Histoplasmosis skin test at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
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Cash price 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 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.
$28.53 with Aetna vs $1,107.53 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna | QHPExchange | $28.53 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $30.40 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $32.92 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $37.95 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $37.95 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $37.95 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $39.17 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $40.32 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $40.32 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $40.32 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $47.36 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $47.36 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $47.36 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $51.21 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $51.21 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $51.21 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $55.66 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $55.66 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $55.66 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $65.24 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $65.24 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $73.84 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $73.84 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $73.84 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $73.84 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $73.84 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $111.12 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $122.67 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $153.48 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $159.98 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $159.98 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $159.98 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $159.98 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $164.48 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $172.28 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $172.28 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $175.48 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $204.28 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $216.58 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $239.97 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $291.65 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $291.65 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $295.34 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $313.80 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $335.95 | — |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $430.71 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $430.71 | — |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $430.71 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $492.24 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $529.15 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $553.77 | — |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $553.77 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $553.77 | — |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $615.29 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $655.90 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $676.82 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $676.82 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $738.35 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $738.35 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $738.35 | — |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $738.35 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $799.88 | — |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $984.47 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,009.08 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $1,046.00 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $1,046.00 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $1,107.53 | — |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $1,107.53 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Histoplasmosis skin test at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $26.12 | $5.38 – $99.35 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $26.12 | $5.22 – $99.35 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $26.12 | $8.38 – $99.35 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $26.12 | $8.00 – $99.35 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $26.12 | $8.71 – $99.35 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST | Waco | $26.12 | $5.22 – $99.35 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER | Temple | $26.12 | $6.53 – $99.35 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE | Suite 100 | $26.12 | $4.79 – $284.40 |