G-esoph reflx tst w/electrod at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$5,290.20
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.
$5,290.20
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.
$300.00 with Texas Athletic Network vs $4,761.18 with Multiplan — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $317.41 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $317.41 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $317.41 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $317.41 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $317.41 | ↓ -94% |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | ↓ -91% |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | ↓ -89% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $687.73 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $687.73 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $687.73 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $687.73 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $740.63 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $740.63 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | CSN | $782.95 | ↓ -85% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $846.43 | ↓ -84% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $878.17 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $952.94 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna | PPO | $1,005.14 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS | BAV | $1,050.68 | ↓ -80% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,068.62 | ↓ -80% |
| United | SmallGroup | $1,120.00 | ↓ -79% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $1,253.78 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $1,253.78 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,315.39 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS | HMO | $1,315.39 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,315.39 | ↓ -75% |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $1,322.55 | ↓ -75% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $1,349.00 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $1,444.22 | ↓ -73% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $1,600.00 | ↓ -70% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,672.00 | ↓ -68% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $1,702.00 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,851.57 | ↓ -65% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $2,116.08 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $2,274.79 | ↓ -57% |
| Oscar | HIX | $2,358.00 | ↓ -55% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $2,380.59 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $2,380.59 | ↓ -55% |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $2,645.10 | ↓ -50% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $2,819.68 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $2,909.61 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $2,909.61 | ↓ -45% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $3,174.12 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $3,174.12 | ↓ -40% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $3,174.12 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $3,174.12 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $3,438.63 | ↓ -35% |
| Humana | HMO | $3,722.63 | ↓ -30% |
| Humana | PPO | $3,722.63 | ↓ -30% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $4,232.16 | ↓ -20% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $4,232.16 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $4,337.96 | ↓ -18% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $4,496.67 | ↓ -15% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $4,496.67 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $4,761.18 | ↓ -10% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $4,761.18 | ↓ -10% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,886.71 | $534.57 – $2,358.39 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,877.99 | $221.34 – $1,612.98 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,787.85 | $357.57 – $2,234.81 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,886.71 | $503.12 – $2,358.39 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,877.99 | $345.18 – $1,612.98 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,877.99 | $555.58 – $1,667.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,787.85 | $595.95 – $2,681.78 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $1,886.71 | $503.12 – $2,358.39 |