Hgb methemoglobin qual 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.

$5.34 with Texas Health Network vs $454.23 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 $5.34
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $5.45
UTMB MGMCD $5.45
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $5.45
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $5.45
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $5.45
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $5.45
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $5.45
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $5.45
Amerigroup MGMCD $5.45
United MGMCD $5.56
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $5.89
Molina Healthcare STAR $6.00
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $6.00
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $6.00
Molina Healthcare CHIP $6.00
Oscar MGMCR $6.36
United SmallGroup $6.49
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $6.49
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $6.49
United AllPayerAppendix $6.49
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $6.49
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $6.49
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $6.49
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $6.49
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $6.49
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $6.49
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $6.49
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $6.49
Devoted Health MGMCR $6.49
BCBS MCRPPO $6.49
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $6.49
CHC Harris Health Indigent $6.49
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $6.49
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $6.49
Amerigroup DualEligible $6.49
WellMed MGMCR $6.52
Aetna MCR $6.55
Van Lang IPA MCR $6.55
United MCR $6.62
WellCare PFFS $6.68
WellCare PPO $6.68
WellCare SNP $6.68
WellCare POS $6.68
WellCare MCRHMO $6.68
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $6.68
Shared Health MGMCR $6.81
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $6.81
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $6.81
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $6.81
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $6.81
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $6.81
Humana MCD $6.81
American Health Plan MGMCR $6.81
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $6.81
Superior Health Plan PFFS $6.81
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $6.88
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $6.88
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $6.88
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $6.88
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $6.88
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $7.02
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $7.02
Molina MGMCR $7.07
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $7.46
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $7.79
Verda Health Plan MCR $8.44
Superior ValueHMO $9.41
Community Health Choice HIX $9.41
Superior HMO $10.06
Superior EPO $10.06
UTMB MGMCR $10.58
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $12.85
BCBS MyBlueHealth $13.11
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $13.63
Molina Healthcare HIX $13.95
BCBS BAV $14.47
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $15.77
BCBS HMO $18.11
Oscar HIX $18.76
BCBS EPOSOA $19.41
BCBS PPO $20.70
Aetna QHPExchange $23.76
Cigna CSN $26.50
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $28.70
Superior Health Plan STARKids $30.28
Superior Health Plan CHIP $30.28
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $30.28
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $30.28
Superior Health Plan STAR $30.28
Aetna NBPOS $31.60
Aetna NBPPO $31.60
Aetna NBHMO $31.60
Aetna COMMHMO $33.57
Aetna COMMPPO $33.57
Aetna COMMPOS $33.57
Cigna PPO $34.15
Aetna OONPPO $39.44
Aetna OONPOS $39.44
Aetna OONHMO $39.44
Aetna ASAPPO $42.64
Aetna ASAPOS $42.64
Aetna ASAHMO $42.64
Humana PPO $70.22
Humana HMO $70.22
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $83.78
United OptionsPPO $88.83
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $121.13
Evry Health BroadNetwork $137.78
BCBS Traditional $176.65
Imagine Health PPO $176.65
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $176.65
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $217.02
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $227.12
United GlobalAppendix $227.12
Averde Health Commercial $227.12
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $252.35
Coventry National First Health COMM $269.01
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $277.58
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $277.58
Beech Street WCOMP $302.82
Independent Medical System COMM $302.82
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $302.82
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $302.82
Coastal Comp COMM $328.06
Beech Street COMMPPO $403.76
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $413.85
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $429.00
Physicians, INC COMM $429.00
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $454.23
Affiliated PPO COMM $454.23
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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