy source iodine-125 nonstranded at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
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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.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
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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.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$21.45 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $148.50 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
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 |
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| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $21.45 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $21.45 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $21.45 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $21.45 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $23.10 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $23.10 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $24.42 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $26.40 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $27.39 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $29.04 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $31.35 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $39.10 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $39.10 | — |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $41.25 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $57.75 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $65.22 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $66.00 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $70.95 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $71.99 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $74.25 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $87.94 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $90.75 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $90.75 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $99.00 | — |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $99.00 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $99.00 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $99.00 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $106.92 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $106.92 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $106.92 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $132.00 | — |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $132.00 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $135.30 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $140.25 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $140.25 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $148.50 | — |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $148.50 | — |
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Brachy source iodine-125 nonstranded at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $260.23 | $22.81 – $161.10 |
| St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital | College Station | $260.23 | $35.80 – $152.15 |
| St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital | Navasota | $260.23 | $35.80 – $198.69 |
| St. Joseph Health Burleson Hospital | Caldwell | $260.23 | $35.80 – $161.10 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | not published | $137.21 – $137.21 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $65.22 – $65.22 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | not published | $139.71 – $139.71 |
| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | not published | $65.22 – $65.22 |