Echo tee probe placement image acquisition interpretation & report 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

$7,410.83

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.

$7,410.83

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.

$217.31 with Superior Health Plan vs $3,259.70 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.

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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 $217.31 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $217.31 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $217.31 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan STAR $217.31 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $217.31 ↓ -97%
Texas Health Network MCD $231.18 ↓ -97%
UTMB MGMCD $235.90 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $235.90 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $235.90 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $241.58 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $241.58 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $241.58 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $241.58 ↓ -97%
United MGMCD $246.41 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $259.49 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $259.49 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $259.49 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare STAR $259.49 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $260.91 ↓ -96%
Humana MCD $294.88 ↓ -96%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -96%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $325.52 ↓ -96%
BCBS BAV $358.90 ↓ -95%
BCBS HMO $449.33 ↓ -94%
BCBS EPOSOA $449.33 ↓ -94%
BCBS PPO $449.33 ↓ -94%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -93%
Cigna CSN $536.04 ↓ -93%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $579.50 ↓ -92%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -92%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $601.23 ↓ -92%
Cigna PPO $688.16 ↓ -91%
Oscar HIX $706.27 ↓ -90%
United OptionsPPO $731.62 ↓ -90%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $858.39 ↓ -88%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $858.39 ↓ -88%
IPA Management Services COMM $905.47 ↓ -88%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $923.58 ↓ -88%
Aetna QHPExchange $959.80 ↓ -87%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $988.78 ↓ -87%
Aetna NBHMO $1,162.63 ↓ -84%
Aetna NBPOS $1,162.63 ↓ -84%
Aetna NBPPO $1,162.63 ↓ -84%
Aetna COMMHMO $1,238.69 ↓ -83%
Aetna COMMPOS $1,238.69 ↓ -83%
Aetna COMMPPO $1,238.69 ↓ -83%
Imagine Health PPO $1,267.66 ↓ -83%
BCBS Traditional $1,267.66 ↓ -83%
Humana PPO $1,288.31 ↓ -83%
Humana HMO $1,288.31 ↓ -83%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,448.76 ↓ -80%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,448.76 ↓ -80%
Aetna OONHMO $1,452.38 ↓ -80%
Aetna OONPOS $1,452.38 ↓ -80%
Aetna OONPPO $1,452.38 ↓ -80%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,557.41 ↓ -79%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,568.28 ↓ -79%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,568.28 ↓ -79%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,568.28 ↓ -79%
United GlobalAppendix $1,629.85 ↓ -78%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,629.85 ↓ -78%
Averde Health Commercial $1,629.85 ↓ -78%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $1,778.60 ↓ -76%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $1,810.94 ↓ -76%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,930.47 ↓ -74%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,992.04 ↓ -73%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,992.04 ↓ -73%
Independent Medical System COMM $2,173.13 ↓ -71%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,173.13 ↓ -71%
Beech Street WCOMP $2,173.13 ↓ -71%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $2,173.13 ↓ -71%
Coastal Comp COMM $2,354.23 ↓ -68%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $2,593.79 ↓ -65%
Beech Street COMMPPO $2,897.51 ↓ -61%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $2,897.51 ↓ -61%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,969.95 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $3,078.61 ↓ -58%
Physicians, INC COMM $3,078.61 ↓ -58%
Affiliated PPO COMM $3,259.70 ↓ -56%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $3,259.70 ↓ -56%

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