Clotting assay whole blood 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

$1,488.66

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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$1,488.66

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.

$19.89 with United vs $1,339.79 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.

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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
United AllPayerAppendix $19.89 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $19.89 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $19.89 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $42.22 ↓ -97%
BCBS BAV $46.61 ↓ -97%
Cigna CSN $54.38 ↓ -96%
BCBS HMO $58.31 ↓ -96%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $58.91 ↓ -96%
BCBS EPOSOA $62.49 ↓ -96%
BCBS PPO $66.67 ↓ -96%
Cigna PPO $70.08 ↓ -95%
Aetna QHPExchange $74.18 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $89.32 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $89.32 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $89.32 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $89.32 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $89.32 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBPPO $98.65 ↓ -93%
Aetna NBHMO $98.65 ↓ -93%
Aetna NBPOS $98.65 ↓ -93%
Aetna MCR $98.70 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMMPPO $104.81 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMMPOS $104.81 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMMHMO $104.81 ↓ -93%
Aetna OONPOS $123.12 ↓ -92%
Aetna OONHMO $123.12 ↓ -92%
Aetna OONPPO $123.12 ↓ -92%
Aetna ASAHMO $133.12 ↓ -91%
Aetna ASAPPO $133.12 ↓ -91%
Aetna ASAPOS $133.12 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $193.53 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $193.53 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $193.53 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $193.53 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $208.41 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $208.41 ↓ -86%
Humana PPO $223.43 ↓ -85%
Humana HMO $223.43 ↓ -85%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $247.12 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $262.00 ↓ -82%
Oscar HIX $290.29 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $352.81 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $352.81 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $357.28 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $372.17 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $379.61 ↓ -74%
Molina Healthcare HIX $401.94 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $406.40 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $446.60 ↓ -70%
BCBS Traditional $521.03 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $521.03 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $521.03 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $595.46 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $640.12 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $669.90 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $669.90 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $669.90 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $744.33 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $793.46 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $818.76 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $818.76 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $893.20 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $893.20 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $893.20 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $893.20 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $967.63 ↓ -35%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,190.93 ↓ -20%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $1,190.93 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $1,190.93 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,220.70 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,265.36 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,265.36 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $1,339.79 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,339.79 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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