Endoscopy swallow (fees) vid at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
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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.
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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.
$124.99 with Superior Health Plan vs $4,690.00 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.
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 | $124.99 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $124.99 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $124.99 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $124.99 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $124.99 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $163.61 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $180.39 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $195.12 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $195.12 | — |
| Oscar | MGMCR | $195.61 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRHMO | $199.60 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $199.60 | — |
| Renaissance IPA Radiology | MCR | $199.60 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MMP | $199.60 | — |
| Amerigroup | DualEligible | $199.60 | — |
| Kelsey Seybold | MGMCR | $199.60 | — |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $199.60 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRSNP | $199.60 | — |
| BCBS | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $199.60 | — |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $199.60 | — |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $199.60 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $199.60 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS | $199.60 | — |
| Renaissance IPA Radiology | COMM | $199.60 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRPPO | $199.60 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | PFFS | $199.60 | — |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $200.60 | — |
| Aetna | MCR | $201.30 | — |
| Van Lang IPA | MCR | $201.60 | — |
| United | MCR | $203.59 | — |
| WellCare | PPO | $205.59 | — |
| WellCare | SNP | $205.59 | — |
| WellCare | POS | $205.59 | — |
| WellCare | PFFS | $205.59 | — |
| Integranet Amerigroup IPA | MCR | $205.59 | — |
| WellCare | MCRHMO | $205.59 | — |
| ProCare Advantage | MGMCR | $209.58 | — |
| Shared Health | MGMCR | $209.58 | — |
| American Health Plan | MGMCR | $209.58 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | DualEligible | $209.58 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRHMO | $209.58 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPOS | $209.58 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPPO | $209.58 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRSNP | $209.58 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | PFFS | $209.58 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PPO | $211.58 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | SNP | $211.58 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | POS | $211.58 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PFFS | $211.58 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | MCRHMO | $211.58 | — |
| Molina | MGMCR | $217.56 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $225.84 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $225.84 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $225.84 | — |
| Kindred Hospital | MGMCR | $229.54 | — |
| Universal Healthcare Group | MCR | $239.52 | — |
| Verda Health Plan | MCR | $259.48 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $270.81 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $270.81 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $270.81 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $270.81 | — |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $289.42 | — |
| Community Health Choice | HIX | $289.42 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $291.65 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $291.65 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | — |
| Superior | HMO | $309.38 | — |
| Superior | EPO | $309.38 | — |
| UTMB | MGMCR | $325.35 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $345.81 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $366.64 | — |
| Corvel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $395.21 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $406.22 | — |
| OMNI Healthcare | WORKERSCOMP | $419.16 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $429.14 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $493.72 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $493.72 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $499.97 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $552.05 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $668.70 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $668.70 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $668.70 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $712.45 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $712.45 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $712.45 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $729.12 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $835.36 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $835.36 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $835.36 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $895.77 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $902.02 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $902.02 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $902.02 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $937.44 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $937.44 | — |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $1,041.60 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $1,110.34 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $1,145.75 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $1,145.75 | — |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $1,249.91 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $1,249.91 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $1,249.91 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $1,249.91 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $1,354.07 | — |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $1,666.55 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,708.22 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $1,770.71 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $1,770.71 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $1,874.87 | — |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $1,874.87 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $4,690.00 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $4,690.00 | — |
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Endoscopy swallow (fees) vid at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $576.16 | $112.00 – $816.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $576.16 | $112.00 – $864.24 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $504.10 | $100.82 – $630.12 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $576.16 | $112.00 – $816.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $576.16 | $112.00 – $864.24 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $576.16 | $155.00 – $864.24 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $504.10 | $112.00 – $756.14 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $576.16 | $112.00 – $816.23 |