Cerebrospinal fld flw imag at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$13,341.82
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.
$13,341.82
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.
$294.38 with Texas Health Network vs $12,007.64 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.
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 | $294.38 | ↓ -98% |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | ↓ -98% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $300.39 | ↓ -98% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $300.39 | ↓ -98% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $300.39 | ↓ -98% |
| UTMB | MGMCD | $300.39 | ↓ -98% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $300.39 | ↓ -98% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $318.09 | ↓ -98% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $318.09 | ↓ -98% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $318.09 | ↓ -98% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $318.09 | ↓ -98% |
| United | MGMCD | $324.45 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $330.43 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $330.43 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $330.43 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $330.43 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $343.54 | ↓ -97% |
| Humana | MCD | $375.49 | ↓ -97% |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $544.23 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | BAV | $587.52 | ↓ -96% |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | ↓ -96% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $800.51 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $800.51 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $800.51 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $800.51 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $800.51 | ↓ -94% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $929.86 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | HMO | $1,051.35 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,091.55 | ↓ -92% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $1,101.15 | ↓ -92% |
| United | SmallGroup | $1,101.15 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,128.65 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $1,665.85 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $2,214.08 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $2,214.08 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $2,214.08 | ↓ -83% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $2,214.74 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $2,348.16 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $2,355.25 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $2,355.25 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $2,355.25 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $2,769.36 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $2,769.36 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $2,769.36 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $2,992.89 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $2,992.89 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $2,992.89 | ↓ -78% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $3,202.04 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $3,402.16 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $3,642.32 | ↓ -73% |
| Humana | PPO | $4,257.37 | ↓ -68% |
| Humana | HMO | $4,257.37 | ↓ -68% |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $4,669.64 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $4,669.64 | ↓ -65% |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $4,669.64 | ↓ -65% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $5,336.73 | ↓ -60% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $5,336.73 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $5,736.98 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $6,003.82 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $6,003.82 | ↓ -55% |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $6,003.82 | ↓ -55% |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $6,670.91 | ↓ -50% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $7,111.19 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $7,338.00 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $7,338.00 | ↓ -45% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $8,005.09 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $8,005.09 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $8,005.09 | ↓ -40% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $8,005.09 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $8,672.18 | ↓ -35% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $10,673.46 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $10,940.29 | ↓ -18% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $11,340.55 | ↓ -15% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $11,340.55 | ↓ -15% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $12,007.64 | ↓ -10% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $12,007.64 | ↓ -10% |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $895.95 | $290.70 – $1,338.97 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $907.45 | $311.05 – $1,361.17 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $907.45 | $290.70 – $1,361.17 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $952.82 | $290.70 – $1,429.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $895.95 | $290.70 – $1,338.97 |