Family therapy without pt 50min 90846 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

$368.42

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.

$368.42

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.

$22.11 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 $22.11 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $22.11 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $22.11 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $22.11 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $22.11 ↓ -94%
Humana HMO $36.23 ↓ -90%
Humana PPO $36.23 ↓ -90%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $47.89 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $47.89 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $47.89 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $47.89 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $51.58 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $51.58 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $54.53 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $58.95 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $61.16 ↓ -83%
Cigna PPO $70.00 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $71.84 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $74.42 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $87.32 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $87.32 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $92.11 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $93.95 ↓ -74%
Aetna QHPExchange $97.63 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $100.58 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBPPO $118.26 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPOS $118.26 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBHMO $118.26 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMPPO $126.00 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPOS $126.00 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMHMO $126.00 ↓ -66%
Imagine Health PPO $128.95 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $128.95 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $147.37 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $147.74 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $147.74 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $147.74 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $158.42 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPPO $159.53 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $159.53 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $159.53 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $165.79 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $165.79 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $165.79 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $184.21 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $196.37 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $202.63 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $202.63 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $221.05 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $221.05 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $221.05 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $221.05 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $239.47 ↓ -35%
Beech Street COMMPPO $294.74 ↓ -20%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -19%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $302.10 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $313.16 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $313.16 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $331.58 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $331.58 ↓ -10%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↑ +36%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↑ +63%

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