Candida skin test at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
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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.
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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.
$24.67 with United vs $789.46 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 |
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| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $24.67 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $24.67 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $24.67 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $46.44 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $51.27 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $52.63 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $52.63 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $52.63 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $52.63 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $52.63 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $64.14 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $68.74 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $73.34 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $75.67 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $79.46 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $86.06 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $100.64 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $100.64 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $100.64 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $102.39 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $106.92 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $106.92 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $106.92 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $114.03 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $114.03 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $114.03 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $114.03 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $122.81 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $122.81 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $125.60 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $125.60 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $125.60 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $135.81 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $135.81 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $135.81 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $145.61 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $154.38 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $171.05 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $179.94 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $179.94 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $207.89 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $207.89 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $210.52 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $223.68 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $239.47 | — |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $307.01 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $307.01 | — |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $307.01 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $350.87 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $377.19 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $394.73 | — |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $394.73 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $394.73 | — |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $438.59 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $467.54 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $482.45 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $482.45 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $526.31 | — |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $526.31 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $526.31 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $526.31 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $570.17 | — |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $701.74 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $719.29 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $745.60 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $745.60 | — |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $789.46 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $789.46 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
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Candida skin test at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $91.85 | $10.00 – $114.82 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $37.68 | $7.76 – $73.76 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $37.68 | $7.54 – $73.76 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $91.85 | $10.00 – $114.82 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $37.68 | $12.00 – $73.76 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $37.68 | $8.00 – $73.76 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $37.68 | $12.00 – $73.76 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $91.85 | $10.00 – $114.82 |