Endoluminl ivus oct c 1st 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

$12,384.61

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.

$12,384.61

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.

$235.29 with BCBS vs $43,890.00 with Curative Administrators — 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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $235.29 ↓ -98%
BCBS BAV $259.42 ↓ -98%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -98%
BCBS PPO $324.78 ↓ -97%
BCBS EPOSOA $324.78 ↓ -97%
BCBS HMO $324.78 ↓ -97%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -96%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -95%
Aetna MCR $821.10 ↓ -93%
United SmallGroup $1,120.00 ↓ -91%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,600.00 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $1,610.00 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $1,610.00 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $1,610.00 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $1,610.00 ↓ -87%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,702.00 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $1,733.85 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $1,733.85 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $2,055.85 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $2,179.69 ↓ -82%
Oscar HIX $2,358.00 ↓ -81%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $2,935.15 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $2,935.15 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $2,972.31 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $3,096.15 ↓ -75%
Molina Healthcare HIX $3,343.84 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $3,715.38 ↓ -70%
BCBS Traditional $4,334.61 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $4,953.84 ↓ -60%
Averde Health Commercial $5,000.00 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $5,325.38 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $5,573.07 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $5,573.07 ↓ -55%
Superior Health Plan STAR $5,591.00 ↓ -55%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $5,591.00 ↓ -55%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $5,591.00 ↓ -55%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $5,591.00 ↓ -55%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $5,591.00 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $6,601.00 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $6,811.54 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $6,811.54 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $7,430.77 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $7,430.77 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $7,430.77 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $7,430.77 ↓ -40%
Imagine Health PPO $7,874.00 ↓ -36%
Coastal Comp COMM $8,050.00 ↓ -35%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $9,115.00 ↓ -26%
Beech Street COMMPPO $9,907.69 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $9,907.69 ↓ -20%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $9,907.69 ↓ -20%
Humana HMO $10,106.00 ↓ -18%
Humana PPO $10,106.00 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $10,155.38 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $10,526.92 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $10,526.92 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $11,146.15 ↓ -10%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $11,146.15 ↓ -10%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $13,910.00 ↑ +12%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $21,231.00 ↑ +71%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $29,288.00 ↑ +136%
Curative Administrators COMM $43,890.00 ↑ +254%

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