Hemoglobin plasma 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

$601.31

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.

$601.31

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.

$6.02 with Texas Health Network vs $541.18 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 $6.02 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $6.14 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $6.14 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $6.14 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $6.14 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $6.14 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $6.14 ↓ -99%
UTMB MGMCD $6.14 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $6.14 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $6.14 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $6.26 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $6.63 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $6.75 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $6.75 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $6.75 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $6.75 ↓ -99%
Oscar MGMCR $7.16 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $7.31 ↓ -99%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $7.31 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $7.31 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $7.31 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $7.31 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $7.31 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $7.31 ↓ -99%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $7.31 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $7.31 ↓ -99%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $7.31 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $7.31 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $7.31 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $7.31 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $7.31 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $7.31 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $7.31 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $7.31 ↓ -99%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $7.31 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $7.31 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $7.35 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $7.37 ↓ -99%
Van Lang IPA MCR $7.38 ↓ -99%
United MCR $7.46 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCRHMO $7.53 ↓ -99%
WellCare SNP $7.53 ↓ -99%
WellCare PPO $7.53 ↓ -99%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $7.53 ↓ -99%
WellCare POS $7.53 ↓ -99%
WellCare PFFS $7.53 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $7.67 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $7.68 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MGMCR $7.68 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $7.68 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $7.68 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $7.68 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $7.68 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $7.68 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $7.68 ↓ -99%
Shared Health MGMCR $7.68 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $7.75 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $7.75 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $7.75 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $7.75 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $7.75 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $7.91 ↓ -99%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $7.91 ↓ -99%
Molina MGMCR $7.97 ↓ -99%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $8.41 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $8.77 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MCR $9.50 ↓ -98%
Superior ValueHMO $10.60 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice HIX $10.60 ↓ -98%
Superior EPO $11.33 ↓ -98%
Superior HMO $11.33 ↓ -98%
UTMB MGMCR $11.92 ↓ -98%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $14.47 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $14.77 ↓ -98%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $15.35 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare HIX $15.72 ↓ -97%
BCBS BAV $16.30 ↓ -97%
BCBS HMO $20.39 ↓ -97%
Oscar HIX $21.13 ↓ -96%
BCBS EPOSOA $21.86 ↓ -96%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $21.94 ↓ -96%
BCBS PPO $23.32 ↓ -96%
Aetna QHPExchange $26.80 ↓ -96%
Cigna CSN $30.66 ↓ -95%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $33.21 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBPPO $35.64 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBPOS $35.64 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBHMO $35.64 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $36.08 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $36.08 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $36.08 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $36.08 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $36.08 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMPPO $37.86 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMPOS $37.86 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMHMO $37.86 ↓ -94%
Cigna PPO $39.51 ↓ -93%
Aetna OONHMO $44.48 ↓ -93%
Aetna OONPOS $44.48 ↓ -93%
Aetna OONPPO $44.48 ↓ -93%
Aetna ASAPOS $48.09 ↓ -92%
Aetna ASAHMO $48.09 ↓ -92%
Aetna ASAPPO $48.09 ↓ -92%
Humana PPO $97.70 ↓ -84%
Humana HMO $97.70 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $99.82 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $105.83 ↓ -82%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $144.31 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $150.33 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $164.16 ↓ -73%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $210.46 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $210.46 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $210.46 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $258.56 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $270.59 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $270.59 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $270.59 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $300.65 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $320.50 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $330.72 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $330.72 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $360.79 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $360.79 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $360.79 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $360.79 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $390.85 ↓ -35%
Beech Street COMMPPO $481.05 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $481.05 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $493.07 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $511.11 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $511.11 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $541.18 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $541.18 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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