Cystatin c 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

$1,147.95

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.

$1,147.95

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.

$15.25 with Texas Health Network vs $1,033.15 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 $15.25 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $15.56 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $15.56 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $15.56 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $15.56 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $15.56 ↓ -99%
UTMB MGMCD $15.56 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $15.56 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $15.56 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $15.56 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $15.87 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $16.80 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $17.12 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $17.12 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $17.12 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $17.12 ↓ -99%
Oscar MGMCR $18.15 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $18.52 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $18.52 ↓ -98%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $18.52 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $18.52 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MGMCR $18.52 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $18.52 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $18.52 ↓ -98%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $18.52 ↓ -98%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $18.52 ↓ -98%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $18.52 ↓ -98%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $18.52 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $18.52 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $18.52 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $18.52 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $18.52 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $18.52 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $18.52 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup DualEligible $18.52 ↓ -98%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $18.52 ↓ -98%
WellMed MGMCR $18.61 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $18.68 ↓ -98%
Van Lang IPA MCR $18.71 ↓ -98%
United MCR $18.89 ↓ -98%
WellCare PPO $19.08 ↓ -98%
WellCare MCRHMO $19.08 ↓ -98%
WellCare PFFS $19.08 ↓ -98%
WellCare POS $19.08 ↓ -98%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $19.08 ↓ -98%
WellCare SNP $19.08 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $19.45 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $19.45 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan MGMCR $19.45 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $19.45 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $19.45 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $19.45 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $19.45 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $19.45 ↓ -98%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $19.45 ↓ -98%
Shared Health MGMCR $19.45 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $19.63 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $19.63 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $19.63 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $19.63 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $19.63 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $20.04 ↓ -98%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $20.04 ↓ -98%
Molina MGMCR $20.19 ↓ -98%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $21.30 ↓ -98%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $22.22 ↓ -98%
Verda Health Plan MCR $24.08 ↓ -98%
Superior ValueHMO $26.85 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice HIX $26.85 ↓ -98%
Superior HMO $28.71 ↓ -97%
Superior EPO $28.71 ↓ -97%
UTMB MGMCR $30.19 ↓ -97%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $36.67 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $37.41 ↓ -97%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $38.89 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare HIX $39.82 ↓ -97%
BCBS BAV $41.30 ↓ -96%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $45.01 ↓ -96%
BCBS HMO $51.67 ↓ -95%
Oscar HIX $53.52 ↓ -95%
BCBS EPOSOA $55.37 ↓ -95%
BCBS PPO $59.08 ↓ -95%
Aetna QHPExchange $67.87 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $68.88 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $68.88 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $68.88 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $68.88 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $68.88 ↓ -94%
Cigna CSN $76.68 ↓ -93%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $83.06 ↓ -93%
Aetna NBHMO $90.25 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBPOS $90.25 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBPPO $90.25 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMMPPO $95.88 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMMPOS $95.88 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMMHMO $95.88 ↓ -92%
Cigna PPO $98.82 ↓ -91%
Aetna OONHMO $112.64 ↓ -90%
Aetna OONPOS $112.64 ↓ -90%
Aetna OONPPO $112.64 ↓ -90%
Aetna ASAPOS $121.79 ↓ -89%
Aetna ASAHMO $121.79 ↓ -89%
Aetna ASAPPO $121.79 ↓ -89%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $190.56 ↓ -83%
Humana PPO $200.39 ↓ -83%
Humana HMO $200.39 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $202.04 ↓ -82%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $275.51 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $286.99 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $313.39 ↓ -73%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $401.78 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $401.78 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $401.78 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $493.62 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $516.58 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $516.58 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $516.58 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $573.98 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $611.86 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $631.37 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $631.37 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $688.77 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $688.77 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $688.77 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $688.77 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $746.17 ↓ -35%
Beech Street COMMPPO $918.36 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $918.36 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $941.32 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $975.76 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $975.76 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $1,033.15 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,033.15 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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