Ghs ppd (tb intradermal) 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

$429.69

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.

$429.69

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.

$24.67 with United vs $386.72 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.

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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
United SmallGroup $24.67 ↓ -94%
United AllPayerAppendix $24.67 ↓ -94%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $24.67 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $25.78 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $25.78 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $25.78 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $25.78 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $25.78 ↓ -94%
Aetna QHPExchange $40.30 ↓ -91%
Cigna CSN $41.52 ↓ -90%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $44.98 ↓ -90%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $46.44 ↓ -89%
BCBS BAV $51.27 ↓ -88%
Cigna PPO $53.51 ↓ -88%
Aetna NBPOS $53.59 ↓ -88%
Aetna NBPPO $53.59 ↓ -88%
Aetna NBHMO $53.59 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $55.86 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $55.86 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $55.86 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $55.86 ↓ -87%
Aetna COMMPOS $56.93 ↓ -87%
Aetna COMMHMO $56.93 ↓ -87%
Aetna COMMPPO $56.93 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $60.16 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $60.16 ↓ -86%
BCBS HMO $64.14 ↓ -85%
Aetna OONPPO $66.88 ↓ -84%
Aetna OONPOS $66.88 ↓ -84%
Aetna OONHMO $66.88 ↓ -84%
BCBS EPOSOA $68.74 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $71.33 ↓ -83%
Aetna ASAPOS $72.31 ↓ -83%
Aetna ASAHMO $72.31 ↓ -83%
Aetna ASAPPO $72.31 ↓ -83%
BCBS PPO $73.34 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $75.63 ↓ -82%
Humana PPO $83.53 ↓ -81%
Humana HMO $83.53 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $83.79 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $101.84 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $101.84 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $103.13 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $107.42 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $109.57 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $117.31 ↓ -73%
Imagine Health PPO $150.39 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $150.39 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $150.39 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $171.88 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $184.77 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $193.36 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $193.36 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $193.36 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $214.84 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $229.02 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $236.33 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $236.33 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $257.81 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $257.81 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $257.81 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $257.81 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $279.30 ↓ -35%
Beech Street COMMPPO $343.75 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $343.75 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $352.35 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $365.24 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $365.24 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $386.72 ↓ -10%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $386.72 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $136.40 $88.51 – $88.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $60.68 $9.44 – $73.76
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $60.68 $8.80 – $73.76
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $60.68 $8.93 – $73.76
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $60.68 $12.00 – $73.76
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $60.68 $8.00 – $73.76
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