I131 iodide sol, rx at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$3,909.48
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.
$3,909.48
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.
$18.93 with BCBS vs $3,518.53 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $18.93 | ↓ -100% |
| BCBS | BAV | $20.87 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna | CSN | $22.63 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $24.50 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | HMO | $26.08 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $26.08 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | PPO | $26.08 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna | PPO | $29.17 | ↓ -99% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $34.27 | ↓ -99% |
| United | SmallGroup | $34.27 | ↓ -99% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $34.27 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | PPO | $94.09 | ↓ -98% |
| Humana | HMO | $94.09 | ↓ -98% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $234.57 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $234.57 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $234.57 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $234.57 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $234.57 | ↓ -94% |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | ↓ -92% |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $508.23 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $508.23 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $508.23 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $508.23 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $547.33 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $547.33 | ↓ -86% |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | ↓ -85% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $648.97 | ↓ -83% |
| Oscar | HIX | $762.35 | ↓ -80% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $789.71 | ↓ -80% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $926.55 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $926.55 | ↓ -76% |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $977.37 | ↓ -75% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $996.92 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $1,036.01 | ↓ -74% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $1,067.29 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $1,254.94 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $1,254.94 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $1,254.94 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $1,337.04 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $1,337.04 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $1,337.04 | ↓ -66% |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $1,368.32 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,368.32 | ↓ -65% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,563.79 | ↓ -60% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $1,563.79 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $1,567.70 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $1,567.70 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $1,567.70 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $1,681.08 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $1,692.80 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $1,692.80 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $1,692.80 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $1,759.27 | ↓ -55% |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $1,759.27 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $1,759.27 | ↓ -55% |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $1,954.74 | ↓ -50% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $2,083.75 | ↓ -47% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $2,150.21 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $2,150.21 | ↓ -45% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $2,345.69 | ↓ -40% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $2,345.69 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $2,345.69 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $2,345.69 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $2,541.16 | ↓ -35% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $3,127.58 | ↓ -20% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $3,127.58 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $3,205.77 | ↓ -18% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $3,323.06 | ↓ -15% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $3,323.06 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $3,518.53 | ↓ -10% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $3,518.53 | ↓ -10% |
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I131 iodide sol, rx at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $10.15 | $7.83 – $29.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $10.15 | $7.54 – $29.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $10.15 | $7.54 – $29.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital | The Woodlands | $10.15 | $7.54 – $29.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $10.15 | $7.54 – $29.00 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | not published | $37.19 – $37.19 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $18.93 – $94.09 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | not published | $36.13 – $38.57 |