Hocm 250-299mg/ml iodine,1ml 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

$4.54

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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.

$4.54

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.

$0.27 with Superior Health Plan vs $4.09 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
Superior Health Plan STAR $0.27 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $0.27 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $0.27 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $0.27 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $0.27 ↓ -94%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $0.29 ↓ -94%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $0.29 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $0.30 ↓ -93%
United AllPayerAppendix $0.43 ↓ -91%
United SmallGroup $0.43 ↓ -91%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.43 ↓ -91%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.51 ↓ -89%
BCBS BAV $0.56 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $0.59 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $0.59 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $0.59 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $0.59 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $0.64 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $0.64 ↓ -86%
BCBS PPO $0.70 ↓ -85%
Cigna CSN $0.70 ↓ -85%
BCBS HMO $0.70 ↓ -85%
BCBS EPOSOA $0.70 ↓ -85%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $0.75 ↓ -83%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.76 ↓ -83%
Cigna PPO $0.90 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $0.92 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $1.08 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $1.08 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $1.14 ↓ -75%
Molina Healthcare HIX $1.23 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $1.59 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1.95 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $2.04 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $2.42 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $2.50 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $2.50 ↓ -45%
Humana PPO $2.53 ↓ -44%
Humana HMO $2.53 ↓ -44%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2.72 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $2.72 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $2.72 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $2.72 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $2.95 ↓ -35%
Beech Street COMMPPO $3.63 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $3.63 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3.72 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $3.86 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $3.86 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $4.09 ↓ -10%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $4.09 ↓ -10%

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Hocm 250-299mg/ml iodine,1ml at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $33.91 $0.23 – $63.60
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $33.91 $0.28 – $63.60
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $33.91 $0.28 – $63.60
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $33.91 $0.28 – $63.60
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $33.91 $0.28 – $63.60
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock $37.80 $0.97 – $1.13
Ascension Seton Cedar Park Hospital Cedar Park $2.56 $0.26 – $1.09
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $1.00 – $1.00

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