Inj multihance 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.

$0.27 with Superior Health Plan vs $19.87 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 STARPLUS $0.27
Superior Health Plan STARKids $0.27
Superior Health Plan STAR $0.27
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $0.27
Superior Health Plan CHIP $0.27
Aetna MCR $0.30
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $0.59
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $0.59
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $0.59
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $0.59
Amerigroup MGMCD $0.64
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $0.64
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $0.75
United OptionsPPO $0.80
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $1.08
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $1.08
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $1.09
IPA Management Services COMM $1.14
Molina Healthcare HIX $1.23
CHC Harris Health Indigent $1.36
BCBS Traditional $1.59
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $1.82
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1.82
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1.95
United GlobalAppendix $2.04
Coventry National First Health COMM $2.42
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $2.50
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $2.50
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $2.72
Beech Street WCOMP $2.72
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2.72
Independent Medical System COMM $2.72
Coastal Comp COMM $2.95
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $2.97
United AllPayerAppendix $2.97
United SmallGroup $2.97
Beech Street COMMPPO $3.63
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $3.63
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $3.63
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3.72
Physicians, INC COMM $3.86
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $3.86
Affiliated PPO COMM $4.09
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $4.09
Cigna CSN $4.21
BCBS MyBlueHealth $4.23
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $4.56
BCBS BAV $4.67
Cigna PPO $5.43
BCBS HMO $5.83
BCBS EPOSOA $5.83
BCBS PPO $5.83
Humana PPO $19.87
Humana HMO $19.87

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $283.77 $1.97 – $425.65
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $283.77 $1.97 – $425.65
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $283.77 $1.97 – $425.65
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