Contrast exam thoracic aorta at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$10,881.72
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.
$10,881.72
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.
$179.12 with Texas Health Network vs $10,115.17 with BCBS — 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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| Texas Health Network | MCD | $179.12 | ↓ -98% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $182.78 | ↓ -98% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $182.78 | ↓ -98% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $182.78 | ↓ -98% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $182.78 | ↓ -98% |
| UTMB | MGMCD | $182.78 | ↓ -98% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $185.11 | ↓ -98% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $185.11 | ↓ -98% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $185.11 | ↓ -98% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $185.11 | ↓ -98% |
| United | MGMCD | $188.81 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $199.92 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $201.06 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $201.06 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $201.06 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $201.06 | ↓ -98% |
| Humana | MCD | $228.47 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna | CSN | $586.91 | ↓ -95% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $635.17 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $652.90 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $652.90 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $652.90 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $652.90 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $652.90 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna | PPO | $755.05 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $985.39 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $1,309.68 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $1,309.68 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $1,309.68 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $1,393.19 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $1,393.19 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $1,393.19 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $1,638.15 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $1,638.15 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $1,638.15 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $1,770.37 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $1,770.37 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $1,770.37 | ↓ -84% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $1,806.37 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,915.18 | ↓ -82% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $2,611.61 | ↓ -76% |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $2,720.43 | ↓ -75% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $2,774.84 | ↓ -74% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $2,970.71 | ↓ -73% |
| Humana | PPO | $3,093.22 | ↓ -72% |
| Humana | HMO | $3,093.22 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $3,808.60 | ↓ -65% |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $3,808.60 | ↓ -65% |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $3,808.60 | ↓ -65% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $4,352.69 | ↓ -60% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $4,352.69 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $4,679.14 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $4,877.45 | ↓ -55% |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $4,896.77 | ↓ -55% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $4,896.77 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $4,896.77 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS | BAV | $5,265.43 | ↓ -52% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $5,437.15 | ↓ -50% |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $5,440.86 | ↓ -50% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $5,799.96 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $5,984.95 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $5,984.95 | ↓ -45% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $6,438.74 | ↓ -41% |
| United | SmallGroup | $6,438.74 | ↓ -41% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $6,529.03 | ↓ -40% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $6,529.03 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $6,529.03 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $6,529.03 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $7,073.12 | ↓ -35% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $8,705.38 | ↓ -20% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $8,705.38 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $8,923.01 | ↓ -18% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $9,249.46 | ↓ -15% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $9,249.46 | ↓ -15% |
| BCBS | HMO | $9,422.35 | ↓ -13% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $9,782.62 | ↓ -10% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $9,793.55 | ↓ -10% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $9,793.55 | ↓ -10% |
| BCBS | PPO | $10,115.17 | ↓ -7% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $3,570.00 | $182.78 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $3,748.50 | $771.57 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $6,446.54 | $182.78 – $8,058.17 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $3,570.00 | $182.78 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $3,748.50 | $195.57 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $3,748.50 | $182.78 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $6,446.54 | $182.78 – $9,669.81 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $3,570.00 | $182.78 – $7,896.23 |