Chest Physiotherapy (first session) at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$1,167.00
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.
$1,167.00
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.
$69.42 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,041.30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $69.42 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $69.42 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $69.42 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $69.42 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $69.42 | ↓ -94% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $150.41 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $150.41 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $150.41 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $150.41 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $161.98 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $161.98 | ↓ -86% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $205.39 | ↓ -82% |
| Oscar | HIX | $225.62 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $255.13 | ↓ -78% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $280.08 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS | BAV | $281.30 | ↓ -76% |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $289.25 | ↓ -75% |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS | PPO | $352.17 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $352.17 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS | HMO | $352.17 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $359.83 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $359.83 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $359.83 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $382.97 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $382.97 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $382.97 | ↓ -67% |
| Humana | PPO | $383.31 | ↓ -67% |
| Humana | HMO | $383.31 | ↓ -67% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $404.95 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $448.92 | ↓ -62% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $448.92 | ↓ -62% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $448.92 | ↓ -62% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $462.80 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $484.78 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $484.78 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $484.78 | ↓ -58% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $497.51 | ↓ -57% |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $520.65 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $520.65 | ↓ -55% |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $520.65 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $599.33 | ↓ -49% |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | ↓ -49% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $636.35 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $636.35 | ↓ -45% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $694.20 | ↓ -41% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $694.20 | ↓ -41% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $694.20 | ↓ -41% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $752.05 | ↓ -36% |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $867.75 | ↓ -26% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $925.60 | ↓ -21% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $948.74 | ↓ -19% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $983.45 | ↓ -16% |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $983.45 | ↓ -16% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $983.45 | ↓ -16% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $1,041.30 | ↓ -11% |
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Chest Physiotherapy (first session) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $572.01 | $419.77 – $419.77 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $226.54 | $64.19 – $316.45 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $216.95 | $44.66 – $325.43 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $202.10 | $40.42 – $316.45 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $226.54 | $60.41 – $316.45 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $216.95 | $69.64 – $325.43 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $216.95 | $112.09 – $3,235.82 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $202.10 | $67.37 – $316.45 |