Inj cefazolin (wg crit care) 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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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.

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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.

$0.97 with Christus (USFHP) vs $15.55 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
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $0.97
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $0.97
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1.04
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1.04
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1.04
Superior Health Plan STAR $1.04
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $1.04
Aetna MCR $1.15
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1.45
United SmallGroup $1.45
United AllPayerAppendix $1.45
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $2.25
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $2.25
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $2.25
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $2.25
BCBS MyBlueHealth $2.35
Amerigroup MGMCD $2.42
Cigna CSN $2.42
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $2.42
BCBS BAV $2.59
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2.62
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $2.87
Superior HMO $3.02
Superior EPO $3.02
United OptionsPPO $3.04
Cigna PPO $3.12
BCBS EPOSOA $3.24
BCBS PPO $3.24
BCBS HMO $3.24
Superior ValueHMO $3.42
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $4.10
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $4.10
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $4.15
IPA Management Services COMM $4.32
Molina Healthcare HIX $4.67
CHC Harris Health Indigent $5.18
Humana HMO $5.51
Humana PPO $5.51
BCBS Traditional $6.05
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $7.43
United GlobalAppendix $7.78
Coventry National First Health COMM $9.21
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $9.50
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $9.50
Beech Street WCOMP $10.37
Independent Medical System COMM $10.37
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $10.37
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $10.37
Coastal Comp COMM $11.23
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $13.82
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $13.82
Beech Street COMMPPO $13.82
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $14.17
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $14.69
Physicians, INC COMM $14.69
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $15.55
Affiliated PPO COMM $15.55

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