Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification hiv-1 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

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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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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.

$70.05 with Texas Health Network vs $2,065.18 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.

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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
Texas Health Network MCD $70.05
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $71.48
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $71.48
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $71.48
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $71.48
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $71.48
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $71.48
Amerigroup MGMCD $71.48
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $71.48
UTMB MGMCD $71.48
United MGMCD $72.91
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $77.20
Molina Healthcare CHIP $78.63
Molina Healthcare STAR $78.63
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $78.63
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $78.63
Oscar MGMCR $83.40
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $85.10
United SmallGroup $85.10
Amerigroup DualEligible $85.10
BCBS MCRPPO $85.10
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $85.10
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $85.10
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $85.10
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $85.10
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $85.10
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $85.10
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $85.10
Devoted Health MGMCR $85.10
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $85.10
CHC Harris Health Indigent $85.10
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $85.10
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $85.10
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $85.10
United AllPayerAppendix $85.10
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $85.10
WellMed MGMCR $85.53
Aetna MCR $85.82
Van Lang IPA MCR $85.95
United MCR $86.80
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $87.65
WellCare SNP $87.65
WellCare PPO $87.65
WellCare PFFS $87.65
WellCare MCRHMO $87.65
WellCare POS $87.65
Humana MCD $89.35
Shared Health MGMCR $89.36
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $89.36
American Health Plan MGMCR $89.36
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $89.36
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $89.36
Superior Health Plan PFFS $89.36
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $89.36
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $89.36
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $89.36
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $90.21
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $90.21
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $90.21
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $90.21
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $90.21
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $92.10
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $92.10
Molina MGMCR $92.76
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $97.86
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $102.12
Verda Health Plan MCR $110.63
Superior ValueHMO $123.39
Community Health Choice HIX $123.39
Superior HMO $131.91
Superior EPO $131.91
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $137.68
Superior Health Plan STAR $137.68
Superior Health Plan STARKids $137.68
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $137.68
Superior Health Plan CHIP $137.68
UTMB MGMCR $138.71
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $168.50
BCBS MyBlueHealth $171.90
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $178.71
Molina Healthcare HIX $182.96
BCBS BAV $189.77
BCBS HMO $237.43
Oscar HIX $245.94
BCBS EPOSOA $254.45
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $255.30
BCBS PPO $271.47
Aetna QHPExchange $311.76
Cigna CSN $349.86
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $378.95
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $380.91
United OptionsPPO $403.86
Aetna NBPOS $414.60
Aetna NBPPO $414.60
Aetna NBHMO $414.60
Aetna COMMHMO $440.47
Aetna COMMPPO $440.47
Aetna COMMPOS $440.47
Cigna PPO $450.86
Aetna OONHMO $517.44
Aetna OONPOS $517.44
Aetna OONPPO $517.44
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $550.71
Aetna ASAPPO $559.48
Aetna ASAPOS $559.48
Aetna ASAHMO $559.48
Evry Health BroadNetwork $626.44
BCBS Traditional $803.12
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $803.12
Imagine Health PPO $803.12
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $986.70
United GlobalAppendix $1,032.59
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,032.59
Averde Health Commercial $1,032.59
Humana HMO $1,136.75
Humana PPO $1,136.75
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $1,147.32
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,223.04
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,262.05
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,262.05
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,376.78
Beech Street WCOMP $1,376.78
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,376.78
Independent Medical System COMM $1,376.78
Coastal Comp COMM $1,491.52
Beech Street COMMPPO $1,835.71
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,881.60
Physicians, INC COMM $1,950.44
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,950.44
Affiliated PPO COMM $2,065.18
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $2,065.18
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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