Inj octafluoropropane mic,ml at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$977.51
Cash price 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.
$977.51
Gross charge 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.
$41.88 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $879.76 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $41.88 | ↓ -96% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $41.88 | ↓ -96% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $58.65 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $58.65 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $58.65 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $58.65 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $58.65 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | MCR | $64.81 | ↓ -93% |
| United | SmallGroup | $66.35 | ↓ -93% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $66.35 | ↓ -93% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $66.35 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $91.73 | ↓ -91% |
| Cigna | CSN | $99.70 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS | BAV | $101.09 | ↓ -90% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $107.94 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $126.36 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS | HMO | $126.36 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS | PPO | $126.36 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $127.08 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $127.08 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $127.08 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $127.08 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | PPO | $128.54 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $136.85 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $136.85 | ↓ -86% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $162.27 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $172.04 | ↓ -82% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $231.67 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $231.67 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $234.60 | ↓ -76% |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $244.38 | ↓ -75% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $263.93 | ↓ -73% |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $293.25 | ↓ -70% |
| Humana | HMO | $316.26 | ↓ -68% |
| Humana | PPO | $316.26 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $342.13 | ↓ -65% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $420.33 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $439.88 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $521.01 | ↓ -47% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $537.63 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $537.63 | ↓ -45% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $586.51 | ↓ -40% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $586.51 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $586.51 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $586.51 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $635.38 | ↓ -35% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $782.01 | ↓ -20% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $782.01 | ↓ -20% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $782.01 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $801.56 | ↓ -18% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $830.88 | ↓ -15% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $830.88 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $879.76 | ↓ -10% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $879.76 | ↓ -10% |
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Inj octafluoropropane mic,ml at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $158.74 | $180.18 – $180.18 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $379.08 | $43.95 – $537.03 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $379.08 | $43.95 – $568.62 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $379.08 | $7.20 – $45.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $379.08 | $43.95 – $537.03 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $379.08 | $43.95 – $568.62 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $379.08 | $43.95 – $568.62 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $379.08 | $12.00 – $54.00 |