Cortisol total am 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

$1,859.86

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.

$1,859.86

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.

$13.42 with Texas Health Network vs $1,577.77 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
Texas Health Network MCD $13.42 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $13.69 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $13.69 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $13.69 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $13.69 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $13.69 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $13.69 ↓ -99%
UTMB MGMCD $13.69 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $13.69 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $13.69 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $13.96 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $14.79 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $15.06 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $15.06 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $15.06 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $15.06 ↓ -99%
Oscar MGMCR $15.97 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $16.30 ↓ -99%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $16.30 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $16.30 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $16.30 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $16.30 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $16.30 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $16.30 ↓ -99%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $16.30 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $16.30 ↓ -99%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $16.30 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $16.30 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $16.30 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $16.30 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $16.30 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $16.30 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $16.30 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $16.30 ↓ -99%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $16.30 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $16.30 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $16.38 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $16.44 ↓ -99%
Van Lang IPA MCR $16.46 ↓ -99%
United MCR $16.63 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCRHMO $16.79 ↓ -99%
WellCare SNP $16.79 ↓ -99%
WellCare PPO $16.79 ↓ -99%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $16.79 ↓ -99%
WellCare POS $16.79 ↓ -99%
WellCare PFFS $16.79 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $17.11 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $17.12 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MGMCR $17.12 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $17.12 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $17.12 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $17.12 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $17.12 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $17.12 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $17.12 ↓ -99%
Shared Health MGMCR $17.12 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $17.28 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $17.28 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $17.28 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $17.28 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $17.28 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $17.64 ↓ -99%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $17.64 ↓ -99%
Molina MGMCR $17.77 ↓ -99%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $18.75 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $19.56 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MCR $21.19 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $23.64 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice HIX $23.64 ↓ -99%
Superior HMO $25.27 ↓ -99%
Superior EPO $25.27 ↓ -99%
UTMB MGMCR $26.57 ↓ -99%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $32.27 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $32.93 ↓ -98%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $34.23 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare HIX $35.05 ↓ -98%
BCBS BAV $36.35 ↓ -98%
BCBS HMO $45.48 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $47.11 ↓ -97%
BCBS EPOSOA $48.74 ↓ -97%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $48.89 ↓ -97%
BCBS PPO $52.00 ↓ -97%
Aetna QHPExchange $59.72 ↓ -97%
Cigna CSN $66.90 ↓ -96%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $72.46 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBHMO $79.42 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBPOS $79.42 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBPPO $79.42 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMMPOS $84.38 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMMHMO $84.38 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMMPPO $84.38 ↓ -95%
Cigna PPO $86.21 ↓ -95%
Aetna OONHMO $99.12 ↓ -95%
Aetna OONPOS $99.12 ↓ -95%
Aetna OONPPO $99.12 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $105.18 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $105.18 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $105.18 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $105.18 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $105.18 ↓ -94%
Aetna ASAPPO $107.17 ↓ -94%
Aetna ASAHMO $107.17 ↓ -94%
Aetna ASAPOS $107.17 ↓ -94%
Humana HMO $217.70 ↓ -88%
Humana PPO $217.70 ↓ -88%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $291.01 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $308.54 ↓ -83%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $420.74 ↓ -77%
IPA Management Services COMM $464.96 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $478.59 ↓ -74%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $613.58 ↓ -67%
BCBS Traditional $613.58 ↓ -67%
Imagine Health PPO $613.58 ↓ -67%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $753.82 ↓ -59%
United GlobalAppendix $788.89 ↓ -58%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $788.89 ↓ -58%
Averde Health Commercial $788.89 ↓ -58%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $876.54 ↓ -53%
Coventry National First Health COMM $934.39 ↓ -50%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $964.19 ↓ -48%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $964.19 ↓ -48%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,051.85 ↓ -43%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,051.85 ↓ -43%
Beech Street WCOMP $1,051.85 ↓ -43%
Independent Medical System COMM $1,051.85 ↓ -43%
Coastal Comp COMM $1,139.50 ↓ -39%
Beech Street COMMPPO $1,402.46 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,437.53 ↓ -23%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,487.89 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,490.12 ↓ -20%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,490.12 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $1,577.77 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,577.77 ↓ -15%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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