Brachy src nonstrand hdr ir-192 at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$13,878.00
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.
$13,878.00
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.
$589.30 with BCBS vs $12,490.20 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $589.30 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | BAV | $650.48 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS | HMO | $966.06 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | PPO | $966.06 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $966.06 | ↓ -93% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $1,804.14 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $1,804.14 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $1,804.14 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $1,804.14 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $1,942.92 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $1,942.92 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | CSN | $2,053.94 | ↓ -85% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $2,220.48 | ↓ -84% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $2,303.75 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $2,442.53 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna | PPO | $2,636.82 | ↓ -81% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $3,289.09 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $3,289.09 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $4,857.30 | ↓ -65% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $5,551.20 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $5,967.54 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $6,245.10 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $7,396.97 | ↓ -47% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $7,632.90 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $7,632.90 | ↓ -45% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $8,326.80 | ↓ -40% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $8,326.80 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $8,326.80 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $8,326.80 | ↓ -40% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $11,102.40 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $11,379.96 | ↓ -18% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $11,796.30 | ↓ -15% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $11,796.30 | ↓ -15% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $12,490.20 | ↓ -10% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $12,490.20 | ↓ -10% |
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Brachy src nonstrand hdr ir-192 at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $76.86 | $1,262.32 – $1,262.32 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $220.50 | $132.30 – $630.00 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $436.75 | $436.75 – $2,620.49 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $220.50 | $138.60 – $630.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $220.50 | $138.60 – $630.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST | PASADENA | $3,439.78 | $589.30 – $589.30 |
| St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital | The Woodlands | $220.50 | $138.60 – $630.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $220.50 | $138.60 – $630.00 |