Homocysteine 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

$2,117.93

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.

$2,117.93

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.

$14.75 with Texas Health Network vs $1,694.34 with Cigna Behavioral Health — 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 $14.75 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $15.05 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $15.05 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $15.05 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $15.05 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $15.05 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $15.05 ↓ -99%
UTMB MGMCD $15.05 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $15.05 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $15.05 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $15.35 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $16.25 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $16.56 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $16.56 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $16.56 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $16.56 ↓ -99%
Oscar MGMCR $17.56 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $17.92 ↓ -99%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $17.92 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $17.92 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $17.92 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $17.92 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $17.92 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $17.92 ↓ -99%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $17.92 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $17.92 ↓ -99%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $17.92 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $17.92 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $17.92 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $17.92 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $17.92 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $17.92 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $17.92 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $17.92 ↓ -99%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $17.92 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $17.92 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $18.01 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $18.07 ↓ -99%
Van Lang IPA MCR $18.10 ↓ -99%
United MCR $18.28 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCRHMO $18.46 ↓ -99%
WellCare SNP $18.46 ↓ -99%
WellCare PPO $18.46 ↓ -99%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $18.46 ↓ -99%
WellCare POS $18.46 ↓ -99%
WellCare PFFS $18.46 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $18.81 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $18.82 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MGMCR $18.82 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $18.82 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $18.82 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $18.82 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $18.82 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $18.82 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $18.82 ↓ -99%
Shared Health MGMCR $18.82 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $19.00 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $19.00 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $19.00 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $19.00 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $19.00 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $19.39 ↓ -99%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $19.39 ↓ -99%
Molina MGMCR $19.53 ↓ -99%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $20.61 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $21.50 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MCR $23.30 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice HIX $25.98 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $25.98 ↓ -99%
Superior HMO $27.78 ↓ -99%
Superior EPO $27.78 ↓ -99%
UTMB MGMCR $29.21 ↓ -99%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $35.48 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $36.20 ↓ -98%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $37.63 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare HIX $38.53 ↓ -98%
BCBS BAV $39.96 ↓ -98%
BCBS HMO $50.00 ↓ -98%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $50.61 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $51.79 ↓ -98%
BCBS EPOSOA $53.58 ↓ -97%
BCBS PPO $57.16 ↓ -97%
Aetna QHPExchange $65.65 ↓ -97%
Cigna CSN $73.87 ↓ -97%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $80.01 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBPOS $87.30 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBHMO $87.30 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBPPO $87.30 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMMHMO $92.75 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMMPPO $92.75 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMMPOS $92.75 ↓ -96%
Cigna PPO $95.19 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $107.93 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STAR $107.93 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $107.93 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $107.93 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $107.93 ↓ -95%
Aetna OONHMO $108.96 ↓ -95%
Aetna OONPOS $108.96 ↓ -95%
Aetna OONPPO $108.96 ↓ -95%
Aetna ASAPOS $117.81 ↓ -94%
Aetna ASAHMO $117.81 ↓ -94%
Aetna ASAPPO $117.81 ↓ -94%
Humana PPO $225.38 ↓ -89%
Humana HMO $225.38 ↓ -89%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $298.61 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $316.60 ↓ -85%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $431.72 ↓ -80%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $491.08 ↓ -77%
IPA Management Services COMM $529.48 ↓ -75%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $629.59 ↓ -70%
BCBS Traditional $629.59 ↓ -70%
Imagine Health PPO $629.59 ↓ -70%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $773.50 ↓ -63%
United GlobalAppendix $809.48 ↓ -62%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $809.48 ↓ -62%
Averde Health Commercial $809.48 ↓ -62%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $899.42 ↓ -58%
Coventry National First Health COMM $958.78 ↓ -55%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $989.36 ↓ -53%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $989.36 ↓ -53%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,079.30 ↓ -49%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,079.30 ↓ -49%
Beech Street WCOMP $1,079.30 ↓ -49%
Independent Medical System COMM $1,079.30 ↓ -49%
Coastal Comp COMM $1,169.25 ↓ -45%
Beech Street COMMPPO $1,439.07 ↓ -32%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,475.05 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,529.01 ↓ -28%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,529.01 ↓ -28%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $1,618.96 ↓ -24%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,618.96 ↓ -24%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,694.34 ↓ -20%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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