Immunology procedure at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$943.28
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.
$943.28
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.
$42.87 with Superior Health Plan vs $754.62 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.
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 | CHIP | $42.87 | ↓ -95% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $42.87 | ↓ -95% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $42.87 | ↓ -95% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $42.87 | ↓ -95% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $42.87 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | MCR | $47.37 | ↓ -95% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $92.88 | ↓ -90% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $92.88 | ↓ -90% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $92.88 | ↓ -90% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $92.88 | ↓ -90% |
| Cigna | CSN | $99.55 | ↓ -89% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $100.02 | ↓ -89% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $100.02 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $107.82 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $116.46 | ↓ -88% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $118.60 | ↓ -87% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $125.74 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | PPO | $128.28 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS | BAV | $128.60 | ↓ -86% |
| Oscar | HIX | $139.32 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS | HMO | $160.75 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $164.32 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS | PPO | $167.18 | ↓ -82% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $169.32 | ↓ -82% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $169.32 | ↓ -82% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $171.47 | ↓ -82% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $182.18 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $189.33 | ↓ -80% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $192.90 | ↓ -80% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $195.04 | ↓ -79% |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $214.34 | ↓ -77% |
| Humana | HMO | $227.98 | ↓ -76% |
| Humana | PPO | $227.98 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $229.34 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $229.34 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $229.34 | ↓ -76% |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $235.82 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $244.34 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $244.34 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $244.34 | ↓ -74% |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $250.06 | ↓ -73% |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $250.06 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $250.06 | ↓ -73% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $285.78 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $286.49 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $286.49 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $286.49 | ↓ -70% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $307.21 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $309.36 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $309.36 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $309.36 | ↓ -67% |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $321.50 | ↓ -66% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $321.50 | ↓ -66% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $321.50 | ↓ -66% |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $357.23 | ↓ -62% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $380.80 | ↓ -60% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $392.95 | ↓ -58% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $392.95 | ↓ -58% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $428.67 | ↓ -55% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $428.67 | ↓ -55% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $428.67 | ↓ -55% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $428.67 | ↓ -55% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $464.39 | ↓ -51% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $571.56 | ↓ -39% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $571.56 | ↓ -39% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $585.85 | ↓ -38% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $607.28 | ↓ -36% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $607.28 | ↓ -36% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $643.01 | ↓ -32% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $643.01 | ↓ -32% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $754.62 | ↓ -20% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
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Immunology procedure at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $289.39 | $10.00 – $107.96 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $321.98 | $12.00 – $114.31 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $312.60 | $12.00 – $95.26 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $289.39 | $10.00 – $107.96 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $321.98 | $12.00 – $114.31 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $321.98 | $8.00 – $114.31 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $312.60 | $12.00 – $114.31 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $289.39 | $10.00 – $107.96 |