Histamine 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

$3,151.47

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.

$3,151.47

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.

$24.31 with Texas Health Network vs $2,600.63 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 $24.31 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $24.81 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $24.81 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $24.81 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $24.81 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $24.81 ↓ -99%
UTMB MGMCD $24.81 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $24.81 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $24.81 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $24.81 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $25.31 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $26.79 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $27.29 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $27.29 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $27.29 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $27.29 ↓ -99%
Oscar MGMCR $28.94 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $29.53 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $29.53 ↓ -99%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $29.53 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $29.53 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $29.53 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $29.53 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $29.53 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $29.53 ↓ -99%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $29.53 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $29.53 ↓ -99%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $29.53 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $29.53 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $29.53 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $29.53 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $29.53 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $29.53 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $29.53 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $29.53 ↓ -99%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $29.53 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $29.68 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $29.78 ↓ -99%
Van Lang IPA MCR $29.83 ↓ -99%
United MCR $30.12 ↓ -99%
WellCare PPO $30.42 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCRHMO $30.42 ↓ -99%
WellCare PFFS $30.42 ↓ -99%
WellCare POS $30.42 ↓ -99%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $30.42 ↓ -99%
WellCare SNP $30.42 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $31.01 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $31.01 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MGMCR $31.01 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $31.01 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $31.01 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $31.01 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $31.01 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $31.01 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $31.01 ↓ -99%
Shared Health MGMCR $31.01 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $31.30 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $31.30 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $31.30 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $31.30 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $31.30 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $31.96 ↓ -99%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $31.96 ↓ -99%
Molina MGMCR $32.19 ↓ -99%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $33.96 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $35.44 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MCR $38.39 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice HIX $42.82 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $42.82 ↓ -99%
Superior HMO $45.77 ↓ -99%
Superior EPO $45.77 ↓ -99%
UTMB MGMCR $48.13 ↓ -98%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $58.47 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $59.65 ↓ -98%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $62.01 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare HIX $63.49 ↓ -98%
BCBS BAV $65.85 ↓ -98%
BCBS HMO $82.39 ↓ -97%
Oscar HIX $85.34 ↓ -97%
BCBS EPOSOA $88.29 ↓ -97%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $88.60 ↓ -97%
BCBS PPO $94.20 ↓ -97%
Aetna QHPExchange $108.16 ↓ -97%
Cigna CSN $121.28 ↓ -96%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $131.37 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBPOS $143.84 ↓ -95%
Aetna NBHMO $143.84 ↓ -95%
Aetna NBPPO $143.84 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMMHMO $152.82 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMMPPO $152.82 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMMPOS $152.82 ↓ -95%
Cigna PPO $156.30 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $173.38 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $173.38 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $173.38 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $173.38 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $173.38 ↓ -94%
Aetna OONHMO $179.52 ↓ -94%
Aetna OONPOS $179.52 ↓ -94%
Aetna OONPPO $179.52 ↓ -94%
Aetna ASAPOS $194.11 ↓ -94%
Aetna ASAHMO $194.11 ↓ -94%
Aetna ASAPPO $194.11 ↓ -94%
Humana PPO $394.50 ↓ -87%
Humana HMO $394.50 ↓ -87%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $479.67 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $508.57 ↓ -84%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $693.50 ↓ -78%
IPA Management Services COMM $787.87 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $788.86 ↓ -75%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $1,011.36 ↓ -68%
BCBS Traditional $1,011.36 ↓ -68%
Imagine Health PPO $1,011.36 ↓ -68%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,242.52 ↓ -61%
United GlobalAppendix $1,300.32 ↓ -59%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,300.32 ↓ -59%
Averde Health Commercial $1,300.32 ↓ -59%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $1,444.80 ↓ -54%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,540.15 ↓ -51%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,589.27 ↓ -50%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,589.27 ↓ -50%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,733.75 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,733.75 ↓ -45%
Beech Street WCOMP $1,733.75 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $1,733.75 ↓ -45%
Coastal Comp COMM $1,878.23 ↓ -40%
Beech Street COMMPPO $2,311.67 ↓ -27%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,369.46 ↓ -25%
Physicians, INC COMM $2,456.15 ↓ -22%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $2,456.15 ↓ -22%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $2,521.18 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $2,600.63 ↓ -17%
Affiliated PPO COMM $2,600.63 ↓ -17%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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