Collar cerv 18.25x3.5in serp firm density sm at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
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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.
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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.
$1.44 with Superior Health Plan vs $234.54 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 | CHIP | $1.44 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $1.44 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $1.44 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $1.44 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $1.44 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $3.12 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $3.12 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $3.12 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $3.12 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $3.36 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $3.36 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $3.55 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $3.84 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $3.91 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $3.98 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $4.32 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $4.56 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $4.85 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $5.40 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $5.52 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $5.62 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $5.69 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $5.69 | — |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $6.00 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $8.40 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $10.32 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $10.80 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $12.79 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $13.20 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $13.20 | — |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $14.40 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $14.40 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $14.40 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $14.40 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $19.20 | — |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $19.20 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $19.68 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $20.40 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $20.40 | — |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $21.60 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $21.60 | — |
| Oscar | MGMCR | $29.89 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $30.00 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | PFFS | $30.50 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS | $30.50 | — |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $30.50 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $30.50 | — |
| Kelsey Seybold | MGMCR | $30.50 | — |
| Renaissance IPA Radiology | MCR | $30.50 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MMP | $30.50 | — |
| Renaissance IPA Radiology | COMM | $30.50 | — |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $30.50 | — |
| Amerigroup | DualEligible | $30.50 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRPPO | $30.50 | — |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $30.50 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $30.50 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $30.50 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRHMO | $30.50 | — |
| BCBS | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $30.50 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRSNP | $30.50 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $30.50 | — |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $30.65 | — |
| Aetna | MCR | $30.76 | — |
| Van Lang IPA | MCR | $30.80 | — |
| United | MCR | $31.11 | — |
| WellCare | SNP | $31.41 | — |
| Integranet Amerigroup IPA | MCR | $31.41 | — |
| WellCare | POS | $31.41 | — |
| WellCare | MCRHMO | $31.41 | — |
| WellCare | PFFS | $31.41 | — |
| WellCare | PPO | $31.41 | — |
| Shared Health | MGMCR | $32.02 | — |
| ProCare Advantage | MGMCR | $32.02 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | PFFS | $32.02 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRSNP | $32.02 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPPO | $32.02 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPOS | $32.02 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRHMO | $32.02 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | DualEligible | $32.02 | — |
| American Health Plan | MGMCR | $32.02 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | MCRHMO | $32.33 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PPO | $32.33 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | SNP | $32.33 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | POS | $32.33 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PFFS | $32.33 | — |
| Molina | MGMCR | $33.25 | — |
| Kindred Hospital | MGMCR | $35.07 | — |
| Universal Healthcare Group | MCR | $36.60 | — |
| Verda Health Plan | MCR | $39.65 | — |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $44.23 | — |
| Community Health Choice | HIX | $44.23 | — |
| Superior | EPO | $47.27 | — |
| Superior | HMO | $47.27 | — |
| UTMB | MGMCR | $49.71 | — |
| Corvel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $60.39 | — |
| OMNI Healthcare | WORKERSCOMP | $64.05 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $65.58 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $234.54 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $234.54 | — |
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Collar cerv 18.25x3.5in serp firm density sm at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $88.00 | $29.89 – $65.58 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $154.14 | not published |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $232.75 | $6.76 – $47.70 |
| St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital | College Station | $232.75 | $10.60 – $45.05 |
| HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST | PASADENA | $177.00 | $29.89 – $65.58 |
| St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital | Navasota | $232.75 | $10.60 – $58.83 |
| Covenant Medical Center | Lubbock | $154.14 | $30.50 – $32.18 |
| St. Joseph Health Burleson Hospital | Caldwell | $232.75 | $10.60 – $47.70 |