Facial bones <3 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

$1,575.77

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.

$1,575.77

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.

$31.44 with Texas Health Network vs $1,418.19 with Affiliated PPO — 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
Texas Health Network MCD $31.44 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $32.08 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $32.08 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $32.08 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $32.08 ↓ -98%
UTMB MGMCD $32.08 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $32.41 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $32.41 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $32.41 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $32.41 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $33.06 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $35.00 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $35.29 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $35.29 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $35.29 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $35.29 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $40.10 ↓ -97%
Cigna CSN $82.30 ↓ -95%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $89.07 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $94.55 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $94.55 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $94.55 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $94.55 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $94.55 ↓ -94%
Cigna PPO $105.88 ↓ -93%
Aetna QHPExchange $133.17 ↓ -92%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $140.47 ↓ -91%
BCBS BAV $151.64 ↓ -90%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $153.71 ↓ -90%
Aetna NBPOS $177.00 ↓ -89%
Aetna NBHMO $177.00 ↓ -89%
Aetna NBPPO $177.00 ↓ -89%
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03 ↓ -88%
United SmallGroup $182.03 ↓ -88%
Aetna COMMHMO $188.29 ↓ -88%
Aetna COMMPPO $188.29 ↓ -88%
Aetna COMMPOS $188.29 ↓ -88%
Aetna OONPOS $221.39 ↓ -86%
Aetna OONPPO $221.39 ↓ -86%
Aetna OONHMO $221.39 ↓ -86%
Aetna ASAPOS $239.26 ↓ -85%
Aetna ASAHMO $239.26 ↓ -85%
Aetna ASAPPO $239.26 ↓ -85%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $261.58 ↓ -83%
BCBS HMO $271.35 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $277.34 ↓ -82%
BCBS EPOSOA $281.73 ↓ -82%
BCBS PPO $291.31 ↓ -82%
Humana HMO $334.70 ↓ -79%
Humana PPO $334.70 ↓ -79%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $378.18 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $393.94 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $401.82 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $430.19 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $551.52 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $551.52 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $551.52 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $630.31 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $630.31 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $677.58 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $709.10 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $709.10 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $709.10 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $787.88 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $839.89 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $866.67 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $866.67 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $945.46 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $945.46 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $945.46 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $945.46 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $1,024.25 ↓ -35%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,260.62 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $1,260.62 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,292.13 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,339.40 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,339.40 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $1,418.19 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,418.19 ↓ -10%

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $121.12 $32.08 – $225.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $241.75 $49.76 – $362.63
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $241.75 $32.08 – $302.19
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $121.12 $32.08 – $225.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $241.75 $34.33 – $362.63
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $241.75 $32.08 – $362.63
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