Insertion tunneled centrally inserted central venous access device with port >= 5 years old (both sides) at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$17,619.66
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$17,619.66
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 $15,857.69 with Multiplan — 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 | ↓ -98% |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | ↓ -97% |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | ↓ -97% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $948.00 | ↓ -95% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $948.00 | ↓ -95% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $948.00 | ↓ -95% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $948.00 | ↓ -95% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $948.00 | ↓ -95% |
| Texas Health Network | MCD | $1,095.86 | ↓ -94% |
| UTMB | MGMCD | $1,118.22 | ↓ -94% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $1,174.13 | ↓ -93% |
| United | MGMCD | $1,199.90 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $1,230.04 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $1,230.04 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $1,230.04 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $1,230.04 | ↓ -93% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $1,252.41 | ↓ -93% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $1,252.41 | ↓ -93% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $1,252.41 | ↓ -93% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $1,252.41 | ↓ -93% |
| Humana | MCD | $1,397.78 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $1,411.64 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $1,944.00 | ↓ -89% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $2,115.00 | ↓ -88% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $2,466.75 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $2,580.00 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $2,580.00 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $2,742.00 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $2,742.00 | ↓ -84% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $2,924.86 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $2,986.00 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $3,174.00 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $3,228.00 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $3,228.00 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $3,486.00 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $3,486.00 | ↓ -80% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $3,559.17 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $3,732.00 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $4,034.00 | ↓ -77% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $4,175.86 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $4,175.86 | ↓ -76% |
| United | SmallGroup | $4,183.00 | ↓ -76% |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $4,255.00 | ↓ -76% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $4,340.00 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna | CSN | $4,341.00 | ↓ -75% |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $4,404.91 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $4,434.05 | ↓ -75% |
| Humana | PPO | $4,690.00 | ↓ -73% |
| Humana | HMO | $4,690.00 | ↓ -73% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $4,703.00 | ↓ -73% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $4,988.00 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS | BAV | $5,016.02 | ↓ -72% |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $5,350.00 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna | PPO | $5,592.00 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS | PPO | $5,736.55 | ↓ -67% |
| BCBS | HMO | $5,736.55 | ↓ -67% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $5,736.55 | ↓ -67% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $5,849.00 | ↓ -67% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $5,976.00 | ↓ -66% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $6,077.00 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $6,166.88 | ↓ -65% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $7,047.86 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $7,576.45 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $7,928.85 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $9,391.28 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $9,690.81 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $9,690.81 | ↓ -45% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $10,571.80 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $10,571.80 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $10,571.80 | ↓ -40% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $10,571.80 | ↓ -40% |
| Oscar | HIX | $11,153.00 | ↓ -37% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $11,452.78 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | PRIMARYPPO | $11,500.00 | ↓ -35% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $14,095.73 | ↓ -20% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $14,095.73 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $14,448.12 | ↓ -18% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $14,976.71 | ↓ -15% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $14,976.71 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $15,857.69 | ↓ -10% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $15,857.69 | ↓ -10% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $5,470.54 | $1,118.22 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $6,873.92 | $71.00 – $10,310.88 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $7,897.88 | $71.00 – $9,872.35 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $5,470.54 | $1,118.22 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $6,873.92 | $85.00 – $10,310.88 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $6,873.92 | $1,118.22 – $10,310.88 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $7,897.88 | $71.00 – $11,846.83 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $5,470.54 | $1,118.22 – $7,896.23 |