Foscarnet sodium injection 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

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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.

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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.

$6.65 with Superior Health Plan vs $671.57 with Humana — 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $6.65
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $6.65
Superior Health Plan STAR $6.65
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $6.65
Superior Health Plan STARKids $6.65
Aetna MCR $7.35
United AllPayerAppendix $11.07
United SmallGroup $11.07
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $11.07
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $14.40
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $14.40
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $14.40
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $14.40
Amerigroup MGMCD $15.51
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $15.51
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $18.39
Superior EPO $19.39
Superior HMO $19.39
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $21.63
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $21.63
Superior ValueHMO $21.94
United OptionsPPO $22.38
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $26.26
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $26.26
IPA Management Services COMM $27.70
Molina Healthcare HIX $29.92
Cigna CSN $37.70
BCBS Traditional $38.78
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $40.82
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $47.64
Cigna PPO $48.61
United GlobalAppendix $49.86
Coventry National First Health COMM $59.06
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $60.94
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $60.94
Beech Street WCOMP $66.48
Independent Medical System COMM $66.48
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $66.48
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $66.48
Coastal Comp COMM $72.02
Beech Street COMMPPO $88.64
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $88.64
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $90.86
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $94.18
Physicians, INC COMM $94.18
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $99.72
Affiliated PPO COMM $99.72
BCBS MyBlueHealth $152.12
BCBS BAV $167.64
BCBS PPO $209.55
BCBS HMO $209.55
BCBS EPOSOA $209.55
Humana HMO $671.57
Humana PPO $671.57

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