Ghs fat & muscle 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.
$3.99 with Texas Health Network vs $52.48 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.
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 Health Network | MCD | $3.99 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $4.07 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $4.07 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $4.07 | — |
| UTMB | MGMCD | $4.07 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $4.07 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $4.07 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $4.07 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $4.07 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $4.07 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $4.15 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $4.40 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $4.48 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $4.48 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $4.48 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $4.48 | — |
| Oscar | MGMCR | $4.75 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $4.85 | — |
| Amerigroup | DualEligible | $4.85 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | PFFS | $4.85 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRSNP | $4.85 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRPPO | $4.85 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRHMO | $4.85 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $4.85 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS | $4.85 | — |
| Renaissance IPA Radiology | MCR | $4.85 | — |
| Renaissance IPA Radiology | COMM | $4.85 | — |
| Kelsey Seybold | MGMCR | $4.85 | — |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $4.85 | — |
| BCBS | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $4.85 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $4.85 | — |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $4.85 | — |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $4.85 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MMP | $4.85 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $4.85 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $4.85 | — |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $4.87 | — |
| Aetna | MCR | $4.89 | — |
| Van Lang IPA | MCR | $4.90 | — |
| United | MCR | $4.95 | — |
| WellCare | MCRHMO | $5.00 | — |
| WellCare | SNP | $5.00 | — |
| WellCare | POS | $5.00 | — |
| WellCare | PPO | $5.00 | — |
| Integranet Amerigroup IPA | MCR | $5.00 | — |
| WellCare | PFFS | $5.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRSNP | $5.09 | — |
| Humana | MCD | $5.09 | — |
| American Health Plan | MGMCR | $5.09 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | DualEligible | $5.09 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRHMO | $5.09 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPOS | $5.09 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPPO | $5.09 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | PFFS | $5.09 | — |
| ProCare Advantage | MGMCR | $5.09 | — |
| Shared Health | MGMCR | $5.09 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | SNP | $5.14 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PPO | $5.14 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | POS | $5.14 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | MCRHMO | $5.14 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PFFS | $5.14 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $5.25 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $5.25 | — |
| Molina | MGMCR | $5.29 | — |
| Kindred Hospital | MGMCR | $5.58 | — |
| Universal Healthcare Group | MCR | $5.82 | — |
| Verda Health Plan | MCR | $6.30 | — |
| Community Health Choice | HIX | $7.03 | — |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $7.03 | — |
| Superior | HMO | $7.52 | — |
| Superior | EPO | $7.52 | — |
| UTMB | MGMCR | $7.91 | — |
| Corvel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $9.60 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $9.80 | — |
| OMNI Healthcare | WORKERSCOMP | $10.19 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $10.43 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $10.82 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $11.79 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $13.53 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $14.02 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $14.50 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $15.47 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $17.79 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $19.53 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $21.15 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $23.65 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $23.65 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $23.65 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $25.13 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $25.13 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $25.13 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $25.17 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $29.52 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $29.52 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $29.52 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $31.92 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $31.92 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $31.92 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $52.48 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $52.48 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | not published | $4.37 – $18.67 |
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| HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST | PASADENA | not published | $3.99 – $19.53 |