Ins cath ren art 1st bi 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

$15,033.21

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.

$15,033.21

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.

$300.00 with Texas Athletic Network vs $16,776.00 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
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -98%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -97%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan STAR $948.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $948.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00 ↓ -94%
Aetna QHPExchange $1,579.00 ↓ -89%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $1,954.32 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $1,954.32 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $1,954.32 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $1,954.32 ↓ -87%
Aetna NBHMO $2,098.00 ↓ -86%
Aetna NBPOS $2,098.00 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $2,104.65 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $2,104.65 ↓ -86%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $2,115.00 ↓ -86%
Aetna COMMPOS $2,229.00 ↓ -85%
Aetna COMMHMO $2,229.00 ↓ -85%
Aetna NBPPO $2,299.00 ↓ -85%
Aetna COMMPPO $2,444.00 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $2,495.51 ↓ -83%
Aetna OONPOS $2,623.00 ↓ -83%
Aetna OONHMO $2,623.00 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $2,645.84 ↓ -82%
Aetna ASAPOS $2,832.00 ↓ -81%
Aetna ASAHMO $2,832.00 ↓ -81%
Aetna OONPPO $2,876.00 ↓ -81%
Aetna ASAPPO $3,106.00 ↓ -79%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $3,562.87 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $3,562.87 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $3,607.97 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $3,758.30 ↓ -75%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $4,255.00 ↓ -72%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $4,434.05 ↓ -71%
Humana HMO $4,690.00 ↓ -69%
Humana PPO $4,690.00 ↓ -69%
United SmallGroup $4,760.00 ↓ -68%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $4,988.00 ↓ -67%
BCBS BAV $5,016.02 ↓ -67%
BCBS Traditional $5,261.62 ↓ -65%
BCBS PPO $5,736.55 ↓ -62%
BCBS HMO $5,736.55 ↓ -62%
BCBS EPOSOA $5,736.55 ↓ -62%
Curative Administrators COMM $5,849.00 ↓ -61%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5,951.00 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $6,013.28 ↓ -60%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $6,077.00 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $6,464.28 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $6,764.94 ↓ -55%
United AllPayerAppendix $6,800.00 ↓ -55%
Oscar HIX $7,014.00 ↓ -53%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $7,516.60 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $8,012.70 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $8,268.27 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $8,268.27 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $9,019.93 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $9,019.93 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $9,019.93 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $9,019.93 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $9,771.59 ↓ -35%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $12,026.57 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $12,026.57 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $12,327.23 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $12,778.23 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $12,778.23 ↓ -15%
Cigna CSN $13,023.00 ↓ -13%
Affiliated PPO COMM $13,529.89 ↓ -10%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $13,529.89 ↓ -10%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $14,109.00 ↓ -6%
Cigna PPO $16,776.00 ↑ +12%

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