Event monitor at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$5,428.30
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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$5,428.30
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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$84.82 with BCBS vs $4,885.47 with Affiliated PPO — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
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 →
?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $84.82 | ↓ -98% |
| Humana | PPO | $85.03 | ↓ -98% |
| Humana | HMO | $85.03 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | BAV | $93.53 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $117.09 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | PPO | $117.09 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | HMO | $117.09 | ↓ -98% |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $325.70 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $325.70 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $325.70 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $325.70 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $325.70 | ↓ -94% |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | ↓ -91% |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | ↓ -89% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $705.68 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $705.68 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $705.68 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $705.68 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $759.96 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $759.96 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | CSN | $803.39 | ↓ -85% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $868.53 | ↓ -84% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $901.10 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $955.38 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna | PPO | $1,031.38 | ↓ -81% |
| Oscar | HIX | $1,058.52 | ↓ -80% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $1,286.51 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $1,286.51 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $1,302.79 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $1,384.22 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $1,438.50 | ↓ -73% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $1,481.93 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $1,742.48 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $1,742.48 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $1,742.48 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $1,856.48 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $1,856.48 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $1,856.48 | ↓ -66% |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $1,899.90 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,899.90 | ↓ -65% |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $1,899.90 | ↓ -65% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $2,171.32 | ↓ -60% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $2,171.32 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $2,176.75 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $2,176.75 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $2,176.75 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $2,334.17 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $2,350.45 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $2,350.45 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $2,350.45 | ↓ -57% |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $2,442.74 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $2,442.74 | ↓ -55% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $2,442.74 | ↓ -55% |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $2,714.15 | ↓ -50% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $2,893.28 | ↓ -47% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $2,985.57 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $2,985.57 | ↓ -45% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $3,256.98 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $3,256.98 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $3,256.98 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $3,256.98 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $3,528.39 | ↓ -35% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $4,342.64 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $4,451.21 | ↓ -18% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $4,614.06 | ↓ -15% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $4,614.06 | ↓ -15% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $4,885.47 | ↓ -10% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $4,885.47 | ↓ -10% |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
Event monitor at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $366.60 | $75.46 – $917.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $321.83 | $35.62 – $917.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $366.60 | $35.62 – $917.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $366.60 | $93.42 – $549.90 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $321.83 | $35.62 – $482.74 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST | Waco | $366.60 | $35.62 – $917.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER | Temple | $366.60 | $35.62 – $917.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE | Suite 100 | $321.83 | $35.62 – $917.00 |