Fibrinolytic plasminogen 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

$1,500.10

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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$1,500.10

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.

$14.15 with Texas Health Network vs $1,223.09 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 $14.15 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $14.44 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $14.44 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $14.44 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $14.44 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $14.44 ↓ -99%
UTMB MGMCD $14.44 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $14.44 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $14.44 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $14.44 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $14.73 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $15.60 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $15.88 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $15.88 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $15.88 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $15.88 ↓ -99%
Oscar MGMCR $16.85 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $17.19 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $17.19 ↓ -99%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $17.19 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $17.19 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $17.19 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $17.19 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $17.19 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $17.19 ↓ -99%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $17.19 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $17.19 ↓ -99%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $17.19 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $17.19 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $17.19 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $17.19 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $17.19 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $17.19 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $17.19 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $17.19 ↓ -99%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $17.19 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $17.28 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $17.34 ↓ -99%
Van Lang IPA MCR $17.36 ↓ -99%
United MCR $17.53 ↓ -99%
WellCare PPO $17.71 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCRHMO $17.71 ↓ -99%
WellCare PFFS $17.71 ↓ -99%
WellCare POS $17.71 ↓ -99%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $17.71 ↓ -99%
WellCare SNP $17.71 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $18.05 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $18.05 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MGMCR $18.05 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $18.05 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $18.05 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $18.05 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $18.05 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $18.05 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $18.05 ↓ -99%
Shared Health MGMCR $18.05 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $18.22 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $18.22 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $18.22 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $18.22 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $18.22 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $18.60 ↓ -99%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $18.60 ↓ -99%
Molina MGMCR $18.74 ↓ -99%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $19.77 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $20.63 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MCR $22.35 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $24.93 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice HIX $24.93 ↓ -98%
Superior EPO $26.64 ↓ -98%
Superior HMO $26.64 ↓ -98%
UTMB MGMCR $28.02 ↓ -98%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $34.04 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $34.72 ↓ -98%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $36.10 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare HIX $36.96 ↓ -98%
BCBS BAV $38.33 ↓ -97%
BCBS HMO $47.96 ↓ -97%
Oscar HIX $49.68 ↓ -97%
BCBS EPOSOA $51.40 ↓ -97%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $51.56 ↓ -97%
BCBS PPO $54.84 ↓ -96%
Aetna QHPExchange $62.95 ↓ -96%
Cigna CSN $71.10 ↓ -95%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $77.01 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $81.54 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $81.54 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STAR $81.54 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $81.54 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $81.54 ↓ -95%
Aetna NBHMO $83.71 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBPOS $83.71 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBPPO $83.71 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMHMO $88.94 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMPOS $88.94 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMPPO $88.94 ↓ -94%
Cigna PPO $91.62 ↓ -94%
Aetna OONHMO $104.48 ↓ -93%
Aetna OONPOS $104.48 ↓ -93%
Aetna OONPPO $104.48 ↓ -93%
Aetna ASAPOS $112.97 ↓ -92%
Aetna ASAHMO $112.97 ↓ -92%
Aetna ASAPPO $112.97 ↓ -92%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $225.59 ↓ -85%
Humana PPO $229.60 ↓ -85%
Humana HMO $229.60 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $239.18 ↓ -84%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $326.16 ↓ -78%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $371.00 ↓ -75%
IPA Management Services COMM $375.02 ↓ -75%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $475.65 ↓ -68%
BCBS Traditional $475.65 ↓ -68%
Imagine Health PPO $475.65 ↓ -68%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $584.37 ↓ -61%
United GlobalAppendix $611.55 ↓ -59%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $611.55 ↓ -59%
Averde Health Commercial $611.55 ↓ -59%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $679.50 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $724.34 ↓ -52%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $747.44 ↓ -50%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $747.44 ↓ -50%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $815.39 ↓ -46%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $815.39 ↓ -46%
Beech Street WCOMP $815.39 ↓ -46%
Independent Medical System COMM $815.39 ↓ -46%
Coastal Comp COMM $883.34 ↓ -41%
Beech Street COMMPPO $1,087.19 ↓ -28%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,114.37 ↓ -26%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,155.14 ↓ -23%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,155.14 ↓ -23%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,200.08 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $1,223.09 ↓ -18%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,223.09 ↓ -18%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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