Cystine urine quantitative 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

$4,340.10

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.

$4,340.10

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.

$18.91 with Texas Health Network vs $3,472.08 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.

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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 $18.91 ↓ -100%
UTMB MGMCD $19.30 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup MGMCD $19.30 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $19.30 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $19.30 ↓ -100%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $19.30 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $19.30 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $19.30 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $19.30 ↓ -100%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $19.30 ↓ -100%
United MGMCD $19.69 ↓ -100%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $20.84 ↓ -100%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $21.23 ↓ -100%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $21.23 ↓ -100%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $21.23 ↓ -100%
Molina Healthcare STAR $21.23 ↓ -100%
Oscar MGMCR $22.52 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $22.98 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $22.98 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $22.98 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $22.98 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $22.98 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $22.98 ↓ -99%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $22.98 ↓ -99%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $22.98 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $22.98 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $22.98 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $22.98 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $22.98 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $22.98 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $22.98 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $22.98 ↓ -99%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $22.98 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $22.98 ↓ -99%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $22.98 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $22.98 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $23.09 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $23.18 ↓ -99%
Van Lang IPA MCR $23.21 ↓ -99%
United MCR $23.44 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCRHMO $23.67 ↓ -99%
WellCare POS $23.67 ↓ -99%
WellCare PFFS $23.67 ↓ -99%
WellCare SNP $23.67 ↓ -99%
WellCare PPO $23.67 ↓ -99%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $23.67 ↓ -99%
Shared Health MGMCR $24.13 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $24.13 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MGMCR $24.13 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $24.13 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $24.13 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $24.13 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $24.13 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $24.13 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $24.13 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $24.13 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $24.36 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $24.36 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $24.36 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $24.36 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $24.36 ↓ -99%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $24.87 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $24.87 ↓ -99%
Molina MGMCR $25.05 ↓ -99%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $26.43 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $27.58 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MCR $29.87 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice HIX $33.32 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $33.32 ↓ -99%
Superior EPO $35.62 ↓ -99%
Superior HMO $35.62 ↓ -99%
UTMB MGMCR $37.46 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $41.27 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $41.27 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan STAR $41.27 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $41.27 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $41.27 ↓ -99%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $45.50 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $46.42 ↓ -99%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $48.26 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare HIX $49.41 ↓ -99%
BCBS BAV $51.25 ↓ -99%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $55.84 ↓ -99%
BCBS HMO $64.11 ↓ -99%
Oscar HIX $66.41 ↓ -98%
BCBS EPOSOA $68.71 ↓ -98%
BCBS PPO $73.31 ↓ -98%
Aetna QHPExchange $84.16 ↓ -98%
Cigna CSN $94.78 ↓ -98%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $102.66 ↓ -98%
Aetna NBPPO $111.92 ↓ -97%
Aetna NBHMO $111.92 ↓ -97%
Aetna NBPOS $111.92 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $114.17 ↓ -97%
Aetna COMMPPO $118.90 ↓ -97%
Aetna COMMHMO $118.90 ↓ -97%
Aetna COMMPOS $118.90 ↓ -97%
United OptionsPPO $121.04 ↓ -97%
Cigna PPO $122.15 ↓ -97%
Aetna OONPPO $139.68 ↓ -97%
Aetna OONPOS $139.68 ↓ -97%
Aetna OONHMO $139.68 ↓ -97%
Aetna ASAPPO $151.03 ↓ -97%
Aetna ASAPOS $151.03 ↓ -97%
Aetna ASAHMO $151.03 ↓ -97%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $165.06 ↓ -96%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $187.76 ↓ -96%
Imagine Health PPO $240.71 ↓ -94%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $240.71 ↓ -94%
BCBS Traditional $240.71 ↓ -94%
Humana HMO $248.64 ↓ -94%
Humana PPO $248.64 ↓ -94%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $295.73 ↓ -93%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $309.49 ↓ -93%
United GlobalAppendix $309.49 ↓ -93%
Averde Health Commercial $309.49 ↓ -93%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $343.88 ↓ -92%
Coventry National First Health COMM $366.57 ↓ -92%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $378.26 ↓ -91%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $378.26 ↓ -91%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $412.65 ↓ -90%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $412.65 ↓ -90%
Beech Street WCOMP $412.65 ↓ -90%
Independent Medical System COMM $412.65 ↓ -90%
Coastal Comp COMM $447.04 ↓ -90%
Beech Street COMMPPO $550.20 ↓ -87%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $563.96 ↓ -87%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $584.59 ↓ -87%
Physicians, INC COMM $584.59 ↓ -87%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $618.98 ↓ -86%
Affiliated PPO COMM $618.98 ↓ -86%
IPA Management Services COMM $1,085.03 ↓ -75%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $3,472.08 ↓ -20%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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