Glucose blood quantitative 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

$883.53

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.

$883.53

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.

$3.23 with Texas Health Network vs $795.18 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 $3.23 ↓ -100%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $3.30 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $3.30 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $3.30 ↓ -100%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $3.30 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $3.30 ↓ -100%
UTMB MGMCD $3.30 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $3.30 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $3.30 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup MGMCD $3.30 ↓ -100%
United MGMCD $3.37 ↓ -100%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $3.56 ↓ -100%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $3.63 ↓ -100%
Molina Healthcare STAR $3.63 ↓ -100%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $3.63 ↓ -100%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $3.63 ↓ -100%
Oscar MGMCR $3.85 ↓ -100%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $3.93 ↓ -100%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $3.93 ↓ -100%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $3.93 ↓ -100%
United AllPayerAppendix $3.93 ↓ -100%
Devoted Health MGMCR $3.93 ↓ -100%
United SmallGroup $3.93 ↓ -100%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $3.93 ↓ -100%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $3.93 ↓ -100%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $3.93 ↓ -100%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $3.93 ↓ -100%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $3.93 ↓ -100%
BCBS MCRPPO $3.93 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $3.93 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $3.93 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $3.93 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $3.93 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $3.93 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup DualEligible $3.93 ↓ -100%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $3.93 ↓ -100%
WellMed MGMCR $3.95 ↓ -100%
Aetna MCR $3.96 ↓ -100%
Van Lang IPA MCR $3.97 ↓ -100%
United MCR $4.01 ↓ -100%
WellCare PPO $4.05 ↓ -100%
WellCare MCRHMO $4.05 ↓ -100%
WellCare PFFS $4.05 ↓ -100%
WellCare POS $4.05 ↓ -100%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $4.05 ↓ -100%
WellCare SNP $4.05 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $4.13 ↓ -100%
Humana MCD $4.13 ↓ -100%
American Health Plan MGMCR $4.13 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $4.13 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $4.13 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $4.13 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $4.13 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $4.13 ↓ -100%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $4.13 ↓ -100%
Shared Health MGMCR $4.13 ↓ -100%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $4.17 ↓ -100%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $4.17 ↓ -100%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $4.17 ↓ -100%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $4.17 ↓ -100%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $4.17 ↓ -100%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $4.25 ↓ -100%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $4.25 ↓ -100%
Molina MGMCR $4.28 ↓ -100%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $4.52 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $4.72 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MCR $5.11 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $5.70 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice HIX $5.70 ↓ -99%
Superior HMO $6.09 ↓ -99%
Superior EPO $6.09 ↓ -99%
UTMB MGMCR $6.41 ↓ -99%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $7.78 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $7.94 ↓ -99%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $8.25 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare HIX $8.45 ↓ -99%
BCBS BAV $8.76 ↓ -99%
BCBS HMO $10.96 ↓ -99%
Oscar HIX $11.36 ↓ -99%
BCBS EPOSOA $11.75 ↓ -99%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $11.79 ↓ -99%
BCBS PPO $12.54 ↓ -99%
Aetna QHPExchange $14.41 ↓ -98%
Cigna CSN $16.71 ↓ -98%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $18.10 ↓ -98%
Aetna NBHMO $19.17 ↓ -98%
Aetna NBPOS $19.17 ↓ -98%
Aetna NBPPO $19.17 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMMPOS $20.36 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMMHMO $20.36 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMMPPO $20.36 ↓ -98%
Cigna PPO $21.54 ↓ -98%
Aetna OONHMO $23.92 ↓ -97%
Aetna OONPOS $23.92 ↓ -97%
Aetna OONPPO $23.92 ↓ -97%
Aetna ASAPPO $25.86 ↓ -97%
Aetna ASAPOS $25.86 ↓ -97%
Aetna ASAHMO $25.86 ↓ -97%
Humana HMO $52.48 ↓ -94%
Humana PPO $52.48 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $53.01 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $53.01 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $53.01 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $53.01 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $53.01 ↓ -94%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $146.67 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $155.50 ↓ -82%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $212.05 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $220.88 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $241.20 ↓ -73%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $309.24 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $309.24 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $309.24 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $379.92 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $397.59 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $397.59 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $397.59 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $441.76 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $470.92 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $485.94 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $485.94 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $530.12 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $530.12 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $530.12 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $530.12 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $574.29 ↓ -35%
Beech Street COMMPPO $706.82 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $706.82 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $724.49 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $751.00 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $751.00 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $795.18 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $795.18 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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