Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe cns pathogen 12-25 targets 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

$769.81

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.

$769.81

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.

$46.19 with Superior Health Plan vs $5,567.43 with Humana — 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
Superior Health Plan STARKids $46.19 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $46.19 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $46.19 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $46.19 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $46.19 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $100.08 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $100.08 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $100.08 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $100.08 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $107.77 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $107.77 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $127.79 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $135.49 ↓ -82%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $182.44 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $182.44 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $184.75 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $210.16 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $269.43 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $269.43 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $269.43 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $331.02 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $346.41 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $346.41 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $346.41 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $384.90 ↓ -50%
Oscar MGMCR $408.44 ↓ -47%
Coventry National First Health COMM $410.31 ↓ -47%
BCBS MCRPPO $416.78 ↓ -46%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $416.78 ↓ -46%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $416.78 ↓ -46%
United AllPayerAppendix $416.78 ↓ -46%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $416.78 ↓ -46%
United SmallGroup $416.78 ↓ -46%
Amerigroup DualEligible $416.78 ↓ -46%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $416.78 ↓ -46%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $416.78 ↓ -46%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $416.78 ↓ -46%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $416.78 ↓ -46%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $416.78 ↓ -46%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $416.78 ↓ -46%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $416.78 ↓ -46%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $416.78 ↓ -46%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $416.78 ↓ -46%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $416.78 ↓ -46%
Devoted Health MGMCR $416.78 ↓ -46%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $416.78 ↓ -46%
WellMed MGMCR $418.86 ↓ -46%
Aetna MCR $420.32 ↓ -45%
Van Lang IPA MCR $420.95 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $423.40 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $423.40 ↓ -45%
United MCR $425.12 ↓ -45%
WellCare POS $429.28 ↓ -44%
WellCare MCRHMO $429.28 ↓ -44%
WellCare SNP $429.28 ↓ -44%
WellCare PPO $429.28 ↓ -44%
WellCare PFFS $429.28 ↓ -44%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $429.28 ↓ -44%
Shared Health MGMCR $437.62 ↓ -43%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $437.62 ↓ -43%
American Health Plan MGMCR $437.62 ↓ -43%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $437.62 ↓ -43%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $437.62 ↓ -43%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $437.62 ↓ -43%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $437.62 ↓ -43%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $437.62 ↓ -43%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $437.62 ↓ -43%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $441.79 ↓ -43%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $441.79 ↓ -43%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $441.79 ↓ -43%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $441.79 ↓ -43%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $441.79 ↓ -43%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $451.08 ↓ -41%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $451.08 ↓ -41%
Molina MGMCR $454.29 ↓ -41%
Beech Street WCOMP $461.89 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $461.89 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $461.89 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $461.89 ↓ -40%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $479.30 ↓ -38%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $500.14 ↓ -35%
Coastal Comp COMM $500.38 ↓ -35%
Verda Health Plan MCR $541.81 ↓ -30%
Superior ValueHMO $604.33 ↓ -21%
Community Health Choice HIX $604.33 ↓ -21%
Beech Street COMMPPO $615.85 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $631.24 ↓ -18%
Superior EPO $646.01 ↓ -16%
Superior HMO $646.01 ↓ -16%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $654.34 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $654.34 ↓ -15%
UTMB MGMCR $679.35 ↓ -12%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $692.83 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $692.83 ↓ -10%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $825.22 ↑ +7%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $841.90 ↑ +9%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $875.24 ↑ +14%
Molina Healthcare HIX $896.08 ↑ +16%
BCBS BAV $929.42 ↑ +21%
BCBS HMO $1,162.82 ↑ +51%
Oscar HIX $1,204.49 ↑ +56%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,246.17 ↑ +62%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,250.36 ↑ +62%
BCBS PPO $1,329.53 ↑ +73%
Aetna QHPExchange $1,526.74 ↑ +98%
Cigna CSN $1,714.55 ↑ +123%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,857.10 ↑ +141%
Aetna NBPOS $2,030.37 ↑ +164%
Aetna NBPPO $2,030.37 ↑ +164%
Aetna NBHMO $2,030.37 ↑ +164%
Aetna COMMPPO $2,157.07 ↑ +180%
Aetna COMMPOS $2,157.07 ↑ +180%
Aetna COMMHMO $2,157.07 ↑ +180%
Cigna PPO $2,209.51 ↑ +187%
Aetna OONPOS $2,534.00 ↑ +229%
Aetna OONHMO $2,534.00 ↑ +229%
Aetna OONPPO $2,534.00 ↑ +229%
Aetna ASAPPO $2,739.89 ↑ +256%
Aetna ASAPOS $2,739.89 ↑ +256%
Aetna ASAHMO $2,739.89 ↑ +256%
Humana HMO $5,567.43 ↑ +623%
Humana PPO $5,567.43 ↑ +623%
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