Immunofluorescence per specimen each additional single antibody stain at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$774.20
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.
$774.20
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.
$46.45 with Superior Health Plan vs $696.78 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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| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $46.45 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $46.45 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $46.45 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $46.45 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $46.45 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | MCR | $51.33 | ↓ -93% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $81.30 | ↓ -89% |
| United | SmallGroup | $81.30 | ↓ -89% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $81.30 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $98.27 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $100.65 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $100.65 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $100.65 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $100.65 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $108.39 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $108.39 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS | BAV | $108.49 | ↓ -86% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $128.52 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS | HMO | $135.73 | ↓ -82% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $136.26 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $145.46 | ↓ -81% |
| Oscar | HIX | $150.97 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS | PPO | $155.19 | ↓ -80% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $183.49 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $183.49 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $185.81 | ↓ -76% |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $193.55 | ↓ -75% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $197.42 | ↓ -75% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $209.03 | ↓ -73% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $211.36 | ↓ -73% |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $232.26 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $270.97 | ↓ -65% |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $270.97 | ↓ -65% |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $270.97 | ↓ -65% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $309.68 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $332.91 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $342.89 | ↓ -56% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $348.39 | ↓ -55% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $348.39 | ↓ -55% |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $348.39 | ↓ -55% |
| Cigna | CSN | $366.32 | ↓ -53% |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $387.10 | ↓ -50% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $396.77 | ↓ -49% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $412.65 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $425.81 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $425.81 | ↓ -45% |
| Humana | PPO | $442.11 | ↓ -43% |
| Humana | HMO | $442.11 | ↓ -43% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $456.01 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $456.01 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $456.01 | ↓ -41% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $464.52 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $464.52 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $464.52 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $464.52 | ↓ -40% |
| Cigna | PPO | $472.07 | ↓ -39% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $484.46 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $484.46 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $484.46 | ↓ -37% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $503.23 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $569.12 | ↓ -26% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $569.12 | ↓ -26% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $569.12 | ↓ -26% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $615.36 | ↓ -21% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $615.36 | ↓ -21% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $615.36 | ↓ -21% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $619.36 | ↓ -20% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $619.36 | ↓ -20% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $619.36 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $634.84 | ↓ -18% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $658.07 | ↓ -15% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $658.07 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $696.78 | ↓ -10% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $696.78 | ↓ -10% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
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Immunofluorescence per specimen each additional single antibody stain at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,007.00 | $13.80 – $118.71 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,007.00 | $10.03 – $73.06 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,007.00 | $9.74 – $251.52 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,007.00 | $12.99 – $177.09 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,007.00 | $15.64 – $306.98 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,007.00 | $25.17 – $73.06 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,007.00 | $16.24 – $251.52 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $1,007.00 | $12.99 – $118.71 |