Fetal non stress test at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
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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.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
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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.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$10.15 with Christus (USFHP) vs $3,026.51 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $10.15 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $10.15 | — |
| Texas Health Network | MCD | $15.46 | — |
| UTMB | MGMCD | $15.78 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $16.57 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $16.93 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $17.36 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $17.36 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $17.36 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $17.36 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $17.67 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $17.67 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $17.67 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $17.67 | — |
| Humana | MCD | $19.72 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $19.92 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $37.85 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $41.79 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $52.28 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $56.03 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $59.78 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $201.77 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $201.77 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $201.77 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $201.77 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $201.77 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $470.79 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $528.00 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $558.22 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $572.00 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $591.85 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $655.74 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $680.00 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $796.98 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $796.98 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $807.07 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $857.51 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $891.14 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $918.04 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $1,073.07 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $1,073.07 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $1,079.46 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $1,079.46 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $1,079.46 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $1,120.00 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $1,150.07 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $1,150.07 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $1,150.07 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,176.98 | — |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $1,176.98 | — |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $1,176.98 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,345.12 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $1,348.48 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $1,348.48 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $1,348.48 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $1,446.00 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $1,456.09 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $1,456.09 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $1,456.09 | — |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $1,513.26 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $1,513.26 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $1,513.26 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $1,600.00 | — |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $1,681.39 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $1,702.00 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $1,792.37 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $1,849.53 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $1,849.53 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $2,017.67 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $2,017.67 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $2,017.67 | — |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $2,017.67 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $2,185.81 | — |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $2,690.23 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $2,757.49 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $2,858.37 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $2,858.37 | — |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $3,026.51 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $3,026.51 | — |
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Fetal non stress test at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $557.85 | $15.78 – $697.31 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $567.54 | $16.88 – $851.31 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $497.73 | $15.78 – $622.16 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $557.85 | $15.78 – $697.31 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $567.54 | $16.88 – $851.31 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $567.54 | $15.78 – $851.31 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $497.73 | $15.78 – $746.60 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $557.85 | $15.78 – $697.31 |