Collection blood specimen using established central/peripheral catheter venous nos 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.
$96.71 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $11,153.00 with Oscar — 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 |
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| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $96.71 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $96.71 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $96.71 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $96.71 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $104.15 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $104.15 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $123.50 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $130.94 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $176.32 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $176.32 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $178.55 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $189.71 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $203.10 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $220.24 | — |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $222.26 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $243.14 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $260.39 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $297.58 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $304.19 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $319.90 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $326.00 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $334.78 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $347.81 | — |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $371.98 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $396.53 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $409.18 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $409.18 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $446.38 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $446.38 | — |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $446.38 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $446.38 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $483.57 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | — |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $595.17 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $610.05 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $632.37 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $632.37 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $669.56 | — |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $669.56 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $711.22 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $948.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $948.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $948.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $948.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $948.00 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,672.00 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $2,115.00 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $2,518.00 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $2,728.00 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $3,244.00 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $4,183.00 | — |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $4,255.00 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $4,340.00 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $4,690.00 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $4,690.00 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $5,976.00 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $11,153.00 | — |
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Collection blood specimen using established central/peripheral catheter venous nos at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $419.78 | $136.29 – $136.29 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $192.03 | $10.00 – $316.45 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $170.68 | $12.00 – $316.45 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $173.83 | $12.00 – $316.45 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $192.03 | $10.00 – $316.45 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $170.68 | $12.00 – $316.45 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $170.68 | $8.00 – $316.45 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $173.83 | $12.00 – $316.45 |