Calcitonin stimul panel at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE

225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

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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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$66.16 with Texas Health Network vs $1,073.78 with Humana — 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.

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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.

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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Texas Health Network MCD $66.16
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $67.51
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $67.51
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $67.51
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $67.51
Amerigroup MGMCD $67.51
UTMB MGMCD $67.51
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $67.51
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $67.51
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $67.51
United MGMCD $68.86
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $72.91
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $74.26
Molina Healthcare CHIP $74.26
Molina Healthcare STAR $74.26
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $74.26
Oscar MGMCR $78.76
United AllPayerAppendix $80.37
Amerigroup DualEligible $80.37
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $80.37
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $80.37
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $80.37
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $80.37
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $80.37
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $80.37
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $80.37
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $80.37
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $80.37
CHC Harris Health Indigent $80.37
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $80.37
BCBS MCRPPO $80.37
Devoted Health MGMCR $80.37
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $80.37
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $80.37
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $80.37
United SmallGroup $80.37
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $80.39
WellMed MGMCR $80.77
Aetna MCR $81.05
Van Lang IPA MCR $81.17
United MCR $81.98
WellCare SNP $82.78
WellCare POS $82.78
WellCare PPO $82.78
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $82.78
WellCare PFFS $82.78
WellCare MCRHMO $82.78
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $84.39
Humana MCD $84.39
American Health Plan MGMCR $84.39
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $84.39
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $84.39
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $84.39
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $84.39
Superior Health Plan PFFS $84.39
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $84.39
Shared Health MGMCR $84.39
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $85.19
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $85.19
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $85.19
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $85.19
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $85.19
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $86.98
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $86.98
Molina MGMCR $87.60
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $92.43
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $96.44
Verda Health Plan MCR $104.48
Community Health Choice HIX $116.54
Superior ValueHMO $116.54
Superior EPO $124.57
Superior HMO $124.57
UTMB MGMCR $131.00
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $159.13
BCBS MyBlueHealth $162.35
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $168.78
Molina Healthcare HIX $172.80
BCBS BAV $179.23
BCBS HMO $224.23
Oscar HIX $232.27
BCBS EPOSOA $240.31
BCBS PPO $256.38
Aetna QHPExchange $294.41
Cigna CSN $330.38
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $357.85
Aetna NBPPO $391.52
Aetna NBPOS $391.52
Aetna NBHMO $391.52
Aetna COMMPPO $415.95
Aetna COMMPOS $415.95
Aetna COMMHMO $415.95
Cigna PPO $425.75
Aetna OONPOS $488.64
Aetna OONPPO $488.64
Aetna OONHMO $488.64
Aetna ASAHMO $528.34
Aetna ASAPOS $528.34
Aetna ASAPPO $528.34
Humana HMO $1,073.78
Humana PPO $1,073.78
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Calcitonin stimul panel at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $72.33 – $309.42
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $67.51 – $330.38
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $175.53 – $350.41
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $66.16 – $330.38
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $66.16 – $330.38
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $67.51 – $330.38
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $67.51 – $330.38
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $66.16 – $330.38

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