Heinz bodies direct 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

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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.

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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.

$3.46 with Texas Health Network vs $425.62 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
Texas Health Network MCD $3.46
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $3.53
UTMB MGMCD $3.53
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $3.53
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $3.53
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $3.53
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $3.53
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $3.53
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $3.53
Amerigroup MGMCD $3.53
United MGMCD $3.60
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $3.81
Molina Healthcare STAR $3.88
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $3.88
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $3.88
Molina Healthcare CHIP $3.88
Oscar MGMCR $4.12
United SmallGroup $4.20
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $4.20
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $4.20
United AllPayerAppendix $4.20
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $4.20
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $4.20
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $4.20
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $4.20
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $4.20
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $4.20
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $4.20
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $4.20
Devoted Health MGMCR $4.20
BCBS MCRPPO $4.20
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $4.20
CHC Harris Health Indigent $4.20
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $4.20
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $4.20
Amerigroup DualEligible $4.20
WellMed MGMCR $4.22
Aetna MCR $4.24
Van Lang IPA MCR $4.24
United MCR $4.28
WellCare PFFS $4.33
WellCare PPO $4.33
WellCare SNP $4.33
WellCare POS $4.33
WellCare MCRHMO $4.33
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $4.33
Shared Health MGMCR $4.41
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $4.41
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $4.41
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $4.41
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $4.41
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $4.41
Humana MCD $4.41
American Health Plan MGMCR $4.41
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $4.41
Superior Health Plan PFFS $4.41
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $4.45
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $4.45
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $4.45
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $4.45
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $4.45
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $4.55
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $4.55
Molina MGMCR $4.58
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $4.83
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $5.04
Verda Health Plan MCR $5.46
Superior ValueHMO $6.09
Community Health Choice HIX $6.09
Superior HMO $6.51
Superior EPO $6.51
UTMB MGMCR $6.85
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $8.32
BCBS MyBlueHealth $8.48
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $8.82
Molina Healthcare HIX $9.03
BCBS BAV $9.37
BCBS HMO $11.72
Oscar HIX $12.14
BCBS EPOSOA $12.56
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $12.59
BCBS PPO $13.40
Aetna QHPExchange $15.38
Cigna CSN $16.71
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $18.10
Aetna NBPPO $20.45
Aetna NBPOS $20.45
Aetna NBHMO $20.45
Cigna PPO $21.54
Aetna COMMPOS $21.72
Aetna COMMHMO $21.72
Aetna COMMPPO $21.72
Aetna OONPPO $25.52
Aetna OONHMO $25.52
Aetna OONPOS $25.52
Aetna ASAPPO $27.59
Aetna ASAPOS $27.59
Aetna ASAHMO $27.59
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $28.37
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $28.37
Superior Health Plan STARKids $28.37
Superior Health Plan STAR $28.37
Superior Health Plan CHIP $28.37
Humana HMO $56.05
Humana PPO $56.05
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $78.50
United OptionsPPO $83.23
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $113.50
Evry Health BroadNetwork $129.10
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $165.52
Imagine Health PPO $165.52
BCBS Traditional $165.52
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $203.35
United GlobalAppendix $212.81
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $212.81
Averde Health Commercial $212.81
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $236.46
Coventry National First Health COMM $252.06
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $260.10
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $260.10
Beech Street WCOMP $283.75
Independent Medical System COMM $283.75
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $283.75
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $283.75
Coastal Comp COMM $307.39
Beech Street COMMPPO $378.33
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $387.79
Physicians, INC COMM $401.97
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $401.97
Affiliated PPO COMM $425.62
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $425.62
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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