Fluoroguide needle placement at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$6,827.05
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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$6,827.05
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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$131.30 with BCBS vs $6,144.35 with Affiliated PPO — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
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 →
?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $131.30 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | BAV | $141.74 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | HMO | $253.64 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $263.34 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | PPO | $272.29 | ↓ -96% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $409.62 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $409.62 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $409.62 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $409.62 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $409.62 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | MCR | $452.63 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $535.53 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $711.77 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $711.77 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $711.77 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $757.16 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $757.16 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $757.16 | ↓ -89% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $887.52 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $887.52 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $887.52 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $887.52 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $890.28 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $890.28 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $890.28 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $955.79 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $955.79 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $962.14 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $962.14 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $962.14 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | CSN | $1,010.40 | ↓ -85% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $1,092.33 | ↓ -84% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $1,133.29 | ↓ -83% |
| Humana | HMO | $1,161.04 | ↓ -83% |
| Humana | PPO | $1,161.04 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,201.56 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna | PPO | $1,297.14 | ↓ -81% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $1,618.01 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $1,618.01 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $1,638.49 | ↓ -76% |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $1,706.76 | ↓ -75% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $1,740.90 | ↓ -74% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $1,843.30 | ↓ -73% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $1,863.78 | ↓ -73% |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $2,048.11 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $2,389.47 | ↓ -65% |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $2,389.47 | ↓ -65% |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $2,389.47 | ↓ -65% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $2,730.82 | ↓ -60% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $2,730.82 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $2,935.63 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $3,072.17 | ↓ -55% |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $3,072.17 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $3,072.17 | ↓ -55% |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $3,413.53 | ↓ -50% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $3,638.82 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $3,754.88 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $3,754.88 | ↓ -45% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $4,096.23 | ↓ -40% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $4,096.23 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $4,096.23 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $4,096.23 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $4,437.58 | ↓ -35% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $5,461.64 | ↓ -20% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $5,461.64 | ↓ -20% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $5,461.64 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $5,598.18 | ↓ -18% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $5,802.99 | ↓ -15% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $5,802.99 | ↓ -15% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $6,144.35 | ↓ -10% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $6,144.35 | ↓ -10% |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
Fluoroguide needle placement at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $680.87 | $287.21 – $287.21 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $567.67 | $149.20 – $804.19 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $487.05 | $100.25 – $730.58 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $419.75 | $83.95 – $524.68 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $567.67 | $151.38 – $804.19 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $487.05 | $156.34 – $730.58 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $487.05 | $251.64 – $730.58 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $419.75 | $139.92 – $629.62 |