Ghs immun0electrophoresis 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

$2,396.34

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.

$2,396.34

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.

$24.63 with Texas Health Network vs $2,156.71 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 $24.63 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $25.13 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $25.13 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $25.13 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $25.13 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $25.13 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $25.13 ↓ -99%
UTMB MGMCD $25.13 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $25.13 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $25.13 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $25.63 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $27.14 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $27.64 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $27.64 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $27.64 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $27.64 ↓ -99%
Oscar MGMCR $29.32 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $29.92 ↓ -99%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $29.92 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $29.92 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $29.92 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $29.92 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $29.92 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $29.92 ↓ -99%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $29.92 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $29.92 ↓ -99%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $29.92 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $29.92 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $29.92 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $29.92 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $29.92 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $29.92 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $29.92 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $29.92 ↓ -99%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $29.92 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $29.92 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $30.07 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $30.17 ↓ -99%
Van Lang IPA MCR $30.22 ↓ -99%
United MCR $30.52 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCRHMO $30.82 ↓ -99%
WellCare SNP $30.82 ↓ -99%
WellCare PPO $30.82 ↓ -99%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $30.82 ↓ -99%
WellCare POS $30.82 ↓ -99%
WellCare PFFS $30.82 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $31.41 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $31.42 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MGMCR $31.42 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $31.42 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $31.42 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $31.42 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $31.42 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $31.42 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $31.42 ↓ -99%
Shared Health MGMCR $31.42 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $31.72 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $31.72 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $31.72 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $31.72 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $31.72 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $32.38 ↓ -99%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $32.38 ↓ -99%
Molina MGMCR $32.61 ↓ -99%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $34.41 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $35.90 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MCR $38.90 ↓ -98%
Superior ValueHMO $43.38 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice HIX $43.38 ↓ -98%
Superior EPO $46.38 ↓ -98%
Superior HMO $46.38 ↓ -98%
UTMB MGMCR $48.77 ↓ -98%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $59.24 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $60.44 ↓ -97%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $62.83 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare HIX $64.33 ↓ -97%
BCBS BAV $66.72 ↓ -97%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $72.70 ↓ -97%
BCBS HMO $83.48 ↓ -97%
Oscar HIX $86.47 ↓ -96%
BCBS EPOSOA $89.46 ↓ -96%
BCBS PPO $95.44 ↓ -96%
Aetna QHPExchange $109.61 ↓ -95%
Cigna CSN $122.67 ↓ -95%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $132.87 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $143.78 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $143.78 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $143.78 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $143.78 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $143.78 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBHMO $145.76 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBPOS $145.76 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBPPO $145.76 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMHMO $154.86 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMPOS $154.86 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMPPO $154.86 ↓ -94%
Cigna PPO $158.08 ↓ -93%
Aetna OONHMO $181.92 ↓ -92%
Aetna OONPOS $181.92 ↓ -92%
Aetna OONPPO $181.92 ↓ -92%
Aetna ASAPOS $196.70 ↓ -92%
Aetna ASAHMO $196.70 ↓ -92%
Aetna ASAPPO $196.70 ↓ -92%
Humana PPO $323.73 ↓ -86%
Humana HMO $323.73 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $397.79 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $421.76 ↓ -82%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $575.12 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $599.09 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $654.20 ↓ -73%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $838.72 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $838.72 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $838.72 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,030.43 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $1,078.35 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,078.35 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $1,078.35 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $1,198.17 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,277.25 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,317.99 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,317.99 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,437.80 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,437.80 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $1,437.80 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $1,437.80 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $1,557.62 ↓ -35%
Beech Street COMMPPO $1,917.07 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,917.07 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,965.00 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $2,036.89 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $2,036.89 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $2,156.71 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $2,156.71 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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