Injection, cangrelor 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.

$2.52 with Superior Health Plan vs $63.74 with Cigna — 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 CHPFC $2.52
Superior Health Plan STAR $2.52
Superior Health Plan STARKids $2.52
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $2.52
Superior Health Plan CHIP $2.52
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $5.45
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $5.45
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $5.45
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $5.45
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $5.87
Amerigroup MGMCD $5.87
BCBS MyBlueHealth $6.84
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $6.97
United OptionsPPO $7.38
BCBS BAV $7.55
BCBS HMO $9.44
BCBS EPOSOA $9.65
BCBS PPO $9.82
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $9.94
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $9.94
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $10.07
Humana PPO $13.39
Humana HMO $13.39
BCBS Traditional $14.69
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $16.78
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $18.04
United GlobalAppendix $18.88
Coventry National First Health COMM $22.36
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $23.08
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $23.08
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $25.18
Beech Street WCOMP $25.18
Independent Medical System COMM $25.18
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $25.18
Coastal Comp COMM $27.27
United SmallGroup $32.90
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $32.90
United AllPayerAppendix $32.90
Beech Street COMMPPO $33.57
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $34.41
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $35.67
Physicians, INC COMM $35.67
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $37.76
Affiliated PPO COMM $37.76
Cigna CSN $49.44
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $53.53
Cigna PPO $63.74

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