Bronchial challenge at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$16,034.60
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.
$16,034.60
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.
$73.36 with BCBS vs $14,431.14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $73.36 | ↓ -100% |
| BCBS | BAV | $80.88 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | PPO | $101.26 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $101.26 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | HMO | $101.26 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | PPO | $295.51 | ↓ -98% |
| Humana | HMO | $295.51 | ↓ -98% |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | ↓ -98% |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | ↓ -97% |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | ↓ -96% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $962.08 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $962.08 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $962.08 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $962.08 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $962.08 | ↓ -94% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $2,084.50 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $2,084.50 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $2,084.50 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $2,084.50 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $2,244.84 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $2,244.84 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | CSN | $2,373.12 | ↓ -85% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $2,565.54 | ↓ -84% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $2,661.74 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $2,822.09 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna | PPO | $3,046.57 | ↓ -81% |
| Oscar | HIX | $3,126.75 | ↓ -80% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $3,800.20 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $3,800.20 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $3,848.30 | ↓ -76% |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $4,008.65 | ↓ -75% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $4,088.82 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $4,249.17 | ↓ -73% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $4,377.45 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $5,147.11 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $5,147.11 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $5,147.11 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $5,483.83 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $5,483.83 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $5,483.83 | ↓ -66% |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $5,612.11 | ↓ -65% |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $5,612.11 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $5,612.11 | ↓ -65% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $6,413.84 | ↓ -60% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $6,413.84 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $6,429.87 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $6,429.87 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $6,429.87 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $6,894.88 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $6,942.98 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $6,942.98 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $6,942.98 | ↓ -57% |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $7,215.57 | ↓ -55% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $7,215.57 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $7,215.57 | ↓ -55% |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $8,017.30 | ↓ -50% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $8,546.44 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $8,819.03 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $8,819.03 | ↓ -45% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $9,620.76 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $9,620.76 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $9,620.76 | ↓ -40% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $9,620.76 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $10,422.49 | ↓ -35% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $12,827.68 | ↓ -20% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $12,827.68 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $13,148.37 | ↓ -18% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $13,629.41 | ↓ -15% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $13,629.41 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $14,431.14 | ↓ -10% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $14,431.14 | ↓ -10% |
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Bronchial challenge at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $979.35 | $96.24 – $1,224.19 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,135.26 | $94.68 – $1,702.89 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,105.33 | $94.68 – $1,381.66 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $979.35 | $73.36 – $1,224.19 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,135.26 | $115.68 – $1,702.89 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,135.26 | $586.55 – $1,702.89 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,105.33 | $94.68 – $1,658.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $979.35 | $96.24 – $1,224.19 |