Fractionation ketosteroids 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

$1,815.37

Cash price

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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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$1,815.37

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.

$23.46 with Texas Health Network vs $1,633.83 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 $23.46 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $23.94 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $23.94 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $23.94 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $23.94 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $23.94 ↓ -99%
UTMB MGMCD $23.94 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $23.94 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $23.94 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $23.94 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $24.42 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $25.86 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $26.33 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $26.33 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $26.33 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $26.33 ↓ -99%
Oscar MGMCR $27.93 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $28.50 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $28.50 ↓ -98%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $28.50 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $28.50 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MGMCR $28.50 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $28.50 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $28.50 ↓ -98%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $28.50 ↓ -98%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $28.50 ↓ -98%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $28.50 ↓ -98%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $28.50 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $28.50 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $28.50 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $28.50 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $28.50 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $28.50 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $28.50 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup DualEligible $28.50 ↓ -98%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $28.50 ↓ -98%
WellMed MGMCR $28.64 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $28.74 ↓ -98%
Van Lang IPA MCR $28.79 ↓ -98%
United MCR $29.07 ↓ -98%
WellCare PPO $29.36 ↓ -98%
WellCare MCRHMO $29.36 ↓ -98%
WellCare PFFS $29.36 ↓ -98%
WellCare POS $29.36 ↓ -98%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $29.36 ↓ -98%
WellCare SNP $29.36 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $29.93 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $29.93 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan MGMCR $29.93 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $29.93 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $29.93 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $29.93 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $29.93 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $29.93 ↓ -98%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $29.93 ↓ -98%
Shared Health MGMCR $29.93 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $30.21 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $30.21 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $30.21 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $30.21 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $30.21 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $30.85 ↓ -98%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $30.85 ↓ -98%
Molina MGMCR $31.07 ↓ -98%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $32.77 ↓ -98%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $34.20 ↓ -98%
Verda Health Plan MCR $37.05 ↓ -98%
Superior ValueHMO $41.32 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice HIX $41.32 ↓ -98%
Superior HMO $44.18 ↓ -98%
Superior EPO $44.18 ↓ -98%
UTMB MGMCR $46.45 ↓ -97%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $56.43 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $57.57 ↓ -97%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $59.85 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare HIX $61.27 ↓ -97%
BCBS BAV $63.55 ↓ -96%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $78.90 ↓ -96%
BCBS HMO $79.52 ↓ -96%
Oscar HIX $82.37 ↓ -95%
BCBS EPOSOA $85.22 ↓ -95%
BCBS PPO $90.91 ↓ -95%
Aetna QHPExchange $104.40 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $108.92 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $108.92 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $108.92 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $108.92 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $108.92 ↓ -94%
Cigna CSN $117.08 ↓ -94%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $126.82 ↓ -93%
Aetna NBHMO $138.84 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBPOS $138.84 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBPPO $138.84 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMMPPO $147.50 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMMPOS $147.50 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMMHMO $147.50 ↓ -92%
Cigna PPO $150.88 ↓ -92%
Aetna OONHMO $173.28 ↓ -90%
Aetna OONPOS $173.28 ↓ -90%
Aetna OONPPO $173.28 ↓ -90%
Aetna ASAPOS $187.36 ↓ -90%
Aetna ASAHMO $187.36 ↓ -90%
Aetna ASAPPO $187.36 ↓ -90%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $301.35 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $319.51 ↓ -82%
Humana PPO $351.33 ↓ -81%
Humana HMO $351.33 ↓ -81%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $435.69 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $453.84 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $495.60 ↓ -73%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $635.38 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $635.38 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $635.38 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $780.61 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $816.92 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $816.92 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $816.92 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $907.68 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $967.59 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $998.45 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $998.45 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,089.22 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,089.22 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $1,089.22 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $1,089.22 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $1,179.99 ↓ -35%
Beech Street COMMPPO $1,452.30 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,452.30 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,488.60 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,543.06 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,543.06 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $1,633.83 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,633.83 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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