Cell marker study 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.
$49.76 with United vs $2,549.15 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.
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 | SmallGroup | $49.76 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $49.76 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $49.76 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $99.93 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $110.32 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $138.02 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $147.92 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $157.81 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $169.94 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $169.94 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $169.94 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $169.94 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $169.94 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $368.21 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $368.21 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $368.21 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $368.21 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $396.53 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $396.53 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $416.79 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $470.18 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $498.50 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $507.65 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $549.86 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $552.32 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $554.27 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $554.27 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $554.27 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $588.86 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $588.86 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $588.86 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $654.20 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $671.28 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $671.28 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $679.77 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $691.76 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $691.76 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $691.76 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $722.26 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $747.97 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $747.97 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $747.97 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $773.24 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $944.69 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $944.69 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $991.34 | — |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $991.34 | — |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $991.34 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $1,132.96 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $1,217.93 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $1,274.58 | — |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $1,274.58 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $1,274.58 | — |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $1,416.19 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $1,509.66 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $1,557.81 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $1,557.81 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $1,699.43 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $1,699.43 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $1,699.43 | — |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $1,699.43 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $1,841.05 | — |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $2,265.91 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $2,322.56 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $2,407.53 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $2,407.53 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $2,549.15 | — |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $2,549.15 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
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Cell marker study at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $825.00 | $35.00 – $382.27 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $825.00 | $36.00 – $411.73 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $825.00 | $36.00 – $343.11 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $825.00 | $35.00 – $382.27 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $825.00 | $36.00 – $411.73 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $825.00 | $26.00 – $411.73 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $825.00 | $36.00 – $411.73 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $825.00 | $35.00 – $382.27 |