Elisa hiv-1/hiv-2 screen 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

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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.

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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.

$15.05 with Texas Health Network vs $178.14 with Humana — 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
Texas Health Network MCD $15.05
UTMB MGMCD $15.36
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $15.36
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $15.36
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $15.36
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $15.36
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $15.36
Amerigroup MGMCD $15.36
United MGMCD $15.67
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $16.59
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $16.90
Molina Healthcare STAR $16.90
Molina Healthcare CHIP $16.90
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $16.90
Oscar MGMCR $17.92
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $18.29
United SmallGroup $18.29
Amerigroup DualEligible $18.29
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $18.29
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $18.29
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $18.29
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $18.29
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $18.29
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $18.29
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $18.29
CHC Harris Health Indigent $18.29
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $18.29
BCBS MCRPPO $18.29
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $18.29
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $18.29
Devoted Health MGMCR $18.29
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $18.29
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $18.29
United AllPayerAppendix $18.29
WellMed MGMCR $18.38
Aetna MCR $18.45
Van Lang IPA MCR $18.47
United MCR $18.66
WellCare PPO $18.84
WellCare POS $18.84
WellCare MCRHMO $18.84
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $18.84
WellCare PFFS $18.84
WellCare SNP $18.84
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $19.20
Humana MCD $19.20
American Health Plan MGMCR $19.20
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $19.20
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $19.20
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $19.20
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $19.20
Superior Health Plan PFFS $19.20
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $19.20
Shared Health MGMCR $19.20
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $19.39
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $19.39
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $19.39
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $19.39
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $19.39
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $19.80
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $19.80
Molina MGMCR $19.94
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $21.03
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $21.95
Verda Health Plan MCR $23.78
Superior ValueHMO $26.52
Community Health Choice HIX $26.52
Superior HMO $28.35
Superior EPO $28.35
UTMB MGMCR $29.81
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $36.21
BCBS MyBlueHealth $36.95
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $38.41
Molina Healthcare HIX $39.32
BCBS BAV $40.79
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $44.45
BCBS HMO $51.03
Oscar HIX $52.86
BCBS EPOSOA $54.69
BCBS PPO $58.35
Aetna QHPExchange $67.00
Cigna CSN $75.26
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $81.51
Aetna NBPPO $89.10
Aetna NBHMO $89.10
Aetna NBPOS $89.10
Aetna COMMHMO $94.66
Aetna COMMPOS $94.66
Aetna COMMPPO $94.66
Cigna PPO $96.98
Aetna OONHMO $111.20
Aetna OONPPO $111.20
Aetna OONPOS $111.20
Aetna ASAPOS $120.24
Aetna ASAHMO $120.24
Aetna ASAPPO $120.24
Humana HMO $178.14
Humana PPO $178.14

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Elisa hiv-1/hiv-2 screen at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $140.70 $14.59 – $301.50
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $45.34 $11.58 – $76.99
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON $496.89 $15.36 – $75.26
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $16.46 – $70.42
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $15.36 – $75.26
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $39.95 – $79.74
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $15.05 – $75.26
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $15.05 – $75.26

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