Crotalidae poly immune fab 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

$19,678.30

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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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$19,678.30

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.

$1,180.70 with Superior Health Plan vs $31,660.06 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.

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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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1,180.70 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $1,180.70 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1,180.70 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $1,180.70 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1,180.70 ↓ -94%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $1,755.81 ↓ -91%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,755.81 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $2,558.18 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $2,558.18 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $2,558.18 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $2,558.18 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $2,754.96 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $2,754.96 ↓ -86%
United SmallGroup $3,013.76 ↓ -85%
United AllPayerAppendix $3,013.76 ↓ -85%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $3,013.76 ↓ -85%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $3,266.60 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $3,463.38 ↓ -82%
Cigna CSN $4,503.93 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $4,663.76 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $4,663.76 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $4,722.79 ↓ -76%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $4,876.16 ↓ -75%
IPA Management Services COMM $4,919.57 ↓ -75%
Cigna PPO $5,806.73 ↓ -70%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $6,268.08 ↓ -68%
BCBS Traditional $6,887.40 ↓ -65%
BCBS BAV $6,907.68 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $8,461.67 ↓ -57%
BCBS HMO $8,634.60 ↓ -56%
BCBS PPO $8,634.60 ↓ -56%
BCBS EPOSOA $8,634.60 ↓ -56%
United GlobalAppendix $8,855.24 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $10,488.53 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $10,823.07 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $10,823.07 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $11,806.98 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $11,806.98 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $11,806.98 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $11,806.98 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $12,790.90 ↓ -35%
Beech Street COMMPPO $15,742.64 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $15,742.64 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $16,136.21 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $16,726.56 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $16,726.56 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $17,710.47 ↓ -10%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $17,710.47 ↓ -10%
Humana HMO $31,660.06 ↑ +61%
Humana PPO $31,660.06 ↑ +61%

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Crotalidae poly immune fab at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $33,776.37 $1,755.81 – $31,660.06
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $9,673.96 $6,513.97 – $12,768.74
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $7,192.81 $1,826.52 – $31,660.06
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $29,760.63 $1,826.52 – $31,660.06
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $32,570.48 $1,755.81 – $31,660.06
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $11,925.85 $2,878.20 – $34,073.83
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $495.09 $360.43 – $2,829.08
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $8,495.54 $1,991.46 – $42,321.53

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