CT neck soft tissue without contrast 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

$9,341.64

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.

$9,341.64

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.

$102.66 with Texas Health Network vs $8,407.48 with Multiplan — 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 $102.66 ↓ -99%
UTMB MGMCD $104.75 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $104.75 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $104.75 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $104.75 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $104.75 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $106.88 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $106.88 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $106.88 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $106.88 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $109.02 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $115.23 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $115.23 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $115.23 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $115.23 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $115.43 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $130.94 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $190.54 ↓ -98%
BCBS BAV $201.74 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -97%
United SmallGroup $245.18 ↓ -97%
BCBS HMO $422.54 ↓ -95%
BCBS EPOSOA $456.17 ↓ -95%
BCBS PPO $489.79 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $560.50 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $560.50 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $560.50 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $560.50 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $560.50 ↓ -94%
Aetna QHPExchange $725.00 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBPPO $963.00 ↓ -90%
Aetna NBPOS $963.00 ↓ -90%
Aetna NBHMO $963.00 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMMPOS $1,024.00 ↓ -89%
Aetna COMMPPO $1,024.00 ↓ -89%
Aetna COMMHMO $1,024.00 ↓ -89%
Aetna OONHMO $1,203.00 ↓ -87%
Aetna OONPPO $1,203.00 ↓ -87%
Aetna OONPOS $1,203.00 ↓ -87%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,301.00 ↓ -86%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,301.00 ↓ -86%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,301.00 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,550.71 ↓ -83%
Cigna CSN $1,635.00 ↓ -82%
United OptionsPPO $1,644.13 ↓ -82%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,771.00 ↓ -81%
Humana PPO $1,819.58 ↓ -81%
Humana HMO $1,819.58 ↓ -81%
Cigna PPO $2,106.00 ↓ -77%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $2,241.99 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $2,335.41 ↓ -75%
BCBS Traditional $3,269.57 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $3,736.66 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $4,016.91 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $4,203.74 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $4,203.74 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $4,979.09 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $5,137.90 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $5,137.90 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $5,604.98 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $5,604.98 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $5,604.98 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $5,604.98 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $6,072.07 ↓ -35%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $7,473.31 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $7,473.31 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $7,660.14 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $7,940.39 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $7,940.39 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $8,407.48 ↓ -10%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $8,407.48 ↓ -10%

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CT neck soft tissue without contrast at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $2,886.14 $522.29 – $522.29
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,539.67 $99.77 – $1,924.58
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,466.86 $141.23 – $2,200.28
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,744.52 $99.77 – $2,180.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,539.67 $99.77 – $1,924.58
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,466.86 $99.77 – $2,200.28
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,466.86 $104.75 – $2,200.28
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,744.52 $99.77 – $2,616.79

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