Cell count w differential 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.

$4.61 with Texas Health Network vs $993.11 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.

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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 $4.61
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $4.70
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $4.70
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $4.70
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $4.70
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $4.70
UTMB MGMCD $4.70
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $4.70
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $4.70
Amerigroup MGMCD $4.70
United MGMCD $4.79
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $5.08
Molina Healthcare CHIP $5.17
Molina Healthcare STAR $5.17
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $5.17
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $5.17
Oscar MGMCR $5.49
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $5.60
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5.60
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $5.60
United AllPayerAppendix $5.60
Devoted Health MGMCR $5.60
United SmallGroup $5.60
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $5.60
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $5.60
CHC Harris Health Indigent $5.60
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $5.60
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $5.60
BCBS MCRPPO $5.60
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $5.60
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $5.60
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $5.60
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $5.60
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $5.60
Amerigroup DualEligible $5.60
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $5.60
WellMed MGMCR $5.63
Aetna MCR $5.65
Van Lang IPA MCR $5.66
United MCR $5.71
WellCare PPO $5.77
WellCare MCRHMO $5.77
WellCare PFFS $5.77
WellCare POS $5.77
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $5.77
WellCare SNP $5.77
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $5.88
Humana MCD $5.88
American Health Plan MGMCR $5.88
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $5.88
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $5.88
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $5.88
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $5.88
Superior Health Plan PFFS $5.88
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $5.88
Shared Health MGMCR $5.88
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $5.94
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $5.94
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $5.94
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $5.94
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $5.94
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $6.06
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $6.06
Molina MGMCR $6.10
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $6.44
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $6.72
Verda Health Plan MCR $7.28
Superior ValueHMO $8.12
Community Health Choice HIX $8.12
Superior HMO $8.68
Superior EPO $8.68
UTMB MGMCR $9.13
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $11.09
BCBS MyBlueHealth $11.31
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $11.76
Molina Healthcare HIX $12.04
BCBS BAV $12.49
BCBS HMO $15.62
Oscar HIX $16.18
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $16.52
BCBS EPOSOA $16.74
BCBS PPO $17.86
Aetna QHPExchange $20.53
Cigna CSN $23.69
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $25.65
Aetna NBHMO $27.31
Aetna NBPOS $27.31
Aetna NBPPO $27.31
Aetna COMMPOS $29.01
Aetna COMMHMO $29.01
Aetna COMMPPO $29.01
Cigna PPO $30.52
Aetna OONHMO $34.08
Aetna OONPOS $34.08
Aetna OONPPO $34.08
Aetna ASAPOS $36.85
Aetna ASAHMO $36.85
Aetna ASAPPO $36.85
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $66.21
Superior Health Plan CHIP $66.21
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $66.21
Superior Health Plan STAR $66.21
Superior Health Plan STARKids $66.21
Humana PPO $73.58
Humana HMO $73.58
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $183.17
United OptionsPPO $194.21
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $264.83
IPA Management Services COMM $275.87
Evry Health BroadNetwork $301.24
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $386.21
BCBS Traditional $386.21
Imagine Health PPO $386.21
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $474.49
United GlobalAppendix $496.56
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $496.56
Averde Health Commercial $496.56
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $551.73
Coventry National First Health COMM $588.14
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $606.90
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $606.90
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $662.08
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $662.08
Beech Street WCOMP $662.08
Independent Medical System COMM $662.08
Coastal Comp COMM $717.25
Beech Street COMMPPO $882.77
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $882.77
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $904.84
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $937.94
Physicians, INC COMM $937.94
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $993.11
Affiliated PPO COMM $993.11
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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