Cytopathology fna adequacy evaluation first episode each site 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

$779.29

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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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$779.29

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.

$46.76 with Superior Health Plan vs $701.36 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

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 CHPFC $46.76 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $46.76 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $46.76 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $46.76 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $46.76 ↓ -94%
Aetna QHPExchange $74.18 ↓ -90%
Cigna CSN $86.12 ↓ -89%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $93.28 ↓ -88%
Aetna NBPOS $98.65 ↓ -87%
Aetna NBHMO $98.65 ↓ -87%
Aetna NBPPO $98.65 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $101.31 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $101.31 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $101.31 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $101.31 ↓ -87%
Aetna COMMHMO $104.81 ↓ -87%
Aetna COMMPPO $104.81 ↓ -87%
Aetna COMMPOS $104.81 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $109.10 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $109.10 ↓ -86%
Cigna PPO $110.99 ↓ -86%
Aetna OONPPO $123.12 ↓ -84%
Aetna OONHMO $123.12 ↓ -84%
Aetna OONPOS $123.12 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $129.36 ↓ -83%
Aetna ASAPOS $133.12 ↓ -83%
Aetna ASAPPO $133.12 ↓ -83%
Aetna ASAHMO $133.12 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $137.16 ↓ -82%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $149.16 ↓ -81%
United AllPayerAppendix $149.16 ↓ -81%
United SmallGroup $149.16 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $151.96 ↓ -81%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $184.69 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $184.69 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $187.03 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $194.82 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $198.72 ↓ -74%
Humana PPO $211.42 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $211.42 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $212.75 ↓ -73%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $272.75 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $272.75 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $272.75 ↓ -65%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $289.87 ↓ -63%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $311.72 ↓ -60%
BCBS BAV $320.00 ↓ -59%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $335.09 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $350.68 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $350.68 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $350.68 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $389.64 ↓ -50%
BCBS HMO $400.37 ↓ -49%
Coventry National First Health COMM $415.36 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $428.61 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $428.61 ↓ -45%
BCBS EPOSOA $429.07 ↓ -45%
BCBS PPO $457.76 ↓ -41%
Independent Medical System COMM $467.57 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $467.57 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $467.57 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $467.57 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $506.54 ↓ -35%
Beech Street COMMPPO $623.43 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $623.43 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $639.02 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $662.40 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $662.40 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $701.36 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $701.36 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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