Insulin tolerance panel at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
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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.
not published by hospital
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.
$84.79 with Texas Health Network vs $1,376.09 with Humana — 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 Health Network | MCD | $84.79 | — |
| UTMB | MGMCD | $86.52 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $86.52 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $86.52 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $86.52 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $86.52 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $86.52 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $86.52 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $86.52 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $86.52 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $88.25 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $91.53 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $91.53 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $91.53 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $91.53 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $91.53 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $93.44 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $95.17 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $95.17 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $95.17 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $95.17 | — |
| Oscar | MGMCR | $100.94 | — |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $103.00 | — |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $103.00 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $103.00 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS | $103.00 | — |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $103.00 | — |
| Renaissance IPA Radiology | MCR | $103.00 | — |
| Renaissance IPA Radiology | COMM | $103.00 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $103.00 | — |
| Kelsey Seybold | MGMCR | $103.00 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $103.00 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $103.00 | — |
| Amerigroup | DualEligible | $103.00 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRHMO | $103.00 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRPPO | $103.00 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRSNP | $103.00 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | PFFS | $103.00 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MMP | $103.00 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $103.00 | — |
| BCBS | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $103.00 | — |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $103.51 | — |
| Aetna | MCR | $103.88 | — |
| Van Lang IPA | MCR | $104.03 | — |
| United | MCR | $105.06 | — |
| WellCare | PPO | $106.09 | — |
| WellCare | PFFS | $106.09 | — |
| WellCare | SNP | $106.09 | — |
| WellCare | MCRHMO | $106.09 | — |
| WellCare | POS | $106.09 | — |
| Integranet Amerigroup IPA | MCR | $106.09 | — |
| Shared Health | MGMCR | $108.15 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRSNP | $108.15 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | PFFS | $108.15 | — |
| ProCare Advantage | MGMCR | $108.15 | — |
| American Health Plan | MGMCR | $108.15 | — |
| Humana | MCD | $108.15 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPPO | $108.15 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | DualEligible | $108.15 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRHMO | $108.15 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPOS | $108.15 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | SNP | $109.18 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PPO | $109.18 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | POS | $109.18 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | MCRHMO | $109.18 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PFFS | $109.18 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $111.48 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $111.48 | — |
| Molina | MGMCR | $112.27 | — |
| Kindred Hospital | MGMCR | $118.45 | — |
| Universal Healthcare Group | MCR | $123.60 | — |
| Verda Health Plan | MCR | $133.90 | — |
| Community Health Choice | HIX | $149.35 | — |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $149.35 | — |
| Superior | HMO | $159.65 | — |
| Superior | EPO | $159.65 | — |
| UTMB | MGMCR | $167.89 | — |
| Corvel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $203.94 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $208.06 | — |
| OMNI Healthcare | WORKERSCOMP | $216.30 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $221.45 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $229.69 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $253.24 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $268.49 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $287.37 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $297.67 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $307.97 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $309.05 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $328.57 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $366.12 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $377.31 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $416.47 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $423.78 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $459.01 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $501.77 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $501.77 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $501.77 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $533.09 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $533.09 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $533.09 | — |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $533.93 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $533.93 | — |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $533.93 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $546.11 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $626.24 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $626.24 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $626.24 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $655.97 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $677.12 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $677.12 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $677.12 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $686.48 | — |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $686.48 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $686.48 | — |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $762.76 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $813.10 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $839.04 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $839.04 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $915.31 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $915.31 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $915.31 | — |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $915.31 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $991.59 | — |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $1,220.42 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,250.93 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $1,296.69 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $1,296.69 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $1,372.97 | — |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $1,372.97 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $1,376.09 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $1,376.09 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Insulin tolerance panel at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | not published | $92.70 – $396.55 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $86.52 – $423.78 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | not published | $224.95 – $449.08 |
| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | not published | $84.79 – $423.78 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | not published | $84.79 – $423.78 |
| HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST | SPRING | not published | $86.52 – $423.78 |
| HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND | Pearland | not published | $86.52 – $423.78 |
| HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST | PASADENA | not published | $84.79 – $423.78 |