Hbot, full body chamber, 30m 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

$771.11

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.

$771.11

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.

$46.27 with Superior Health Plan vs $785.04 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.

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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 STARKids $46.27 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $46.27 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $46.27 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $46.27 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $46.27 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $100.24 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $100.24 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $100.24 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $100.24 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $107.96 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $107.96 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $128.00 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $135.72 ↓ -82%
Oscar HIX $150.37 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $182.75 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $182.75 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $185.07 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $192.78 ↓ -75%
Aetna QHPExchange $204.34 ↓ -74%
Aetna NBPPO $247.53 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPOS $247.53 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBHMO $247.53 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMPOS $263.72 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMHMO $263.72 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPPO $263.72 ↓ -66%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $269.24 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $269.89 ↓ -65%
BCBS BAV $296.85 ↓ -62%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -61%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $308.44 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $309.22 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $309.22 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $309.22 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $331.58 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $333.89 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPPO $333.89 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $333.89 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $347.00 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $347.00 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $347.00 ↓ -55%
BCBS PPO $371.64 ↓ -52%
BCBS HMO $371.64 ↓ -52%
BCBS EPOSOA $371.64 ↓ -52%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $385.56 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $411.00 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $424.11 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $424.11 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $462.67 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $462.67 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $462.67 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $462.67 ↓ -40%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -35%
Coastal Comp COMM $501.22 ↓ -35%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -22%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $616.89 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $616.89 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $632.31 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $655.44 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $655.44 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $694.00 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $694.00 ↓ -10%
Humana HMO $785.04 ↑ +2%
Humana PPO $785.04 ↑ +2%

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Hbot, full body chamber, 30m at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $1,209.18 $392.35 – $392.35
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $4,087.22 $785.04 – $785.04
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $349.30 $100.00 – $1,296.00
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $251.30 $100.00 – $718.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $297.50 $216.58 – $1,530.00
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $215.40 $100.00 – $1,292.40
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $251.30 $100.00 – $718.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $251.30 $100.00 – $718.00

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