Cdna analysis for variants 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

$2,325.14

Cash price

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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.

$2,325.14

Gross charge

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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.

$139.51 with Superior Health Plan vs $2,092.63 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.

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Payer
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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
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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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $139.51 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $139.51 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $139.51 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $139.51 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $139.51 ↓ -94%
Texas Health Network MCD $152.46 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $155.57 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup MGMCD $155.57 ↓ -93%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $155.57 ↓ -93%
UTMB MGMCD $155.57 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $155.57 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $155.57 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $155.57 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $155.57 ↓ -93%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $155.57 ↓ -93%
United MGMCD $158.68 ↓ -93%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $168.02 ↓ -93%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $171.13 ↓ -93%
Molina Healthcare STAR $171.13 ↓ -93%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $171.13 ↓ -93%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $171.13 ↓ -93%
Oscar MGMCR $181.50 ↓ -92%
Devoted Health MGMCR $185.20 ↓ -92%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $185.20 ↓ -92%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $185.20 ↓ -92%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $185.20 ↓ -92%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $185.20 ↓ -92%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $185.20 ↓ -92%
United AllPayerAppendix $185.20 ↓ -92%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $185.20 ↓ -92%
United SmallGroup $185.20 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup DualEligible $185.20 ↓ -92%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $185.20 ↓ -92%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $185.20 ↓ -92%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $185.20 ↓ -92%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $185.20 ↓ -92%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $185.20 ↓ -92%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $185.20 ↓ -92%
BCBS MCRPPO $185.20 ↓ -92%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $185.20 ↓ -92%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $185.20 ↓ -92%
WellMed MGMCR $186.13 ↓ -92%
Aetna MCR $186.77 ↓ -92%
Van Lang IPA MCR $187.05 ↓ -92%
United MCR $188.90 ↓ -92%
WellCare POS $190.76 ↓ -92%
WellCare MCRHMO $190.76 ↓ -92%
WellCare PFFS $190.76 ↓ -92%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $190.76 ↓ -92%
WellCare SNP $190.76 ↓ -92%
WellCare PPO $190.76 ↓ -92%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $194.46 ↓ -92%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $194.46 ↓ -92%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $194.46 ↓ -92%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $194.46 ↓ -92%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $194.46 ↓ -92%
American Health Plan MGMCR $194.46 ↓ -92%
Humana MCD $194.46 ↓ -92%
Shared Health MGMCR $194.46 ↓ -92%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $194.46 ↓ -92%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $194.46 ↓ -92%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $196.31 ↓ -92%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $196.31 ↓ -92%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $196.31 ↓ -92%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $196.31 ↓ -92%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $196.31 ↓ -92%
Molina MGMCR $201.87 ↓ -91%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $212.98 ↓ -91%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $222.24 ↓ -90%
Verda Health Plan MCR $240.76 ↓ -90%
Superior ValueHMO $268.54 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice HIX $268.54 ↓ -88%
Superior HMO $287.06 ↓ -88%
Superior EPO $287.06 ↓ -88%
UTMB MGMCR $301.88 ↓ -87%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $366.70 ↓ -84%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $374.10 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $385.97 ↓ -83%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $388.92 ↓ -83%
Molina Healthcare HIX $398.18 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $409.22 ↓ -82%
BCBS BAV $413.00 ↓ -82%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $450.04 ↓ -81%
BCBS HMO $516.71 ↓ -78%
Oscar HIX $535.23 ↓ -77%
BCBS EPOSOA $553.75 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $558.03 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $581.28 ↓ -75%
BCBS PPO $590.79 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $634.76 ↓ -73%
Aetna QHPExchange $678.42 ↓ -71%
Cigna CSN $762.47 ↓ -67%
Imagine Health PPO $813.80 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $813.80 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $813.80 ↓ -65%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $825.86 ↓ -64%
Aetna NBPOS $902.21 ↓ -61%
Aetna NBPPO $902.21 ↓ -61%
Aetna NBHMO $902.21 ↓ -61%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $930.06 ↓ -60%
Aetna COMMHMO $958.51 ↓ -59%
Aetna COMMPPO $958.51 ↓ -59%
Aetna COMMPOS $958.51 ↓ -59%
Cigna PPO $982.58 ↓ -58%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $999.81 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $1,046.31 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,046.31 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $1,046.31 ↓ -55%
Aetna OONHMO $1,126.00 ↓ -52%
Aetna OONPPO $1,126.00 ↓ -52%
Aetna OONPOS $1,126.00 ↓ -52%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $1,162.57 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,217.49 ↓ -48%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,217.49 ↓ -48%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,217.49 ↓ -48%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,239.30 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,278.83 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,278.83 ↓ -45%
Beech Street WCOMP $1,395.08 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $1,395.08 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,395.08 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,395.08 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $1,511.34 ↓ -35%
Beech Street COMMPPO $1,860.11 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,860.11 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,906.61 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,976.37 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,976.37 ↓ -15%
Humana PPO $2,003.86 ↓ -14%
Humana HMO $2,003.86 ↓ -14%
Affiliated PPO COMM $2,092.63 ↓ -10%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $2,092.63 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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