Brachy source yttrium-90 at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$73,177.56
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.
$73,177.56
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.
$9,513.08 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $65,859.80 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 | STAR+PLUS | $9,513.08 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $9,513.08 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $9,513.08 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $9,513.08 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $10,244.86 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $10,244.86 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | CSN | $10,830.28 | ↓ -85% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $11,708.41 | ↓ -84% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $12,147.47 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $12,879.25 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna | PPO | $13,903.74 | ↓ -81% |
| United | SmallGroup | $16,800.00 | ↓ -77% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $17,343.08 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $17,343.08 | ↓ -76% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $17,698.00 | ↓ -76% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $24,000.00 | ↓ -67% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $25,612.15 | ↓ -65% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $29,271.02 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $31,277.57 | ↓ -57% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $31,466.35 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $32,929.90 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS | BAV | $34,524.97 | ↓ -53% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $39,003.64 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $40,247.66 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $40,247.66 | ↓ -45% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $43,906.54 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $43,906.54 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $43,906.54 | ↓ -40% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $43,906.54 | ↓ -40% |
| BCBS | PPO | $51,274.71 | ↓ -30% |
| BCBS | HMO | $51,274.71 | ↓ -30% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $51,274.71 | ↓ -30% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $58,542.05 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $60,005.60 | ↓ -18% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $62,200.93 | ↓ -15% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $62,200.93 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $65,859.80 | ↓ -10% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $65,859.80 | ↓ -10% |
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Brachy source yttrium-90 at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $35,900.28 | $66,998.95 – $66,998.95 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | $26,400.91 | $31,277.57 – $31,277.57 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $58,300.55 | $16,676.33 – $79,411.06 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $58,300.55 | $17,470.44 – $79,411.06 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $58,300.55 | $17,470.44 – $79,411.06 |
| HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST | PASADENA | $99,999.99 | $31,277.57 – $31,277.57 |
| St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital | The Woodlands | $58,300.55 | $17,470.44 – $79,411.06 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $58,300.55 | $17,470.44 – $79,411.06 |