Creatine kinase mb 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

$1,430.17

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.

$1,430.17

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.

$9.51 with Texas Health Network vs $1,287.15 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 $9.51 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $9.70 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $9.70 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $9.70 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $9.70 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $9.70 ↓ -99%
UTMB MGMCD $9.70 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $9.70 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $9.70 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $9.70 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $9.89 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $10.48 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $10.67 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $10.67 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $10.67 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $10.67 ↓ -99%
Oscar MGMCR $11.32 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $11.55 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $11.55 ↓ -99%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $11.55 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $11.55 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $11.55 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $11.55 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $11.55 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $11.55 ↓ -99%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $11.55 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $11.55 ↓ -99%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $11.55 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $11.55 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $11.55 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $11.55 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $11.55 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $11.55 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $11.55 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $11.55 ↓ -99%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $11.55 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $11.61 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $11.65 ↓ -99%
Van Lang IPA MCR $11.67 ↓ -99%
United MCR $11.78 ↓ -99%
WellCare PPO $11.90 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCRHMO $11.90 ↓ -99%
WellCare PFFS $11.90 ↓ -99%
WellCare POS $11.90 ↓ -99%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $11.90 ↓ -99%
WellCare SNP $11.90 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $12.13 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $12.13 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MGMCR $12.13 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $12.13 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $12.13 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $12.13 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $12.13 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $12.13 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $12.13 ↓ -99%
Shared Health MGMCR $12.13 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $12.24 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $12.24 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $12.24 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $12.24 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $12.24 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $12.50 ↓ -99%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $12.50 ↓ -99%
Molina MGMCR $12.59 ↓ -99%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $13.28 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $13.86 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MCR $15.02 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $16.75 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice HIX $16.75 ↓ -99%
Superior HMO $17.90 ↓ -99%
Superior EPO $17.90 ↓ -99%
UTMB MGMCR $18.83 ↓ -99%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $22.87 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $23.33 ↓ -98%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $24.26 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare HIX $24.83 ↓ -98%
BCBS BAV $25.76 ↓ -98%
BCBS HMO $32.22 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $33.38 ↓ -98%
BCBS EPOSOA $34.53 ↓ -98%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $34.65 ↓ -98%
BCBS PPO $36.84 ↓ -97%
Aetna QHPExchange $42.32 ↓ -97%
Cigna CSN $47.41 ↓ -97%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $51.36 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBHMO $56.28 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBPOS $56.28 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBPPO $56.28 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMMPOS $59.79 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMMHMO $59.79 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMMPPO $59.79 ↓ -96%
Cigna PPO $61.10 ↓ -96%
Aetna OONHMO $70.24 ↓ -95%
Aetna OONPOS $70.24 ↓ -95%
Aetna OONPPO $70.24 ↓ -95%
Aetna ASAPOS $75.95 ↓ -95%
Aetna ASAHMO $75.95 ↓ -95%
Aetna ASAPPO $75.95 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $85.81 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $85.81 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $85.81 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $85.81 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $85.81 ↓ -94%
Humana PPO $154.29 ↓ -89%
Humana HMO $154.29 ↓ -89%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $237.41 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $251.71 ↓ -82%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $343.24 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $357.54 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $390.44 ↓ -73%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $500.56 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $500.56 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $500.56 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $614.97 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $643.58 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $643.58 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $643.58 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $715.09 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $762.28 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $786.59 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $786.59 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $858.10 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $858.10 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $858.10 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $858.10 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $929.61 ↓ -35%
Beech Street COMMPPO $1,144.14 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,144.14 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,172.74 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,215.64 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,215.64 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $1,287.15 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,287.15 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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