Ghs eeg cont rec w/video by tec min 8 chnls 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

$274.59

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.

$274.59

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.

$16.48 with Superior Health Plan vs $817.51 with BCBS — 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 CHPFC $16.48 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $16.48 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $16.48 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $16.48 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $16.48 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $35.70 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $35.70 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $35.70 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $35.70 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $38.44 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $38.44 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $40.64 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $43.93 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $45.58 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $48.33 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $52.17 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $53.55 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $65.08 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $65.08 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $65.90 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $68.65 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $70.02 ↓ -75%
Aetna QHPExchange $72.77 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $74.96 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $87.62 ↓ -68%
Humana PPO $87.62 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBHMO $88.14 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPPO $88.14 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPOS $88.14 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMPPO $93.91 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPOS $93.91 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMHMO $93.91 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $96.11 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $96.11 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $96.11 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $109.84 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $109.84 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $110.11 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $110.11 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $110.11 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $118.07 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPPO $118.90 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $118.90 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $118.90 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $123.57 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $123.57 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $123.57 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $137.29 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $146.36 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $151.02 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $151.02 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $164.75 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $164.75 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $164.75 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $164.75 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $178.48 ↓ -35%
Beech Street COMMPPO $219.67 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $219.67 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $225.16 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $233.40 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $233.40 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $247.13 ↓ -10%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $247.13 ↓ -10%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↑ +9%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↑ +82%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $592.25 ↑ +116%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↑ +119%
BCBS BAV $653.00 ↑ +138%
BCBS PPO $817.51 ↑ +198%
BCBS HMO $817.51 ↑ +198%
BCBS EPOSOA $817.51 ↑ +198%

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