EKG (Tracing Only) at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$1,942.31
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.
$1,942.31
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.
$116.54 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,748.08 with Affiliated PPO — 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 | STAR | $116.54 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $116.54 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $116.54 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $116.54 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $116.54 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $128.72 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | BAV | $141.93 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | HMO | $177.68 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $177.68 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS | PPO | $177.68 | ↓ -91% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $252.50 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $252.50 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $252.50 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $252.50 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $271.92 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $271.92 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | CSN | $287.46 | ↓ -85% |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | ↓ -85% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $310.77 | ↓ -84% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $341.85 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna | PPO | $369.04 | ↓ -81% |
| Oscar | HIX | $378.75 | ↓ -81% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $466.15 | ↓ -76% |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $485.58 | ↓ -75% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $495.29 | ↓ -74% |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | ↓ -74% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $530.25 | ↓ -73% |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $604.06 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $604.06 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $604.06 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $642.90 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $642.90 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $642.90 | ↓ -67% |
| Humana | HMO | $643.49 | ↓ -67% |
| Humana | PPO | $643.49 | ↓ -67% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $679.81 | ↓ -65% |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $679.81 | ↓ -65% |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $679.81 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $753.62 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $753.62 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $753.62 | ↓ -61% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $776.92 | ↓ -60% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $776.92 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $813.83 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $813.83 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $813.83 | ↓ -58% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $835.19 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $874.04 | ↓ -55% |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $874.04 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $874.04 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $1,006.12 | ↓ -48% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $1,068.27 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $1,068.27 | ↓ -45% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $1,165.39 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $1,165.39 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $1,165.39 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $1,262.50 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $1,456.73 | ↓ -25% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $1,553.85 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,592.69 | ↓ -18% |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $1,650.96 | ↓ -15% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $1,650.96 | ↓ -15% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $1,650.96 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $1,748.08 | ↓ -10% |
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EKG (Tracing Only) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $423.07 | $211.79 – $211.79 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $271.92 | $56.30 – $339.90 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $290.31 | $59.76 – $917.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $284.07 | $56.30 – $917.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $271.92 | $56.30 – $917.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $290.31 | $56.30 – $917.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $290.31 | $149.99 – $435.46 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $284.07 | $56.30 – $426.11 |