Insert swan-ganz cath at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$9,876.35
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.
$9,876.35
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 $16,261.00 with Aetna — 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 | ↓ -97% |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | ↓ -95% |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $1,283.93 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $1,283.93 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $1,283.93 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $1,283.93 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $1,382.69 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $1,382.69 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | CSN | $1,461.70 | ↓ -85% |
| United | SmallGroup | $1,534.00 | ↓ -84% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $1,580.22 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $1,609.85 | ↓ -84% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $1,639.47 | ↓ -83% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $1,732.00 | ↓ -82% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,738.24 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS | BAV | $1,777.74 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna | PPO | $1,876.51 | ↓ -81% |
| Oscar | HIX | $1,925.89 | ↓ -80% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $2,012.00 | ↓ -80% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $2,191.00 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS | HMO | $2,222.18 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $2,271.56 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS | PPO | $2,311.07 | ↓ -77% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $2,340.69 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $2,340.69 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $2,370.32 | ↓ -76% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $2,431.00 | ↓ -75% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $2,434.00 | ↓ -75% |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $2,469.09 | ↓ -75% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $2,795.00 | ↓ -72% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $2,795.00 | ↓ -72% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $2,795.00 | ↓ -72% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $2,795.00 | ↓ -72% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $2,795.00 | ↓ -72% |
| Humana | HMO | $3,151.54 | ↓ -68% |
| Humana | PPO | $3,151.54 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $3,456.72 | ↓ -65% |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $3,456.72 | ↓ -65% |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $3,456.72 | ↓ -65% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $3,498.00 | ↓ -65% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $3,950.54 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $4,246.83 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $4,444.36 | ↓ -55% |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $5,000.00 | ↓ -49% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $5,264.09 | ↓ -47% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $5,431.99 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $5,431.99 | ↓ -45% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $5,925.81 | ↓ -40% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $5,925.81 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $5,925.81 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $5,925.81 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $6,419.63 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $6,955.00 | ↓ -30% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $7,901.08 | ↓ -20% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $7,901.08 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $8,098.61 | ↓ -18% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $8,394.90 | ↓ -15% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $8,394.90 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $8,888.72 | ↓ -10% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $8,888.72 | ↓ -10% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $9,064.00 | ↓ -8% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $12,039.00 | ↑ +22% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $12,039.00 | ↑ +22% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $12,039.00 | ↑ +22% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $12,794.00 | ↑ +30% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $12,794.00 | ↑ +30% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $12,794.00 | ↑ +30% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $15,050.00 | ↑ +52% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $15,050.00 | ↑ +52% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $15,050.00 | ↑ +52% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $16,261.00 | ↑ +65% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $16,261.00 | ↑ +65% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $16,261.00 | ↑ +65% |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $3,952.26 | $71.00 – $17,181.00 |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $3,551.79 | $947.14 – $17,181.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $3,952.26 | $85.00 – $17,181.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $3,952.26 | $2,042.00 – $5,928.39 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $3,505.49 | $71.00 – $5,258.24 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $3,551.79 | $947.14 – $4,439.74 |