Brachy source palladium-103 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.
$47.19 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $326.70 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 | $47.19 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $47.19 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $47.19 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $47.19 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $50.82 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $50.82 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $53.72 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $58.08 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $60.26 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $63.89 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $68.97 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $86.03 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $86.03 | — |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $90.75 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $126.98 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $127.05 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $140.17 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $145.20 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $156.09 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $163.35 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $193.48 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $199.65 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $199.65 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $208.17 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $208.17 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $208.17 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $217.80 | — |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $217.80 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $217.80 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $217.80 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $290.40 | — |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $290.40 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $297.66 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $308.55 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $308.55 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $326.70 | — |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $326.70 | — |
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Brachy source palladium-103 nonstranded at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | not published | $267.15 – $267.15 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $126.98 – $126.98 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | not published | $272.01 – $272.01 |
| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | not published | $126.98 – $126.98 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | not published | $126.98 – $126.98 |
| HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST | SPRING | not published | $126.98 – $126.98 |
| HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND | Pearland | not published | $126.98 – $126.98 |
| HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST | PASADENA | not published | $126.98 – $126.98 |