Fluoroguide for spine inject 77003-26 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

$5,893.69

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.

$5,893.69

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.

$121.14 with BCBS vs $5,304.32 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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $121.14 ↓ -98%
BCBS BAV $130.78 ↓ -98%
BCBS HMO $234.02 ↓ -96%
BCBS EPOSOA $242.97 ↓ -96%
BCBS PPO $251.23 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $353.62 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $353.62 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $353.62 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $353.62 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $353.62 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $390.75 ↓ -93%
Aetna QHPExchange $459.85 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBPOS $611.18 ↓ -90%
Aetna NBHMO $611.18 ↓ -90%
Aetna NBPPO $611.18 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMMHMO $650.15 ↓ -89%
Aetna COMMPOS $650.15 ↓ -89%
Aetna COMMPPO $650.15 ↓ -89%
Aetna OONHMO $764.46 ↓ -87%
Aetna OONPOS $764.46 ↓ -87%
Aetna OONPPO $764.46 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $766.18 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $766.18 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $766.18 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $766.18 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $825.12 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $825.12 ↓ -86%
Aetna ASAPOS $826.16 ↓ -86%
Aetna ASAHMO $826.16 ↓ -86%
Aetna ASAPPO $826.16 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $872.27 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $942.99 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $978.35 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $1,037.29 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $1,119.80 ↓ -81%
Humana HMO $1,129.76 ↓ -81%
Humana PPO $1,129.76 ↓ -81%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $1,396.80 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $1,396.80 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $1,414.49 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $1,473.42 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,502.89 ↓ -75%
Molina Healthcare HIX $1,591.30 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,608.98 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $1,768.11 ↓ -70%
BCBS Traditional $2,062.79 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $2,062.79 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $2,062.79 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2,357.48 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $2,357.48 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $2,534.29 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $2,652.16 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $2,652.16 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $2,652.16 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $2,946.84 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $3,141.34 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $3,241.53 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $3,241.53 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $3,536.21 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $3,536.21 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $3,536.21 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $3,536.21 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $3,830.90 ↓ -35%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $4,714.95 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $4,714.95 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $4,714.95 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $4,832.83 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $5,009.64 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $5,009.64 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $5,304.32 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $5,304.32 ↓ -10%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $766.31 $137.66 – $1,085.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $644.75 $132.71 – $967.13
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