Drug test def 8-14 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 $1,525.19 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 STARPLUS $20.44 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $20.44 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $20.44 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $20.44 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $20.44 ↓ -94%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $56.56 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $59.96 ↓ -82%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $80.75 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $80.75 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $81.77 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $85.17 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $93.01 ↓ -73%
Imagine Health PPO $119.25 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $119.25 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $119.25 ↓ -65%
Texas Health Network MCD $128.91 ↓ -62%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $131.54 ↓ -61%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $131.54 ↓ -61%
UTMB MGMCD $131.54 ↓ -61%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $131.54 ↓ -61%
Amerigroup MGMCD $131.54 ↓ -61%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $131.54 ↓ -61%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $131.54 ↓ -61%
United MGMCD $134.17 ↓ -61%
Curative Administrators COMM $136.28 ↓ -60%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $142.06 ↓ -58%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $144.69 ↓ -58%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $144.69 ↓ -58%
Molina Healthcare STAR $144.69 ↓ -58%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $144.69 ↓ -58%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $146.50 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $153.31 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $153.31 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $153.31 ↓ -55%
Oscar MGMCR $153.46 ↓ -55%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $156.59 ↓ -54%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $156.59 ↓ -54%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $156.59 ↓ -54%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $156.59 ↓ -54%
Devoted Health MGMCR $156.59 ↓ -54%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $156.59 ↓ -54%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $156.59 ↓ -54%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $156.59 ↓ -54%
BCBS MCRPPO $156.59 ↓ -54%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $156.59 ↓ -54%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $156.59 ↓ -54%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $156.59 ↓ -54%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $156.59 ↓ -54%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $156.59 ↓ -54%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $156.59 ↓ -54%
Amerigroup DualEligible $156.59 ↓ -54%
United SmallGroup $156.59 ↓ -54%
United AllPayerAppendix $156.59 ↓ -54%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $156.59 ↓ -54%
WellMed MGMCR $157.37 ↓ -54%
Aetna MCR $157.92 ↓ -54%
Van Lang IPA MCR $158.16 ↓ -54%
United MCR $159.72 ↓ -53%
WellCare SNP $161.29 ↓ -53%
WellCare PPO $161.29 ↓ -53%
WellCare PFFS $161.29 ↓ -53%
WellCare MCRHMO $161.29 ↓ -53%
WellCare POS $161.29 ↓ -53%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $161.29 ↓ -53%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $164.42 ↓ -52%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $164.42 ↓ -52%
American Health Plan MGMCR $164.42 ↓ -52%
Humana MCD $164.42 ↓ -52%
Shared Health MGMCR $164.42 ↓ -52%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $164.42 ↓ -52%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $164.42 ↓ -52%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $164.42 ↓ -52%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $164.42 ↓ -52%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $164.42 ↓ -52%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $165.99 ↓ -51%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $165.99 ↓ -51%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $165.99 ↓ -51%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $165.99 ↓ -51%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $165.99 ↓ -51%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $169.48 ↓ -50%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $169.48 ↓ -50%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $170.35 ↓ -50%
Molina MGMCR $170.68 ↓ -50%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $180.08 ↓ -47%
Coventry National First Health COMM $181.59 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $187.38 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $187.38 ↓ -45%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $187.91 ↓ -45%
Verda Health Plan MCR $203.57 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $204.42 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $204.42 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $204.42 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $204.42 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $221.46 ↓ -35%
Community Health Choice HIX $227.06 ↓ -33%
Superior ValueHMO $227.06 ↓ -33%
Superior HMO $242.71 ↓ -29%
Superior EPO $242.71 ↓ -29%
UTMB MGMCR $255.24 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $272.56 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $272.56 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $279.37 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $289.60 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $289.60 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $306.63 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $306.63 ↓ -10%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $310.05 ↓ -9%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $316.31 ↓ -7%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $328.84 ↓ -3%
Molina Healthcare HIX $336.67 ↓ -1%
BCBS BAV $349.20 ↑ +2%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $380.51 ↑ +12%
BCBS HMO $436.89 ↑ +28%
Oscar HIX $452.55 ↑ +33%
BCBS EPOSOA $468.20 ↑ +37%
BCBS PPO $499.52 ↑ +47%
Aetna QHPExchange $573.63 ↑ +68%
Cigna CSN $644.00 ↑ +89%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $697.54 ↑ +105%
Aetna NBHMO $762.85 ↑ +124%
Aetna NBPPO $762.85 ↑ +124%
Aetna NBPOS $762.85 ↑ +124%
Aetna COMMPPO $810.46 ↑ +138%
Aetna COMMHMO $810.46 ↑ +138%
Aetna COMMPOS $810.46 ↑ +138%
Cigna PPO $829.91 ↑ +144%
Aetna OONHMO $952.08 ↑ +179%
Aetna OONPOS $952.08 ↑ +179%
Aetna OONPPO $952.08 ↑ +179%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,029.44 ↑ +202%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,029.44 ↑ +202%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,029.44 ↑ +202%
Humana PPO $1,525.19 ↑ +348%
Humana HMO $1,525.19 ↑ +348%

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Drug test def 8-14 classes at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $44.10 $74.34 – $234.89
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $58.10 $24.90 – $656.72
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $140.93 – $602.87
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $341.99 – $682.73
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $128.91 – $644.00
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $128.91 – $644.00
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $131.54 – $644.00
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $131.54 – $644.00

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