Echocardiogram (Heart Ultrasound) at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$15,906.79
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.
$15,906.79
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.
$300.00 with Texas Athletic Network vs $12,725.43 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $317.09 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | BAV | $349.62 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | HMO | $437.70 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | PPO | $437.70 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $437.70 | ↓ -97% |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | ↓ -97% |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | ↓ -96% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $650.31 | ↓ -96% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $650.31 | ↓ -96% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $650.31 | ↓ -96% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $650.31 | ↓ -96% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $650.31 | ↓ -96% |
| Humana | PPO | $1,268.54 | ↓ -92% |
| Humana | HMO | $1,268.54 | ↓ -92% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $1,409.00 | ↓ -91% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $1,409.00 | ↓ -91% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $1,409.00 | ↓ -91% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $1,409.00 | ↓ -91% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $1,517.39 | ↓ -90% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $1,517.39 | ↓ -90% |
| Cigna | CSN | $1,604.10 | ↓ -90% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $1,734.16 | ↓ -89% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $1,799.19 | ↓ -89% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,907.57 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna | PPO | $2,059.31 | ↓ -87% |
| Oscar | HIX | $2,113.50 | ↓ -87% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $2,568.72 | ↓ -84% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $2,568.72 | ↓ -84% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $2,601.24 | ↓ -84% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $2,763.81 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $2,872.20 | ↓ -82% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $2,958.91 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $3,479.15 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $3,479.15 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $3,479.15 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $3,706.76 | ↓ -77% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $3,706.76 | ↓ -77% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $3,706.76 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $3,793.47 | ↓ -76% |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $3,793.47 | ↓ -76% |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $3,793.47 | ↓ -76% |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $3,976.70 | ↓ -75% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $4,335.39 | ↓ -73% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $4,335.39 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $4,346.23 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $4,346.23 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $4,346.23 | ↓ -73% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $4,660.55 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $4,693.06 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $4,693.06 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $4,693.06 | ↓ -70% |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $4,877.32 | ↓ -69% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $4,877.32 | ↓ -69% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $4,877.32 | ↓ -69% |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $5,419.24 | ↓ -66% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $5,776.91 | ↓ -64% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $5,961.16 | ↓ -63% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $5,961.16 | ↓ -63% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $6,503.09 | ↓ -59% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $6,503.09 | ↓ -59% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $6,503.09 | ↓ -59% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $6,503.09 | ↓ -59% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $7,045.01 | ↓ -56% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $8,670.78 | ↓ -45% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $8,887.55 | ↓ -44% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $9,212.71 | ↓ -42% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $9,212.71 | ↓ -42% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $9,754.63 | ↓ -39% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $9,754.63 | ↓ -39% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $12,725.43 | ↓ -20% |
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Echocardiogram (Heart Ultrasound) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $3,328.88 | $521.71 – $521.71 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,589.56 | $416.02 – $3,236.95 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $2,589.56 | $409.24 – $3,884.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,589.56 | $409.24 – $3,236.95 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,589.56 | $317.09 – $3,236.95 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $2,589.56 | $500.03 – $3,884.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $2,589.56 | $1,337.94 – $3,884.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $2,589.56 | $409.24 – $3,884.34 |