Hydrocolld drg <=16 without bdr at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$14.00
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.
$14.00
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.
$0.84 with Superior Health Plan vs $600.00 with Texas Athletic Network — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $0.84 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $0.84 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $0.84 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $0.84 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $0.84 | ↓ -94% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $1.82 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $1.82 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $1.82 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $1.82 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $1.96 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $1.96 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | CSN | $2.07 | ↓ -85% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $2.24 | ↓ -84% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $2.32 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $2.46 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna | PPO | $2.66 | ↓ -81% |
| Oscar | HIX | $2.73 | ↓ -81% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $3.32 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $3.32 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $3.36 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $3.57 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $3.71 | ↓ -74% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $3.82 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $4.49 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $4.49 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $4.49 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $4.79 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $4.79 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $4.79 | ↓ -66% |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $4.90 | ↓ -65% |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $4.90 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $4.90 | ↓ -65% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $5.60 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $5.61 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $5.61 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $5.61 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $6.02 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $6.06 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $6.06 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $6.06 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $6.30 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $6.30 | ↓ -55% |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $6.30 | ↓ -55% |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $7.00 | ↓ -50% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $7.46 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $7.70 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $7.70 | ↓ -45% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $8.40 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $8.40 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $8.40 | ↓ -40% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $8.40 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $9.10 | ↓ -35% |
| Oscar | MGMCR | $9.14 | ↓ -35% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRSNP | $9.33 | ↓ -33% |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $9.33 | ↓ -33% |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $9.33 | ↓ -33% |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS | $9.33 | ↓ -33% |
| Amerigroup | DualEligible | $9.33 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRHMO | $9.33 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRPPO | $9.33 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | PFFS | $9.33 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MMP | $9.33 | ↓ -33% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $9.33 | ↓ -33% |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $9.33 | ↓ -33% |
| BCBS | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $9.33 | ↓ -33% |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $9.33 | ↓ -33% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $9.33 | ↓ -33% |
| Kelsey Seybold | MGMCR | $9.33 | ↓ -33% |
| Renaissance IPA Radiology | COMM | $9.33 | ↓ -33% |
| Renaissance IPA Radiology | MCR | $9.33 | ↓ -33% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $9.33 | ↓ -33% |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $9.38 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | MCR | $9.41 | ↓ -33% |
| Van Lang IPA | MCR | $9.42 | ↓ -33% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $9.42 | ↓ -33% |
| United | MCR | $9.52 | ↓ -32% |
| WellCare | POS | $9.61 | ↓ -31% |
| WellCare | PFFS | $9.61 | ↓ -31% |
| WellCare | MCRHMO | $9.61 | ↓ -31% |
| WellCare | SNP | $9.61 | ↓ -31% |
| WellCare | PPO | $9.61 | ↓ -31% |
| Integranet Amerigroup IPA | MCR | $9.61 | ↓ -31% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRSNP | $9.80 | ↓ -30% |
| American Health Plan | MGMCR | $9.80 | ↓ -30% |
| ProCare Advantage | MGMCR | $9.80 | ↓ -30% |
| Shared Health | MGMCR | $9.80 | ↓ -30% |
| Superior Health Plan | PFFS | $9.80 | ↓ -30% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPPO | $9.80 | ↓ -30% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPOS | $9.80 | ↓ -30% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRHMO | $9.80 | ↓ -30% |
| Superior Health Plan | DualEligible | $9.80 | ↓ -30% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | MCRHMO | $9.89 | ↓ -29% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | POS | $9.89 | ↓ -29% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | SNP | $9.89 | ↓ -29% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PFFS | $9.89 | ↓ -29% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PPO | $9.89 | ↓ -29% |
| Molina | MGMCR | $10.17 | ↓ -27% |
| BCBS | BAV | $10.41 | ↓ -26% |
| Kindred Hospital | MGMCR | $10.73 | ↓ -23% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $11.20 | ↓ -20% |
| Universal Healthcare Group | MCR | $11.20 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $11.48 | ↓ -18% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $11.90 | ↓ -15% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $11.90 | ↓ -15% |
| Verda Health Plan | MCR | $12.13 | ↓ -13% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $12.60 | ↓ -10% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $12.60 | ↓ -10% |
| BCBS | HMO | $13.00 | ↓ -7% |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $13.53 | ↓ -3% |
| Community Health Choice | HIX | $13.53 | ↓ -3% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $13.76 | ↓ -2% |
| Superior | EPO | $14.46 | ↑ +3% |
| Superior | HMO | $14.46 | ↑ +3% |
| BCBS | PPO | $14.52 | ↑ +4% |
| UTMB | MGMCR | $15.21 | ↑ +9% |
| Corvel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $18.47 | ↑ +32% |
| OMNI Healthcare | WORKERSCOMP | $19.59 | ↑ +40% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $20.06 | ↑ +43% |
| Humana | HMO | $71.69 | ↑ +412% |
| Humana | PPO | $71.69 | ↑ +412% |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | ↑ +2043% |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | ↑ +3471% |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | ↑ +4186% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Hydrocolld drg <=16 without bdr at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $17.31 | $8.74 – $8.74 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $3.00 | $4.99 – $19.95 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston | Livingston | $3.00 | $4.39 – $19.95 |
| Covenant Medical Center | Lubbock | $17.31 | $8.74 – $36.41 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial San Augustine | San Augustine | $3.00 | $3.60 – $20.75 |
| Ascension Providence | Waco | $17.82 | $8.51 – $9.50 |
| Covenant Hospital Plainview | Plainview | $17.31 | $8.36 – $8.36 |
| Covenant Hospital Levelland | Levelland | $17.31 | $8.36 – $8.36 |