Doppler echo complete 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

$5,143.42

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.

$5,143.42

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.

$83.49 with BCBS vs $4,114.74 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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $83.49 ↓ -98%
BCBS BAV $92.05 ↓ -98%
BCBS EPOSOA $115.25 ↓ -98%
BCBS PPO $115.25 ↓ -98%
BCBS HMO $115.25 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $158.11 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $158.11 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $158.11 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan STAR $158.11 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $158.11 ↓ -97%
Aetna MCR $174.71 ↓ -97%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -94%
Humana HMO $335.45 ↓ -93%
Humana PPO $335.45 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $342.57 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $342.57 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $342.57 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $342.57 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup MGMCD $368.92 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $368.92 ↓ -93%
Cigna CSN $390.00 ↓ -92%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $421.63 ↓ -92%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $437.44 ↓ -91%
United OptionsPPO $463.79 ↓ -91%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -90%
Cigna PPO $500.68 ↓ -90%
Oscar HIX $513.86 ↓ -90%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -88%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $624.53 ↓ -88%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $624.53 ↓ -88%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $632.44 ↓ -88%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $671.97 ↓ -87%
Aetna QHPExchange $698.32 ↓ -86%
Molina Healthcare HIX $711.49 ↓ -86%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $719.40 ↓ -86%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $790.55 ↓ -85%
Aetna NBPPO $845.89 ↓ -84%
Aetna NBPOS $845.89 ↓ -84%
Aetna NBHMO $845.89 ↓ -84%
Aetna COMMPOS $901.22 ↓ -82%
Aetna COMMHMO $901.22 ↓ -82%
Aetna COMMPPO $901.22 ↓ -82%
Imagine Health PPO $922.31 ↓ -82%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $922.31 ↓ -82%
BCBS Traditional $922.31 ↓ -82%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,054.06 ↓ -80%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,054.06 ↓ -80%
Aetna OONPOS $1,056.70 ↓ -79%
Aetna OONHMO $1,056.70 ↓ -79%
Aetna OONPPO $1,056.70 ↓ -79%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,133.12 ↓ -78%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,141.02 ↓ -78%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,141.02 ↓ -78%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,141.02 ↓ -78%
Averde Health Commercial $1,185.82 ↓ -77%
United GlobalAppendix $1,185.82 ↓ -77%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,185.82 ↓ -77%
IPA Management Services COMM $1,285.86 ↓ -75%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $1,317.58 ↓ -74%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,404.54 ↓ -73%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,449.34 ↓ -72%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,449.34 ↓ -72%
Independent Medical System COMM $1,581.10 ↓ -69%
Beech Street WCOMP $1,581.10 ↓ -69%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,581.10 ↓ -69%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,581.10 ↓ -69%
Coastal Comp COMM $1,712.85 ↓ -67%
Beech Street COMMPPO $2,108.13 ↓ -59%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $2,108.13 ↓ -59%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,160.83 ↓ -58%
Physicians, INC COMM $2,239.89 ↓ -56%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $2,239.89 ↓ -56%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $2,371.64 ↓ -54%
Affiliated PPO COMM $2,371.64 ↓ -54%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $4,114.74 ↓ -20%

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Doppler echo complete at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $943.47 $137.37 – $137.37
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $938.80 $109.54 – $1,329.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $823.00 $107.75 – $1,234.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $823.00 $107.75 – $1,028.74
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $938.80 $83.49 – $1,329.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $823.00 $131.66 – $1,234.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $823.00 $425.21 – $1,234.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $823.00 $107.75 – $1,234.49

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