Cell count body fluid 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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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.

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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.

$3.88 with Texas Health Network vs $63.08 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
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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
Texas Health Network MCD $3.88
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $3.96
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $3.96
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $3.96
UTMB MGMCD $3.96
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $3.96
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $3.96
Amerigroup MGMCD $3.96
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $3.96
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $3.96
United MGMCD $4.04
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $4.28
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $4.36
Molina Healthcare CHIP $4.36
Molina Healthcare STAR $4.36
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $4.36
Oscar MGMCR $4.63
United AllPayerAppendix $4.72
Amerigroup DualEligible $4.72
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $4.72
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $4.72
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $4.72
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $4.72
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $4.72
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $4.72
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $4.72
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $4.72
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $4.72
CHC Harris Health Indigent $4.72
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $4.72
BCBS MCRPPO $4.72
Devoted Health MGMCR $4.72
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $4.72
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $4.72
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $4.72
United SmallGroup $4.72
WellMed MGMCR $4.74
Aetna MCR $4.76
Van Lang IPA MCR $4.77
United MCR $4.81
WellCare PFFS $4.86
WellCare MCRHMO $4.86
WellCare SNP $4.86
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $4.86
WellCare PPO $4.86
WellCare POS $4.86
Humana MCD $4.95
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $4.96
American Health Plan MGMCR $4.96
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $4.96
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $4.96
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $4.96
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $4.96
Superior Health Plan PFFS $4.96
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $4.96
Shared Health MGMCR $4.96
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $5.00
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $5.00
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $5.00
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $5.00
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $5.00
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $5.11
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $5.11
Molina MGMCR $5.14
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $5.43
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $5.66
Verda Health Plan MCR $6.14
Community Health Choice HIX $6.84
Superior ValueHMO $6.84
Superior EPO $7.32
Superior HMO $7.32
UTMB MGMCR $7.69
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $9.35
BCBS MyBlueHealth $9.53
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $9.91
Molina Healthcare HIX $10.15
BCBS BAV $10.53
BCBS HMO $13.17
Oscar HIX $13.64
BCBS EPOSOA $14.11
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $14.16
BCBS PPO $15.06
Aetna QHPExchange $17.30
Cigna CSN $19.53
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $21.15
Aetna NBHMO $23.01
Aetna NBPOS $23.01
Aetna NBPPO $23.01
Aetna COMMPPO $24.45
Aetna COMMPOS $24.45
Aetna COMMHMO $24.45
Cigna PPO $25.17
Aetna OONPOS $28.72
Aetna OONHMO $28.72
Aetna OONPPO $28.72
Aetna ASAHMO $31.05
Aetna ASAPOS $31.05
Aetna ASAPPO $31.05
Humana HMO $63.08
Humana PPO $63.08
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