Cytopathology fna adequacy evaluation first episode each site interp/rpt 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

$732.25

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.

$732.25

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.

$32.19 with Superior Health Plan vs $842.88 with Humana — 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
Superior Health Plan STAR $32.19 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $32.19 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $32.19 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $32.19 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $32.19 ↓ -96%
United SmallGroup $49.76 ↓ -93%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $49.76 ↓ -93%
United AllPayerAppendix $49.76 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $69.74 ↓ -90%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $69.74 ↓ -90%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $69.74 ↓ -90%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $69.74 ↓ -90%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $75.11 ↓ -90%
Amerigroup MGMCD $75.11 ↓ -90%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $89.06 ↓ -88%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $99.93 ↓ -86%
Oscar HIX $104.61 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $108.37 ↓ -85%
BCBS BAV $110.32 ↓ -85%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $127.15 ↓ -83%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $127.15 ↓ -83%
IPA Management Services COMM $134.12 ↓ -82%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $136.80 ↓ -81%
BCBS HMO $138.02 ↓ -81%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $146.46 ↓ -80%
BCBS EPOSOA $147.92 ↓ -80%
BCBS PPO $157.81 ↓ -78%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $175.74 ↓ -76%
Imagine Health PPO $187.77 ↓ -74%
BCBS Traditional $187.77 ↓ -74%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $214.59 ↓ -71%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $230.69 ↓ -68%
Averde Health Commercial $241.42 ↓ -67%
United GlobalAppendix $241.42 ↓ -67%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $241.42 ↓ -67%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $256.29 ↓ -65%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $268.24 ↓ -63%
Coventry National First Health COMM $285.94 ↓ -61%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $295.06 ↓ -60%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $295.06 ↓ -60%
Beech Street WCOMP $321.89 ↓ -56%
Independent Medical System COMM $321.89 ↓ -56%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $321.89 ↓ -56%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $321.89 ↓ -56%
Aetna QHPExchange $335.91 ↓ -54%
Coastal Comp COMM $348.71 ↓ -52%
Cigna CSN $386.41 ↓ -47%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $418.54 ↓ -43%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $429.18 ↓ -41%
Beech Street COMMPPO $429.18 ↓ -41%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $439.91 ↓ -40%
Aetna NBPPO $446.71 ↓ -39%
Aetna NBPOS $446.71 ↓ -39%
Aetna NBHMO $446.71 ↓ -39%
Physicians, INC COMM $456.01 ↓ -38%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $456.01 ↓ -38%
Aetna COMMPOS $474.59 ↓ -35%
Aetna COMMPPO $474.59 ↓ -35%
Aetna COMMHMO $474.59 ↓ -35%
Affiliated PPO COMM $482.83 ↓ -34%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $482.83 ↓ -34%
Cigna PPO $497.96 ↓ -32%
Aetna OONPPO $557.52 ↓ -24%
Aetna OONHMO $557.52 ↓ -24%
Aetna OONPOS $557.52 ↓ -24%
Aetna ASAPOS $602.82 ↓ -18%
Aetna ASAPPO $602.82 ↓ -18%
Aetna ASAHMO $602.82 ↓ -18%
Humana HMO $842.88 ↑ +15%
Humana PPO $842.88 ↑ +15%
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