Fluoroscopy (Live X-ray Guidance, up to 1 hour) 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.
$41.92 with Texas Health Network vs $2,068.20 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 |
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| Texas Health Network | MCD | $41.92 | — |
| UTMB | MGMCD | $42.78 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $42.78 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $42.78 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $43.44 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $43.44 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $43.44 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $43.44 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $44.31 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $46.92 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $47.06 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $47.06 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $47.06 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $47.06 | — |
| Humana | MCD | $53.48 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $56.44 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $60.93 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $64.17 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $64.17 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $64.17 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $101.71 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $109.04 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $110.08 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $113.21 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $117.06 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $130.85 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $137.88 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $137.88 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $137.88 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $137.88 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $137.88 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $229.37 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $229.37 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $229.37 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $244.06 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $244.06 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $244.06 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $286.95 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $286.95 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $286.95 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $310.26 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $310.26 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $310.26 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $408.32 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $437.25 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $517.79 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $517.79 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $556.80 | — |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $574.50 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $585.99 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $627.35 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $761.33 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $761.33 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $804.30 | — |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $804.30 | — |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $812.00 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $919.20 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $919.20 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $988.14 | — |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $1,034.10 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $1,034.10 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $1,034.10 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $1,190.36 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $1,263.90 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $1,263.90 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $1,378.80 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $1,378.80 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $1,378.80 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $1,493.70 | — |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $1,723.50 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $1,838.40 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,884.36 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $1,953.30 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $1,953.30 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $1,953.30 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $2,068.20 | — |
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Fluoroscopy (Live X-ray Guidance, up to 1 hour) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $463.80 | $42.78 – $607.02 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $494.52 | $101.79 – $741.78 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $664.78 | $42.78 – $830.97 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $463.80 | $42.78 – $607.02 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $494.52 | $45.77 – $741.78 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $494.52 | $42.78 – $741.78 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $664.78 | $42.78 – $997.16 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $463.80 | $42.78 – $607.02 |