Chemo adm cns w/lmbr punct at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$1,241.51
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.
$1,241.51
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.
$74.49 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,734.30 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $74.49 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $74.49 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $74.49 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $74.49 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $74.49 | ↓ -94% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $161.40 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $161.40 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $161.40 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $161.40 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $173.81 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $173.81 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $191.44 | ↓ -85% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $206.09 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS | BAV | $211.07 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $218.51 | ↓ -82% |
| Oscar | HIX | $242.09 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS | HMO | $264.25 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS | PPO | $264.25 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $264.25 | ↓ -79% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $294.24 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $294.24 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $297.96 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | ↓ -76% |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $310.38 | ↓ -75% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $316.59 | ↓ -74% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $338.93 | ↓ -73% |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $434.53 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $434.53 | ↓ -65% |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $434.53 | ↓ -65% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $496.60 | ↓ -60% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $496.60 | ↓ -60% |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $533.85 | ↓ -57% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $558.68 | ↓ -55% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $558.68 | ↓ -55% |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $558.68 | ↓ -55% |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | ↓ -52% |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $620.75 | ↓ -50% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $661.72 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $682.83 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $682.83 | ↓ -45% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $744.91 | ↓ -40% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $744.91 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $744.91 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $744.91 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $806.98 | ↓ -35% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $993.21 | ↓ -20% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $993.21 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,018.04 | ↓ -18% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $1,055.28 | ↓ -15% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $1,055.28 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $1,117.36 | ↓ -10% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $1,117.36 | ↓ -10% |
| Humana | HMO | $1,734.30 | ↑ +40% |
| Humana | PPO | $1,734.30 | ↑ +40% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | not published by hospital | — |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,049.93 | $251.16 – $1,312.41 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,085.14 | $223.36 – $1,627.71 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $638.12 | $127.62 – $838.97 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,049.93 | $191.44 – $1,312.41 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,085.14 | $301.88 – $1,627.71 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,085.14 | $560.66 – $1,627.71 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $638.12 | $212.71 – $957.19 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $1,049.93 | $251.16 – $1,312.41 |