Duplex scan unilateral study 93986 at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$2,264.32
Cash price 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.
$2,264.32
Gross charge 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.
$32.73 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,811.46 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $32.73 | ↓ -99% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $32.73 | ↓ -99% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $32.73 | ↓ -99% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $32.73 | ↓ -99% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $32.73 | ↓ -99% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $70.90 | ↓ -97% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $70.90 | ↓ -97% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $70.90 | ↓ -97% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $70.90 | ↓ -97% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $76.36 | ↓ -97% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $76.36 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna | CSN | $80.72 | ↓ -96% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $87.27 | ↓ -96% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $90.54 | ↓ -96% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $95.99 | ↓ -96% |
| Cigna | PPO | $103.63 | ↓ -95% |
| Oscar | HIX | $106.36 | ↓ -95% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $129.26 | ↓ -94% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $129.26 | ↓ -94% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $130.90 | ↓ -94% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $139.08 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $144.54 | ↓ -94% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $148.90 | ↓ -93% |
| Humana | HMO | $174.04 | ↓ -92% |
| Humana | PPO | $174.04 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $175.08 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $175.08 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $175.08 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $186.53 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $186.53 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $186.53 | ↓ -92% |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $190.90 | ↓ -92% |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $190.90 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $190.90 | ↓ -92% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $218.17 | ↓ -90% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $218.17 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $218.71 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $218.71 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $218.71 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $232.14 | ↓ -90% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $234.53 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $236.17 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $236.17 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $236.17 | ↓ -90% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $245.44 | ↓ -89% |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $245.44 | ↓ -89% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $245.44 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS | BAV | $250.61 | ↓ -89% |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $272.71 | ↓ -88% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $290.71 | ↓ -87% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $299.98 | ↓ -87% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $299.98 | ↓ -87% |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | ↓ -87% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $327.25 | ↓ -86% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $327.25 | ↓ -86% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $327.25 | ↓ -86% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $327.25 | ↓ -86% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $354.52 | ↓ -84% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $436.34 | ↓ -81% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $447.24 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS | HMO | $448.46 | ↓ -80% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $463.61 | ↓ -80% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $463.61 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $465.61 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS | PPO | $481.44 | ↓ -79% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $490.88 | ↓ -78% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $490.88 | ↓ -78% |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | ↓ -78% |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $566.08 | ↓ -75% |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $1,811.46 | ↓ -20% |
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Duplex scan unilateral study 93986 at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $181.18 | $51.33 – $272.35 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $134.48 | $27.68 – $1,117.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $134.48 | $26.90 – $1,117.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $181.18 | $48.31 – $1,117.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $134.48 | $43.17 – $1,117.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $134.48 | $69.48 – $272.35 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $134.48 | $44.83 – $272.35 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $181.18 | $48.31 – $272.35 |