Carotid Artery Ultrasound (Duplex) at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$12,137.83
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.
$12,137.83
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.
$187.63 with Texas Health Network vs $9,710.26 with Cigna Behavioral Health — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Health Network | MCD | $187.63 | ↓ -98% |
| UTMB | MGMCD | $191.46 | ↓ -98% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $191.46 | ↓ -98% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $191.46 | ↓ -98% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $195.46 | ↓ -98% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $195.46 | ↓ -98% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $195.46 | ↓ -98% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $195.46 | ↓ -98% |
| United | MGMCD | $199.37 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $210.61 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $210.61 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $210.61 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $210.61 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $211.10 | ↓ -98% |
| Humana | MCD | $239.33 | ↓ -98% |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $384.56 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | BAV | $424.00 | ↓ -97% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $446.48 | ↓ -96% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $446.48 | ↓ -96% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $446.48 | ↓ -96% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $446.48 | ↓ -96% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $446.48 | ↓ -96% |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | PPO | $530.82 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $530.82 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | HMO | $530.82 | ↓ -96% |
| Cigna | CSN | $557.32 | ↓ -95% |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | ↓ -95% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $603.15 | ↓ -95% |
| Cigna | PPO | $716.98 | ↓ -94% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $1,235.27 | ↓ -90% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,309.68 | ↓ -89% |
| Oscar | HIX | $1,451.07 | ↓ -88% |
| Humana | PPO | $1,535.02 | ↓ -87% |
| Humana | HMO | $1,535.02 | ↓ -87% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $1,763.60 | ↓ -85% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $1,763.60 | ↓ -85% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $1,785.93 | ↓ -85% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $1,897.55 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $1,971.96 | ↓ -84% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $2,031.49 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $2,388.68 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $2,388.68 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $2,388.68 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $2,544.95 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $2,544.95 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $2,544.95 | ↓ -79% |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $2,604.48 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $2,604.48 | ↓ -79% |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $2,604.48 | ↓ -79% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $2,976.54 | ↓ -75% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $2,976.54 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $2,983.99 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $2,983.99 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $2,983.99 | ↓ -75% |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $3,034.46 | ↓ -75% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $3,199.78 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $3,222.11 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $3,222.11 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $3,222.11 | ↓ -73% |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $3,348.61 | ↓ -72% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $3,348.61 | ↓ -72% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $3,348.61 | ↓ -72% |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $3,720.68 | ↓ -69% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $3,966.24 | ↓ -67% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $4,092.75 | ↓ -66% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $4,092.75 | ↓ -66% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $4,464.82 | ↓ -63% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $4,464.82 | ↓ -63% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $4,464.82 | ↓ -63% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $4,464.82 | ↓ -63% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $4,836.88 | ↓ -60% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $5,953.09 | ↓ -51% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $6,101.92 | ↓ -50% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $6,325.16 | ↓ -48% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $6,325.16 | ↓ -48% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $6,697.22 | ↓ -45% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $6,697.22 | ↓ -45% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $9,710.26 | ↓ -20% |
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Carotid Artery Ultrasound (Duplex) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $1,602.58 | $632.71 – $632.71 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,375.99 | $187.79 – $1,719.99 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,224.72 | $252.09 – $1,837.08 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,224.72 | $187.79 – $1,530.90 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,375.99 | $187.79 – $1,719.99 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,224.72 | $200.94 – $1,837.08 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,224.72 | $187.79 – $1,837.08 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,224.72 | $187.79 – $1,837.08 |