Drug test def 1-7 classes 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

$340.70

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.

$340.70

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.

$20.44 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,114.55 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 CHPFC $20.44 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $20.44 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $20.44 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $20.44 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $20.44 ↓ -94%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $56.56 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $59.96 ↓ -82%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $80.75 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $80.75 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $81.77 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $85.17 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $93.01 ↓ -73%
Texas Health Network MCD $94.20 ↓ -72%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $96.12 ↓ -72%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $96.12 ↓ -72%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $96.12 ↓ -72%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $96.12 ↓ -72%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $96.12 ↓ -72%
UTMB MGMCD $96.12 ↓ -72%
Amerigroup MGMCD $96.12 ↓ -72%
United MGMCD $98.04 ↓ -71%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $103.81 ↓ -70%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $105.73 ↓ -69%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $105.73 ↓ -69%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $105.73 ↓ -69%
Molina Healthcare STAR $105.73 ↓ -69%
Oscar MGMCR $112.14 ↓ -67%
BCBS MCRPPO $114.43 ↓ -66%
Devoted Health MGMCR $114.43 ↓ -66%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $114.43 ↓ -66%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $114.43 ↓ -66%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $114.43 ↓ -66%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $114.43 ↓ -66%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $114.43 ↓ -66%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $114.43 ↓ -66%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $114.43 ↓ -66%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $114.43 ↓ -66%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $114.43 ↓ -66%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $114.43 ↓ -66%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $114.43 ↓ -66%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $114.43 ↓ -66%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $114.43 ↓ -66%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $114.43 ↓ -66%
Amerigroup DualEligible $114.43 ↓ -66%
United SmallGroup $114.43 ↓ -66%
United AllPayerAppendix $114.43 ↓ -66%
WellMed MGMCR $115.00 ↓ -66%
Aetna MCR $115.40 ↓ -66%
Van Lang IPA MCR $115.57 ↓ -66%
United MCR $116.72 ↓ -66%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $117.86 ↓ -65%
WellCare MCRHMO $117.86 ↓ -65%
WellCare PFFS $117.86 ↓ -65%
WellCare POS $117.86 ↓ -65%
WellCare SNP $117.86 ↓ -65%
WellCare PPO $117.86 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $119.25 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $119.25 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $119.25 ↓ -65%
Shared Health MGMCR $120.15 ↓ -65%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $120.15 ↓ -65%
American Health Plan MGMCR $120.15 ↓ -65%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $120.15 ↓ -65%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $120.15 ↓ -65%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $120.15 ↓ -65%
Humana MCD $120.15 ↓ -65%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $120.15 ↓ -65%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $120.15 ↓ -65%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $120.15 ↓ -65%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $121.30 ↓ -64%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $121.30 ↓ -64%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $121.30 ↓ -64%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $121.30 ↓ -64%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $121.30 ↓ -64%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $123.85 ↓ -64%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $123.85 ↓ -64%
Molina MGMCR $124.73 ↓ -63%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $131.59 ↓ -61%
Curative Administrators COMM $136.28 ↓ -60%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $137.32 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $146.50 ↓ -57%
Verda Health Plan MCR $148.76 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $153.31 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $153.31 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $153.31 ↓ -55%
Superior ValueHMO $165.92 ↓ -51%
Community Health Choice HIX $165.92 ↓ -51%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $170.35 ↓ -50%
Superior HMO $177.37 ↓ -48%
Superior EPO $177.37 ↓ -48%
Coventry National First Health COMM $181.59 ↓ -47%
UTMB MGMCR $186.52 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $187.38 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $187.38 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $204.42 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $204.42 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $204.42 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $204.42 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $221.46 ↓ -35%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $226.57 ↓ -33%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $231.15 ↓ -32%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $240.30 ↓ -29%
Molina Healthcare HIX $246.02 ↓ -28%
BCBS BAV $255.18 ↓ -25%
Beech Street COMMPPO $272.56 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $272.56 ↓ -20%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $278.07 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $279.37 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $289.60 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $289.60 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $306.63 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $306.63 ↓ -10%
BCBS HMO $319.26 ↓ -6%
Oscar HIX $330.70 ↓ -3%
BCBS EPOSOA $342.15 ↑ +0%
BCBS PPO $365.03 ↑ +7%
Aetna QHPExchange $419.20 ↑ +23%
Cigna CSN $471.15 ↑ +38%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $510.32 ↑ +50%
Aetna NBPPO $557.48 ↑ +64%
Aetna NBHMO $557.48 ↑ +64%
Aetna NBPOS $557.48 ↑ +64%
Aetna COMMPPO $592.27 ↑ +74%
Aetna COMMHMO $592.27 ↑ +74%
Aetna COMMPOS $592.27 ↑ +74%
Cigna PPO $607.16 ↑ +78%
Aetna OONPOS $695.76 ↑ +104%
Aetna OONHMO $695.76 ↑ +104%
Aetna OONPPO $695.76 ↑ +104%
Aetna ASAHMO $752.29 ↑ +121%
Aetna ASAPOS $752.29 ↑ +121%
Aetna ASAPPO $752.29 ↑ +121%
Humana HMO $1,114.55 ↑ +227%
Humana PPO $1,114.55 ↑ +227%

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Drug test def 1-7 classes at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $2,439.00 $96.12 – $471.15
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $236.60 $55.76 – $171.65
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $239.75 $37.80 – $371.90
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $159.60 $1.13 – $495.05
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $239.75 $37.80 – $371.90
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $239.75 $37.80 – $371.90
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $239.75 $37.80 – $371.90
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $250.95 $19.65 – $480.91

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