Hc i-131 sodium iodide cap dx per mci 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

$246.65

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.

$246.65

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.

$14.80 with Superior Health Plan vs $600.00 with Texas Athletic Network — 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 STAR $14.80 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $14.80 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $14.80 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $14.80 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $14.80 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $16.35 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $32.06 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $32.06 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $32.06 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $32.06 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $34.53 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $34.53 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $40.94 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $43.41 ↓ -82%
Oscar HIX $48.10 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $58.46 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $58.46 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $59.20 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $62.90 ↓ -74%
Molina Healthcare HIX $66.60 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $67.34 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $74.00 ↓ -70%
Aetna NBHMO $79.17 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPOS $79.17 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPPO $79.17 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMPPO $84.35 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMHMO $84.35 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPOS $84.35 ↓ -66%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $86.33 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $86.33 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $86.33 ↓ -65%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $91.71 ↓ -63%
Curative Administrators COMM $98.66 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $98.66 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $98.91 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $98.91 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $98.91 ↓ -60%
BCBS BAV $101.07 ↓ -59%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $106.06 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $106.80 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $106.80 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPPO $106.80 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $110.99 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $110.99 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $110.99 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $123.33 ↓ -50%
BCBS EPOSOA $126.33 ↓ -49%
BCBS HMO $126.33 ↓ -49%
BCBS PPO $126.33 ↓ -49%
Coventry National First Health COMM $131.46 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $135.66 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $135.66 ↓ -45%
Beech Street WCOMP $147.99 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $147.99 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $147.99 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $147.99 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $160.32 ↓ -35%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $160.92 ↓ -35%
United AllPayerAppendix $160.92 ↓ -35%
United SmallGroup $160.92 ↓ -35%
Cigna CSN $194.30 ↓ -21%
Beech Street COMMPPO $197.32 ↓ -20%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $197.32 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $202.25 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $209.65 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $209.65 ↓ -15%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $210.36 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $221.99 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $221.99 ↓ -10%
Cigna PPO $250.50 ↑ +2%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↑ +22%
Humana HMO $455.73 ↑ +85%
Humana PPO $455.73 ↑ +85%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↑ +103%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↑ +143%

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Hc i-131 sodium iodide cap dx per mci at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $300.71 $91.71 – $455.73
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $42.00 $174.99 – $186.82
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $391.11 $91.71 – $455.73
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $349.11 $91.71 – $455.73
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $136.50 $42.11 – $390.00
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $136.50 $51.00 – $390.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $136.50 $51.00 – $390.00
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $833.54 $91.71 – $455.73

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