CT guidance for percutaneous drain w/catheter placement supervision & interpretation 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.
$112.27 with BCBS vs $10,311.62 with Cigna Behavioral Health — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $112.27 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $121.20 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $216.89 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $225.18 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $232.83 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $522.78 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $522.78 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $522.78 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $522.78 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $522.78 | — |
| Aetna | MCR | $577.67 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $725.00 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $963.00 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $963.00 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $963.00 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $1,024.00 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $1,024.00 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $1,024.00 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $1,105.10 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $1,105.10 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $1,132.69 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $1,132.69 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $1,132.69 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $1,132.69 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $1,203.00 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $1,203.00 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $1,203.00 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $1,219.82 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $1,219.82 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $1,301.00 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $1,301.00 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $1,301.00 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $1,314.08 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $1,420.63 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $1,446.35 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,533.48 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $1,687.00 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $2,064.98 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $2,064.98 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $2,091.12 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $2,221.81 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $2,352.50 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $2,378.64 | — |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $2,613.89 | — |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $3,049.54 | — |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $3,049.54 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $3,049.54 | — |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $3,222.38 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $3,485.19 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $3,485.19 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $3,746.58 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $3,920.84 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $3,920.84 | — |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $3,920.84 | — |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $4,356.49 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $4,644.02 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $4,792.14 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $4,792.14 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $5,227.79 | — |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $5,227.79 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $5,227.79 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $5,227.79 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $5,663.44 | — |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $6,970.38 | — |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $6,970.38 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $7,144.64 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $7,406.03 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $7,406.03 | — |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $7,841.68 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $7,841.68 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $10,311.62 | — |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,085.05 | $127.58 – $1,537.16 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,007.29 | $207.33 – $1,510.93 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $979.93 | $195.99 – $1,224.91 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,085.05 | $146.08 – $1,537.16 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,007.29 | $260.90 – $1,510.93 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,007.29 | $520.43 – $1,510.93 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $979.93 | $214.33 – $1,469.89 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $1,085.05 | $127.58 – $1,537.16 |