Chylomicron screen, bf - sendout 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

$1,576.37

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.

$1,576.37

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.

$50.63 with Texas Health Network vs $1,418.73 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.

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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 $50.63 ↓ -97%
UTMB MGMCD $51.66 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $51.66 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $51.66 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $51.66 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $51.66 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $51.66 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $51.66 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $51.66 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $51.66 ↓ -97%
United MGMCD $52.69 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $55.79 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $56.83 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $56.83 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $56.83 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare STAR $56.83 ↓ -96%
Oscar MGMCR $60.27 ↓ -96%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $61.50 ↓ -96%
United SmallGroup $61.50 ↓ -96%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $61.50 ↓ -96%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $61.50 ↓ -96%
United AllPayerAppendix $61.50 ↓ -96%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $61.50 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health MGMCR $61.50 ↓ -96%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $61.50 ↓ -96%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $61.50 ↓ -96%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $61.50 ↓ -96%
BCBS MCRPPO $61.50 ↓ -96%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $61.50 ↓ -96%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $61.50 ↓ -96%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $61.50 ↓ -96%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $61.50 ↓ -96%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $61.50 ↓ -96%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $61.50 ↓ -96%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $61.50 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup DualEligible $61.50 ↓ -96%
WellMed MGMCR $61.81 ↓ -96%
Aetna MCR $62.02 ↓ -96%
Van Lang IPA MCR $62.12 ↓ -96%
United MCR $62.73 ↓ -96%
WellCare POS $63.34 ↓ -96%
WellCare SNP $63.34 ↓ -96%
WellCare PPO $63.34 ↓ -96%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $63.34 ↓ -96%
WellCare MCRHMO $63.34 ↓ -96%
WellCare PFFS $63.34 ↓ -96%
Humana MCD $64.57 ↓ -96%
Shared Health MGMCR $64.58 ↓ -96%
American Health Plan MGMCR $64.58 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $64.58 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $64.58 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $64.58 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $64.58 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $64.58 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $64.58 ↓ -96%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $64.58 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $65.19 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $65.19 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $65.19 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $65.19 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $65.19 ↓ -96%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $66.56 ↓ -96%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $66.56 ↓ -96%
Molina MGMCR $67.04 ↓ -96%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $70.72 ↓ -96%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $73.80 ↓ -95%
Verda Health Plan MCR $79.95 ↓ -95%
Superior ValueHMO $89.17 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice HIX $89.17 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $94.58 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $94.58 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $94.58 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $94.58 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $94.58 ↓ -94%
Superior EPO $95.33 ↓ -94%
Superior HMO $95.33 ↓ -94%
UTMB MGMCR $100.24 ↓ -94%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $121.77 ↓ -92%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $124.23 ↓ -92%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $129.15 ↓ -92%
Molina Healthcare HIX $132.22 ↓ -92%
BCBS BAV $137.15 ↓ -91%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $149.45 ↓ -91%
BCBS HMO $171.59 ↓ -89%
Oscar HIX $177.74 ↓ -89%
BCBS EPOSOA $183.89 ↓ -88%
BCBS PPO $196.19 ↓ -88%
Aetna QHPExchange $225.29 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $252.31 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $261.68 ↓ -83%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $273.29 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $277.44 ↓ -82%
Aetna NBHMO $299.60 ↓ -81%
Aetna NBPOS $299.60 ↓ -81%
Aetna NBPPO $299.60 ↓ -81%
Aetna COMMHMO $318.30 ↓ -80%
Aetna COMMPOS $318.30 ↓ -80%
Aetna COMMPPO $318.30 ↓ -80%
Cigna PPO $325.15 ↓ -79%
Aetna OONPPO $373.92 ↓ -76%
Aetna OONPOS $373.92 ↓ -76%
Aetna OONHMO $373.92 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $378.33 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $394.09 ↓ -75%
Aetna ASAPOS $404.30 ↓ -74%
Aetna ASAHMO $404.30 ↓ -74%
Aetna ASAPPO $404.30 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $430.35 ↓ -73%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $551.73 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $551.73 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $551.73 ↓ -65%
Humana PPO $665.43 ↓ -58%
Humana HMO $665.43 ↓ -58%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $677.84 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $709.37 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $709.37 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $709.37 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $788.18 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $840.21 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $867.00 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $867.00 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $945.82 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $945.82 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $945.82 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $945.82 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $1,024.64 ↓ -35%
Beech Street COMMPPO $1,261.10 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,261.10 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,292.62 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,339.91 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,339.91 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,418.73 ↓ -10%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $1,418.73 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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