Bypass temp external fem-fem at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$1,975.22
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.
$1,975.22
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.
$256.78 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $16,776.00 with Cigna — 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 | $256.78 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $256.78 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $256.78 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $256.78 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $276.53 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $276.53 | ↓ -86% |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | ↓ -85% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $327.89 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $347.64 | ↓ -82% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $468.13 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $468.13 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $474.05 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | ↓ -75% |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $691.33 | ↓ -65% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $790.09 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $849.34 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $888.85 | ↓ -55% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $948.00 | ↓ -52% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $948.00 | ↓ -52% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $948.00 | ↓ -52% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $948.00 | ↓ -52% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $948.00 | ↓ -52% |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $987.61 | ↓ -50% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $1,008.82 | ↓ -49% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $1,052.79 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $1,086.37 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $1,086.37 | ↓ -45% |
| BCBS | BAV | $1,141.22 | ↓ -42% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $1,185.13 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $1,185.13 | ↓ -40% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $1,185.13 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $1,185.13 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $1,283.89 | ↓ -35% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,305.16 | ↓ -34% |
| BCBS | HMO | $1,305.16 | ↓ -34% |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,305.16 | ↓ -34% |
| United | SmallGroup | $1,534.00 | ↓ -22% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $1,579.00 | ↓ -20% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $1,580.18 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,619.68 | ↓ -18% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $1,678.94 | ↓ -15% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $1,678.94 | ↓ -15% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $1,732.00 | ↓ -12% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $1,777.70 | ↓ -10% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $1,777.70 | ↓ -10% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $2,012.00 | ↑ +2% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $2,098.00 | ↑ +6% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $2,098.00 | ↑ +6% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $2,115.00 | ↑ +7% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $2,191.00 | ↑ +11% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $2,229.00 | ↑ +13% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $2,229.00 | ↑ +13% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $2,299.00 | ↑ +16% |
| Oscar | HIX | $2,358.00 | ↑ +19% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $2,431.00 | ↑ +23% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $2,434.00 | ↑ +23% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $2,444.00 | ↑ +24% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $2,623.00 | ↑ +33% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $2,623.00 | ↑ +33% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $2,832.00 | ↑ +43% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $2,832.00 | ↑ +43% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $2,876.00 | ↑ +46% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $3,106.00 | ↑ +57% |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $4,255.00 | ↑ +115% |
| Humana | HMO | $4,690.00 | ↑ +137% |
| Humana | PPO | $4,690.00 | ↑ +137% |
| Cigna | CSN | $13,023.00 | ↑ +559% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $14,109.00 | ↑ +614% |
| Cigna | PPO | $16,776.00 | ↑ +749% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $17,761.46 | $74.08 – $1,556.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $15,053.73 | $32.53 – $1,556.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $13,889.68 | $52.68 – $1,556.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $17,761.46 | $74.08 – $1,556.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $15,053.73 | $65.85 – $1,556.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $15,053.73 | $131.70 – $1,556.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $13,889.68 | $52.68 – $1,556.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $17,761.46 | $74.08 – $1,556.23 |