Echo tee guidance at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$8,910.00
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.
$8,910.00
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.
$215.46 with Texas Health Network vs $8,019.00 with Multiplan — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Health Network | MCD | $215.46 | ↓ -98% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $219.53 | ↓ -98% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $219.53 | ↓ -98% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $219.53 | ↓ -98% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $219.53 | ↓ -98% |
| UTMB | MGMCD | $219.86 | ↓ -98% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $219.86 | ↓ -98% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $219.86 | ↓ -98% |
| United | MGMCD | $223.92 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $237.09 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $241.85 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $241.85 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $241.85 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $241.85 | ↓ -97% |
| Humana | MCD | $274.83 | ↓ -97% |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | ↓ -97% |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $534.60 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $534.60 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $534.60 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $534.60 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $534.60 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $554.07 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | MCR | $590.73 | ↓ -93% |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | BAV | $610.89 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $764.80 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS | HMO | $764.80 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS | PPO | $764.80 | ↓ -91% |
| Cigna | CSN | $1,318.68 | ↓ -85% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $1,425.60 | ↓ -84% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $1,479.06 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,568.16 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna | PPO | $1,692.90 | ↓ -81% |
| Oscar | HIX | $1,737.45 | ↓ -81% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $2,111.67 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $2,111.67 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $2,138.40 | ↓ -76% |
| Humana | PPO | $2,220.43 | ↓ -75% |
| Humana | HMO | $2,220.43 | ↓ -75% |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $2,227.50 | ↓ -75% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $2,272.05 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $2,361.15 | ↓ -74% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $2,405.70 | ↓ -73% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $2,432.43 | ↓ -73% |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $2,673.00 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $2,860.11 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $2,860.11 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $2,860.11 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $3,047.22 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $3,047.22 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $3,047.22 | ↓ -66% |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $3,118.50 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $3,118.50 | ↓ -65% |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $3,118.50 | ↓ -65% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $3,564.00 | ↓ -60% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $3,564.00 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $3,572.91 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $3,572.91 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $3,572.91 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $3,831.30 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $3,858.03 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $3,858.03 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $3,858.03 | ↓ -57% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $4,009.50 | ↓ -55% |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $4,009.50 | ↓ -55% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $4,009.50 | ↓ -55% |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $4,455.00 | ↓ -50% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $4,749.03 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $4,900.50 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $4,900.50 | ↓ -45% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $5,346.00 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $5,346.00 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $5,346.00 | ↓ -40% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $5,346.00 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $5,791.50 | ↓ -35% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $7,128.00 | ↓ -20% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $7,128.00 | ↓ -20% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $7,128.00 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $7,306.20 | ↓ -18% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $7,573.50 | ↓ -15% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $7,573.50 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $8,019.00 | ↓ -10% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $8,019.00 | ↓ -10% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $3,210.68 | $219.86 – $4,548.46 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $3,967.40 | $238.59 – $5,951.11 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $3,773.93 | $219.86 – $4,717.42 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $3,210.68 | $219.86 – $4,548.46 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $3,967.40 | $235.25 – $5,951.11 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $3,967.40 | $219.86 – $5,951.11 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $3,773.93 | $219.86 – $5,660.90 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $3,210.68 | $219.86 – $4,548.46 |