Insert sq defib electrode at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$26,712.21
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.
$26,712.21
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.
$300.00 with Texas Athletic Network vs $95,000.00 with United — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | ↓ -99% |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | ↓ -98% |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | ↓ -98% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $948.00 | ↓ -96% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $948.00 | ↓ -96% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $948.00 | ↓ -96% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $948.00 | ↓ -96% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $948.00 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $1,944.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $2,115.00 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $2,580.00 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $2,580.00 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $2,742.00 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $2,742.00 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $2,986.00 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $3,174.00 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $3,228.00 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $3,228.00 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $3,486.00 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $3,486.00 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $3,732.00 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $3,739.71 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $4,034.00 | ↓ -85% |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $4,255.00 | ↓ -84% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $4,434.23 | ↓ -83% |
| Humana | HMO | $4,690.00 | ↓ -82% |
| Humana | PPO | $4,690.00 | ↓ -82% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $4,701.35 | ↓ -82% |
| Texas Health Network | MCD | $5,953.64 | ↓ -78% |
| UTMB | MGMCD | $6,075.14 | ↓ -77% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $6,330.79 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $6,330.79 | ↓ -76% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $6,378.90 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $6,410.93 | ↓ -76% |
| United | MGMCD | $6,518.87 | ↓ -76% |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $6,678.05 | ↓ -75% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $6,682.65 | ↓ -75% |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $6,682.65 | ↓ -75% |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $6,682.65 | ↓ -75% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $6,682.65 | ↓ -75% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $6,804.16 | ↓ -75% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $6,804.16 | ↓ -75% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $6,804.16 | ↓ -75% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $6,804.16 | ↓ -75% |
| Humana | MCD | $7,593.93 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $7,669.26 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $9,349.27 | ↓ -65% |
| Oscar | HIX | $9,653.00 | ↓ -64% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $9,875.00 | ↓ -63% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $10,684.88 | ↓ -60% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $10,949.00 | ↓ -59% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $11,113.00 | ↓ -58% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $11,486.25 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $12,020.49 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $12,226.96 | ↓ -54% |
| Cigna | CSN | $13,023.00 | ↓ -51% |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $13,356.10 | ↓ -50% |
| BCBS | BAV | $13,831.75 | ↓ -48% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $14,109.00 | ↓ -47% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $14,237.61 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $14,691.72 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $14,691.72 | ↓ -45% |
| BCBS | PPO | $15,818.63 | ↓ -41% |
| BCBS | HMO | $15,818.63 | ↓ -41% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $15,818.63 | ↓ -41% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $16,027.33 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $16,027.33 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $16,027.33 | ↓ -40% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $16,027.33 | ↓ -40% |
| Cigna | PPO | $16,776.00 | ↓ -37% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $17,362.94 | ↓ -35% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $21,369.77 | ↓ -20% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $21,369.77 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $21,904.01 | ↓ -18% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $22,705.38 | ↓ -15% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $22,705.38 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $24,040.99 | ↓ -10% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $24,040.99 | ↓ -10% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $64,880.00 | ↑ +143% |
| United | SmallGroup | $66,500.00 | ↑ +149% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $95,000.00 | ↑ +256% |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $12,133.56 | $6,075.14 – $21,045.99 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $12,415.17 | $6,500.40 – $21,045.99 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $12,415.17 | $6,075.14 – $21,045.99 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $11,335.59 | $6,075.14 – $21,045.99 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $12,133.56 | $6,075.14 – $21,045.99 |