ER Visit (level 3) at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$2,771.96
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.
$2,771.96
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.
$50.33 with Texas Health Network vs $4,027.00 with United — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Health Network | MCD | $50.33 | ↓ -98% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $51.36 | ↓ -98% |
| UTMB | MGMCD | $51.36 | ↓ -98% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $51.36 | ↓ -98% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $51.36 | ↓ -98% |
| United | MGMCD | $52.39 | ↓ -98% |
| Humana | MCD | $64.20 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $77.04 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $200.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $200.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $200.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $200.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $300.00 | ↓ -89% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $300.00 | ↓ -89% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $300.00 | ↓ -89% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $300.00 | ↓ -89% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $363.00 | ↓ -87% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $460.15 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $487.86 | ↓ -82% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $665.27 | ↓ -76% |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $692.99 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $764.00 | ↓ -72% |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $814.00 | ↓ -71% |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $943.00 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $970.19 | ↓ -65% |
| Oscar | HIX | $973.00 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $1,019.00 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | BAV | $1,064.00 | ↓ -62% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $1,108.78 | ↓ -60% |
| Humana | HMO | $1,191.00 | ↓ -57% |
| Humana | PPO | $1,191.00 | ↓ -57% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $1,191.94 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $1,247.38 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $1,356.00 | ↓ -51% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $1,356.00 | ↓ -51% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,359.00 | ↓ -51% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $1,440.00 | ↓ -48% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $1,440.00 | ↓ -48% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $1,477.45 | ↓ -47% |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $1,500.00 | ↓ -46% |
| BCBS | HMO | $1,519.00 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $1,524.58 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $1,524.58 | ↓ -45% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $1,528.00 | ↓ -45% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,561.00 | ↓ -44% |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,603.00 | ↓ -42% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $1,663.18 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $1,663.18 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $1,663.18 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $1,663.18 | ↓ -40% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $1,694.00 | ↓ -39% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $1,694.00 | ↓ -39% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $1,801.77 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $1,830.00 | ↓ -34% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $1,830.00 | ↓ -34% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $1,947.00 | ↓ -30% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $2,217.57 | ↓ -20% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $2,217.57 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $2,273.01 | ↓ -18% |
| Cigna | CSN | $2,281.00 | ↓ -18% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $2,356.17 | ↓ -15% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $2,356.17 | ↓ -15% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $2,471.00 | ↓ -11% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $2,494.76 | ↓ -10% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $2,494.76 | ↓ -10% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $2,506.00 | ↓ -10% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $2,508.00 | ↓ -10% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $2,664.00 | ↓ -4% |
| United | SmallGroup | $2,796.00 | ↑ +1% |
| Cigna | PPO | $2,938.00 | ↑ +6% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $3,133.00 | ↑ +13% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $3,384.00 | ↑ +22% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $4,027.00 | ↑ +45% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $1,470.35 | $859.86 – $859.86 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $770.04 | $218.18 – $6,299.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $886.75 | $182.52 – $2,805.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,006.17 | $201.23 – $2,805.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $770.04 | $205.34 – $2,691.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $886.75 | $260.51 – $2,805.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $886.75 | $458.16 – $2,410.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,006.17 | $260.51 – $2,410.00 |