Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic each addl sequential IV push new substance/drug 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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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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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.

$39.64 with BCBS vs $1,046.76 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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $39.64
BCBS BAV $43.71
BCBS EPOSOA $54.72
BCBS PPO $54.72
BCBS HMO $54.72
Superior Health Plan CHIP $69.78
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $69.78
Superior Health Plan STARKids $69.78
Superior Health Plan STAR $69.78
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $69.78
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $151.20
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $151.20
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $151.20
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $151.20
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $162.83
Amerigroup MGMCD $162.83
Humana PPO $169.38
Humana HMO $169.38
Cigna CSN $175.58
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $189.81
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $193.07
United OptionsPPO $216.98
Cigna PPO $225.40
Oscar HIX $233.35
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $275.65
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $275.65
IPA Management Services COMM $290.77
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $295.88
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $296.58
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00
Aetna QHPExchange $314.38
Evry Health BroadNetwork $317.52
Aetna NBHMO $373.35
Aetna NBPPO $373.35
Aetna NBPOS $373.35
Aetna COMMPPO $397.77
Aetna COMMPOS $397.77
Aetna COMMHMO $397.77
Imagine Health PPO $407.07
BCBS Traditional $407.07
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $431.50
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $465.23
Curative Administrators COMM $465.23
Aetna OONHMO $466.39
Aetna OONPOS $466.39
Aetna OONPPO $466.39
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $500.12
Aetna ASAPPO $503.61
Aetna ASAPOS $503.61
Aetna ASAHMO $503.61
United GlobalAppendix $523.38
Averde Health Commercial $523.38
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $523.38
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $581.53
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00
Coventry National First Health COMM $619.92
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $639.69
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $639.69
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $697.84
Beech Street WCOMP $697.84
Independent Medical System COMM $697.84
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $697.84
Coastal Comp COMM $756.00
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $930.46
Beech Street COMMPPO $930.46
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $953.72
Physicians, INC COMM $988.61
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $988.61
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $1,046.76
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,046.76

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