Dissolve clot heart vessel 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

$30,038.26

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.

$30,038.26

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.

$300.00 with Texas Athletic Network vs $27,034.43 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 Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -99%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -98%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $1,802.30 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1,802.30 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1,802.30 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $1,802.30 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1,802.30 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $1,991.54 ↓ -93%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $3,628.66 ↓ -88%
Humana HMO $3,678.99 ↓ -88%
Humana PPO $3,678.99 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $3,904.97 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $3,904.97 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $3,904.97 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $3,904.97 ↓ -87%
BCBS BAV $3,996.67 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $4,205.36 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $4,205.36 ↓ -86%
BCBS PPO $4,526.92 ↓ -85%
BCBS EPOSOA $4,590.24 ↓ -85%
BCBS HMO $4,653.55 ↓ -85%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $4,986.35 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $5,286.73 ↓ -82%
Oscar HIX $5,857.46 ↓ -81%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $7,119.07 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $7,119.07 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $7,209.18 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $7,659.76 ↓ -74%
Molina Healthcare HIX $8,110.33 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $9,011.48 ↓ -70%
Cigna CSN $10,120.00 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $10,513.39 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $10,513.39 ↓ -65%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $10,964.00 ↓ -63%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $12,015.30 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $12,018.00 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $12,916.45 ↓ -57%
Cigna PPO $13,036.00 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $13,517.22 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $13,517.22 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $15,019.13 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $16,010.39 ↓ -47%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $16,207.00 ↓ -46%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $16,521.04 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $16,521.04 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $18,022.96 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $18,022.96 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $18,022.96 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $18,022.96 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $19,524.87 ↓ -35%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $24,030.61 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $24,030.61 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $24,631.37 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $25,532.52 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $25,532.52 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $27,034.43 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $27,034.43 ↓ -10%

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