Drug admin & hemodynmic meas 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

$1,082.55

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.

$1,082.55

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.

$64.95 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,702.00 with United — 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 STARPLUS $64.95 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $64.95 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $64.95 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $64.95 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $64.95 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $71.77 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $140.73 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $140.73 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $140.73 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $140.73 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $151.56 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $151.56 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $160.22 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $173.21 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $179.70 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $190.53 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $205.68 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $211.10 ↓ -80%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $237.81 ↓ -78%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $256.56 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $256.56 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $259.81 ↓ -76%
BCBS BAV $262.21 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $270.64 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $276.05 ↓ -75%
Aetna QHPExchange $286.88 ↓ -73%
Molina Healthcare HIX $292.29 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $295.54 ↓ -73%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -72%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $324.76 ↓ -70%
BCBS HMO $328.26 ↓ -70%
BCBS EPOSOA $328.26 ↓ -70%
BCBS PPO $328.26 ↓ -70%
Aetna NBPPO $347.50 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBHMO $347.50 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPOS $347.50 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMHMO $370.23 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPOS $370.23 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPPO $370.23 ↓ -66%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $378.89 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $378.89 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $378.89 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $433.02 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $433.02 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $434.10 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $434.10 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $434.10 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $465.50 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $468.74 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPPO $468.74 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $468.74 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $487.15 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $487.15 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $487.15 ↓ -55%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -54%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $541.27 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $577.00 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $595.40 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $595.40 ↓ -45%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $649.53 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $649.53 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $649.53 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $649.53 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $703.66 ↓ -35%
Beech Street COMMPPO $866.04 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $866.04 ↓ -20%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $866.04 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $887.69 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $920.17 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $920.17 ↓ -15%
Humana PPO $961.24 ↓ -11%
Humana HMO $961.24 ↓ -11%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $974.29 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $974.29 ↓ -10%
United SmallGroup $1,120.00 ↑ +3%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,600.00 ↑ +48%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,702.00 ↑ +57%

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