Iodine i-123 sod iodide mil 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

$395.40

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.

$395.40

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.

$23.72 with Superior Health Plan vs $21,137.75 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.

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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
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $23.72 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $23.72 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $23.72 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $23.72 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $23.72 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $26.22 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $51.40 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $51.40 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $51.40 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $51.40 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $55.36 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $55.36 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $65.64 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $69.59 ↓ -82%
Oscar HIX $77.10 ↓ -81%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $93.71 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $93.71 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $94.90 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $98.85 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $100.83 ↓ -74%
Molina Healthcare HIX $106.76 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $107.94 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $118.62 ↓ -70%
Aetna NBPOS $126.92 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBHMO $126.92 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPPO $126.92 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMHMO $135.23 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPOS $135.23 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPPO $135.23 ↓ -66%
Imagine Health PPO $138.39 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $138.39 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $138.39 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $158.16 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $158.16 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $158.56 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $158.56 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $158.56 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $170.02 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $171.21 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPPO $171.21 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $171.21 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $177.93 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $177.93 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $177.93 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $197.70 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $210.75 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $217.47 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $217.47 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $237.24 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $237.24 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $237.24 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $237.24 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $257.01 ↓ -35%
United AllPayerAppendix $287.13 ↓ -27%
United SmallGroup $287.13 ↓ -27%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $287.13 ↓ -27%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -24%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $316.32 ↓ -20%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $316.32 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $316.32 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $324.23 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $336.09 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $336.09 ↓ -15%
Cigna CSN $347.37 ↓ -12%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $355.86 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $355.86 ↓ -10%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $376.07 ↓ -5%
Cigna PPO $447.84 ↑ +13%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↑ +26%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↑ +52%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $3,530.49 ↑ +793%
BCBS BAV $3,890.74 ↑ +884%
BCBS EPOSOA $4,863.43 ↑ +1130%
BCBS HMO $4,863.43 ↑ +1130%
BCBS PPO $4,863.43 ↑ +1130%
Humana HMO $21,137.75 ↑ +5246%
Humana PPO $21,137.75 ↑ +5246%

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Iodine i-123 sod iodide mil at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $772.75 $287.13 – $21,137.75
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $871.50 $100.00 – $2,490.00
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $193.35 $100.00 – $1,289.00
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland $338.68 $287.13 – $21,137.75
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $871.50 $100.00 – $2,490.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $871.50 $100.00 – $2,490.00
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $871.50 $100.00 – $2,490.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $871.50 $100.00 – $2,490.00

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