IV Fluids (first hour) 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.
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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.
$23.19 with Superior Health Plan vs $600.00 with Texas Athletic Network — 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 |
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| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $23.19 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $23.19 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $23.19 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $23.19 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $23.19 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $50.24 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $50.24 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $50.24 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $50.24 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $54.11 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $54.11 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $57.20 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $61.84 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $68.02 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $73.44 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $75.37 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $90.23 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $92.76 | — |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $96.63 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $98.56 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $99.48 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $105.51 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $120.20 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $120.20 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $120.20 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $124.55 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $124.55 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $124.55 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $127.93 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $127.93 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $127.93 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $128.05 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $128.05 | — |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $135.28 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $135.28 | — |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $135.28 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $149.96 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $149.96 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $149.96 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $154.60 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $154.60 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $161.94 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $161.94 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $161.94 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $166.19 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $173.93 | — |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $173.93 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $173.93 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $200.21 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $212.57 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $212.57 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $231.90 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $231.90 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $231.90 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $251.22 | — |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $289.88 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $309.20 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $316.93 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $328.52 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $328.52 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $328.52 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $347.85 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $358.56 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $358.56 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $358.56 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | — |
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IV Fluids (first hour) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $1,833.06 | $148.46 – $148.46 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $488.60 | $118.38 – $610.75 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $558.06 | $114.87 – $837.09 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $527.15 | $105.43 – $658.94 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $488.60 | $90.23 – $610.75 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $558.06 | $142.29 – $837.09 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $558.06 | $288.33 – $837.09 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $527.15 | $116.45 – $790.73 |