Established Patient Office Visit (level 2) 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.

$21.84 with Superior Health Plan vs $600.00 with Texas Athletic Network — 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
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $21.84
Superior Health Plan CHIP $21.84
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $21.84
Superior Health Plan STAR $21.84
Superior Health Plan STARKids $21.84
Aetna MCR $24.14
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $47.33
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $47.33
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $47.33
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $47.33
Amerigroup MGMCD $50.97
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $50.97
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $60.43
BCBS MyBlueHealth $60.72
United OptionsPPO $64.07
BCBS BAV $66.95
Cigna CSN $75.16
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $81.25
BCBS PPO $83.82
BCBS HMO $83.82
BCBS EPOSOA $83.82
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $86.28
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $86.28
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $87.37
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $92.84
Cigna PPO $96.49
Molina Healthcare HIX $98.30
Evry Health BroadNetwork $99.39
CHC Harris Health Indigent $109.22
Aetna NBPPO $116.86
Aetna NBHMO $116.86
Aetna NBPOS $116.86
Aetna COMMHMO $124.51
Aetna COMMPOS $124.51
Aetna COMMPPO $124.51
IPA Management Services COMM $126.96
BCBS Traditional $127.42
Imagine Health PPO $127.42
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $127.42
Aetna QHPExchange $134.58
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $145.62
Curative Administrators COMM $145.62
Aetna OONHMO $145.99
Aetna OONPPO $145.99
Aetna OONPOS $145.99
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $156.55
Aetna ASAPPO $157.64
Aetna ASAHMO $157.64
Aetna ASAPOS $157.64
Averde Health Commercial $163.83
United GlobalAppendix $163.83
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $163.83
Humana HMO $171.03
Humana PPO $171.03
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $182.03
Coventry National First Health COMM $194.04
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $200.23
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $200.23
Independent Medical System COMM $218.44
Beech Street WCOMP $218.44
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $218.44
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $218.44
Coastal Comp COMM $236.64
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $291.25
Beech Street COMMPPO $291.25
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $298.53
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00
Physicians, INC COMM $309.45
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $309.45
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $327.65
Affiliated PPO COMM $327.65
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $406.27
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00

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Established Patient Office Visit (level 2) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $314.35 $99.91 – $99.91
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $118.65 $30.62 – $339.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $190.05 $9.18 – $104.64
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $57.53 $50.95 – $305.70
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $118.65 $37.89 – $339.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $118.65 $37.89 – $339.00
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $190.05 $39.60 – $213.64
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $118.65 $37.89 – $339.00

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