Fetal hemoglobin (kleihauer betke) 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

$687.75

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.

$687.75

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.

$6.36 with Texas Health Network vs $618.98 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 $6.36 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $6.49 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $6.49 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $6.49 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $6.49 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $6.49 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $6.49 ↓ -99%
UTMB MGMCD $6.49 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $6.49 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $6.49 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $6.62 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $7.01 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $7.14 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $7.14 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $7.14 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $7.14 ↓ -99%
Oscar MGMCR $7.58 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $7.73 ↓ -99%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $7.73 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $7.73 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $7.73 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $7.73 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $7.73 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $7.73 ↓ -99%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $7.73 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $7.73 ↓ -99%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $7.73 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $7.73 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $7.73 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $7.73 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $7.73 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $7.73 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $7.73 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $7.73 ↓ -99%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $7.73 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $7.73 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $7.77 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $7.80 ↓ -99%
Van Lang IPA MCR $7.81 ↓ -99%
United MCR $7.88 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCRHMO $7.96 ↓ -99%
WellCare SNP $7.96 ↓ -99%
WellCare PPO $7.96 ↓ -99%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $7.96 ↓ -99%
WellCare POS $7.96 ↓ -99%
WellCare PFFS $7.96 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $8.11 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $8.12 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MGMCR $8.12 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $8.12 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $8.12 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $8.12 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $8.12 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $8.12 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $8.12 ↓ -99%
Shared Health MGMCR $8.12 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $8.19 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $8.19 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $8.19 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $8.19 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $8.19 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $8.37 ↓ -99%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $8.37 ↓ -99%
Molina MGMCR $8.43 ↓ -99%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $8.89 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $9.28 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MCR $10.05 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice HIX $11.21 ↓ -98%
Superior ValueHMO $11.21 ↓ -98%
Superior HMO $11.98 ↓ -98%
Superior EPO $11.98 ↓ -98%
UTMB MGMCR $12.60 ↓ -98%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $15.31 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $15.61 ↓ -98%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $16.23 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare HIX $16.62 ↓ -98%
BCBS BAV $17.24 ↓ -97%
BCBS HMO $21.57 ↓ -97%
Oscar HIX $22.34 ↓ -97%
BCBS EPOSOA $23.11 ↓ -97%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $23.21 ↓ -97%
BCBS PPO $24.66 ↓ -96%
Aetna QHPExchange $28.29 ↓ -96%
Cigna CSN $32.04 ↓ -95%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $34.71 ↓ -95%
Aetna NBPOS $37.63 ↓ -95%
Aetna NBHMO $37.63 ↓ -95%
Aetna NBPPO $37.63 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMMHMO $39.97 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMPPO $39.97 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMPOS $39.97 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $41.27 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $41.27 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $41.27 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $41.27 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $41.27 ↓ -94%
Cigna PPO $41.29 ↓ -94%
Aetna OONHMO $46.96 ↓ -93%
Aetna OONPOS $46.96 ↓ -93%
Aetna OONPPO $46.96 ↓ -93%
Aetna ASAPOS $50.78 ↓ -93%
Aetna ASAHMO $50.78 ↓ -93%
Aetna ASAPPO $50.78 ↓ -93%
Humana PPO $103.33 ↓ -85%
Humana HMO $103.33 ↓ -85%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $114.17 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $121.04 ↓ -82%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $165.06 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $171.94 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $187.76 ↓ -73%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $240.71 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $240.71 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $240.71 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $295.73 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $309.49 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $309.49 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $309.49 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $343.88 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $366.57 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $378.26 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $378.26 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $412.65 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $412.65 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $412.65 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $412.65 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $447.04 ↓ -35%
Beech Street COMMPPO $550.20 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $550.20 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $563.96 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $584.59 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $584.59 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $618.98 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $618.98 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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