Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe sars-cov-2/covid-19 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

$63.99

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.

$63.99

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.

$3.84 with Superior Health Plan vs $163.68 with BCBS — 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 STAR $3.84 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $3.84 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $3.84 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $3.84 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $3.84 ↓ -94%
Cigna CSN $9.47 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $10.24 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $10.62 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $11.26 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $12.16 ↓ -81%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $15.36 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $16.00 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $16.32 ↓ -74%
Aetna QHPExchange $16.96 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $17.47 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $20.42 ↓ -68%
Humana PPO $20.42 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPPO $20.54 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBHMO $20.54 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPOS $20.54 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMHMO $21.88 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPPO $21.88 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPOS $21.88 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $22.40 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $22.40 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $22.40 ↓ -65%
Aetna OONHMO $25.66 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $25.66 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $25.66 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $27.52 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $27.71 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $27.71 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPPO $27.71 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $28.80 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $28.80 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $28.80 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $32.00 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $34.11 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $35.19 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $35.19 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $38.39 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $38.39 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $38.39 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $38.39 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $41.59 ↓ -35%
Texas Health Network MCD $42.24 ↓ -34%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $43.10 ↓ -33%
UTMB MGMCD $43.10 ↓ -33%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $43.10 ↓ -33%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $43.10 ↓ -33%
Amerigroup MGMCD $43.10 ↓ -33%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $47.41 ↓ -26%
Molina Healthcare STAR $47.41 ↓ -26%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $47.41 ↓ -26%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $47.41 ↓ -26%
Oscar MGMCR $50.28 ↓ -21%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $51.19 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $51.19 ↓ -20%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $51.31 ↓ -20%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $51.31 ↓ -20%
Devoted Health MGMCR $51.31 ↓ -20%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $51.31 ↓ -20%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $51.31 ↓ -20%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $51.31 ↓ -20%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $51.31 ↓ -20%
United AllPayerAppendix $51.31 ↓ -20%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $51.31 ↓ -20%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $51.31 ↓ -20%
United SmallGroup $51.31 ↓ -20%
Amerigroup DualEligible $51.31 ↓ -20%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $51.31 ↓ -20%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $51.31 ↓ -20%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $51.31 ↓ -20%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $51.31 ↓ -20%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $51.31 ↓ -20%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $51.31 ↓ -20%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $51.31 ↓ -20%
BCBS MCRPPO $51.31 ↓ -20%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $51.31 ↓ -20%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $51.31 ↓ -20%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $51.31 ↓ -20%
WellMed MGMCR $51.57 ↓ -19%
Aetna MCR $51.75 ↓ -19%
Van Lang IPA MCR $51.82 ↓ -19%
United MGMCD $52.34 ↓ -18%
United MCR $52.34 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $52.47 ↓ -18%
WellCare POS $52.85 ↓ -17%
WellCare PFFS $52.85 ↓ -17%
WellCare PPO $52.85 ↓ -17%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $52.85 ↓ -17%
WellCare SNP $52.85 ↓ -17%
WellCare MCRHMO $52.85 ↓ -17%
Humana MCD $53.88 ↓ -16%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $53.88 ↓ -16%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $53.88 ↓ -16%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $53.88 ↓ -16%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $53.88 ↓ -16%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $53.88 ↓ -16%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $53.88 ↓ -16%
Shared Health MGMCR $53.88 ↓ -16%
American Health Plan MGMCR $53.88 ↓ -16%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $53.88 ↓ -16%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $54.39 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $54.39 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $54.39 ↓ -15%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $54.39 ↓ -15%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $54.39 ↓ -15%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $54.39 ↓ -15%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $54.39 ↓ -15%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $55.41 ↓ -13%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $55.53 ↓ -13%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $55.53 ↓ -13%
Molina MGMCR $55.93 ↓ -13%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $57.59 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $57.59 ↓ -10%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $59.01 ↓ -8%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $61.57 ↓ -4%
Verda Health Plan MCR $66.70 ↑ +4%
Superior ValueHMO $74.40 ↑ +16%
Community Health Choice HIX $74.40 ↑ +16%
Superior HMO $79.53 ↑ +24%
Superior EPO $79.53 ↑ +24%
UTMB MGMCR $83.64 ↑ +31%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $101.59 ↑ +59%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $103.65 ↑ +62%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $107.75 ↑ +68%
Molina Healthcare HIX $110.32 ↑ +72%
BCBS BAV $114.42 ↑ +79%
BCBS HMO $143.15 ↑ +124%
Oscar HIX $148.29 ↑ +132%
BCBS EPOSOA $153.42 ↑ +140%
BCBS PPO $163.68 ↑ +156%
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