Initiation & management bipap/cpap initial day 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

$7,789.34

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.

$7,789.34

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.

$216.55 with Superior Health Plan vs $3,248.27 with Affiliated PPO — 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 CHIP $216.55 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $216.55 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $216.55 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan STAR $216.55 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $216.55 ↓ -97%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -96%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $430.47 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $469.19 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $469.19 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $469.19 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $469.19 ↓ -94%
BCBS BAV $474.62 ↓ -94%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup MGMCD $505.29 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $505.29 ↓ -94%
BCBS EPOSOA $594.19 ↓ -92%
BCBS HMO $594.19 ↓ -92%
BCBS PPO $594.19 ↓ -92%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $599.13 ↓ -92%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -92%
Humana HMO $618.68 ↓ -92%
Humana PPO $618.68 ↓ -92%
Oscar HIX $703.79 ↓ -91%
United OptionsPPO $729.06 ↓ -91%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $855.38 ↓ -89%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $855.38 ↓ -89%
IPA Management Services COMM $902.30 ↓ -88%
Aetna QHPExchange $956.44 ↓ -88%
Aetna NBPPO $1,158.55 ↓ -85%
Aetna NBHMO $1,158.55 ↓ -85%
Aetna NBPOS $1,158.55 ↓ -85%
Aetna COMMHMO $1,234.34 ↓ -84%
Aetna COMMPPO $1,234.34 ↓ -84%
Aetna COMMPOS $1,234.34 ↓ -84%
BCBS Traditional $1,263.22 ↓ -84%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,443.68 ↓ -81%
Aetna OONPPO $1,447.29 ↓ -81%
Aetna OONHMO $1,447.29 ↓ -81%
Aetna OONPOS $1,447.29 ↓ -81%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,551.95 ↓ -80%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,562.78 ↓ -80%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,562.78 ↓ -80%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,562.78 ↓ -80%
Averde Health Commercial $1,624.14 ↓ -79%
United GlobalAppendix $1,624.14 ↓ -79%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,624.14 ↓ -79%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $1,804.60 ↓ -77%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $1,869.44 ↓ -76%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,923.70 ↓ -75%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,985.05 ↓ -75%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,985.05 ↓ -75%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $2,165.51 ↓ -72%
Independent Medical System COMM $2,165.51 ↓ -72%
Beech Street WCOMP $2,165.51 ↓ -72%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,165.51 ↓ -72%
Coastal Comp COMM $2,345.97 ↓ -70%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $2,887.35 ↓ -63%
Beech Street COMMPPO $2,887.35 ↓ -63%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,959.54 ↓ -62%
Physicians, INC COMM $3,067.81 ↓ -61%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $3,067.81 ↓ -61%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $3,248.27 ↓ -58%
Affiliated PPO COMM $3,248.27 ↓ -58%

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