Edu/train/pt/nonmd/in person/30 min98960 at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$434.25
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.
$434.25
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.
$26.05 with Superior Health Plan vs $600.00 with Texas Athletic Network — 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 | $26.05 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $26.05 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $26.05 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $26.05 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $26.05 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | MCR | $28.79 | ↓ -93% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $56.45 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $56.45 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $56.45 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $56.45 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $60.80 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $60.80 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | CSN | $64.27 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $64.94 | ↓ -85% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $69.48 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS | BAV | $71.59 | ↓ -84% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $72.09 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $76.43 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna | PPO | $82.51 | ↓ -81% |
| Oscar | HIX | $84.68 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS | HMO | $89.63 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $89.63 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS | PPO | $89.63 | ↓ -79% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $102.92 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $102.92 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $104.22 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $110.73 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $115.08 | ↓ -73% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $117.25 | ↓ -73% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $118.55 | ↓ -73% |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $130.28 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $139.39 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $139.39 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $139.39 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $148.51 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $148.51 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $148.51 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $151.99 | ↓ -65% |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $151.99 | ↓ -65% |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $151.99 | ↓ -65% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $173.70 | ↓ -60% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $173.70 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $174.13 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $174.13 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $174.13 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $186.73 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $188.03 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $188.03 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $188.03 | ↓ -57% |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $195.41 | ↓ -55% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $195.41 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $195.41 | ↓ -55% |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $217.13 | ↓ -50% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $231.46 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $238.84 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $238.84 | ↓ -45% |
| Humana | HMO | $258.79 | ↓ -40% |
| Humana | PPO | $258.79 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $260.55 | ↓ -40% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $260.55 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $260.55 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $260.55 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $282.26 | ↓ -35% |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | ↓ -31% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $347.40 | ↓ -20% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $347.40 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $356.08 | ↓ -18% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $369.11 | ↓ -15% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $369.11 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $390.82 | ↓ -10% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $390.82 | ↓ -10% |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | ↑ +15% |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | ↑ +38% |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $95.40 | $27.03 – $135.15 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $99.27 | $20.43 – $148.91 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $75.36 | $15.07 – $94.20 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $95.40 | $25.44 – $135.15 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $99.27 | $31.87 – $148.91 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $99.27 | $51.29 – $148.91 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $75.36 | $25.12 – $113.04 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $95.40 | $25.44 – $135.15 |