IV inj ra drug dx study at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$790.80
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.
$790.80
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.
$47.45 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,343.67 with BCBS — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $47.45 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $47.45 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $47.45 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $47.45 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $47.45 | ↓ -94% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $102.80 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $102.80 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $102.80 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $102.80 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $110.71 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $110.71 | ↓ -86% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $131.27 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $139.18 | ↓ -82% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $187.42 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $187.42 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $189.79 | ↓ -76% |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $197.70 | ↓ -75% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $201.65 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $215.89 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $236.61 | ↓ -70% |
| Humana | PPO | $252.34 | ↓ -68% |
| Humana | HMO | $252.34 | ↓ -68% |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $276.78 | ↓ -65% |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $276.78 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $276.78 | ↓ -65% |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | ↓ -62% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $314.48 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $314.48 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $314.48 | ↓ -60% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $316.32 | ↓ -60% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $316.32 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $334.53 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $334.53 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $334.53 | ↓ -58% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $340.04 | ↓ -57% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $355.86 | ↓ -55% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $355.86 | ↓ -55% |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $355.86 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $393.35 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $393.35 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $393.35 | ↓ -50% |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $395.40 | ↓ -50% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $421.50 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $425.10 | ↓ -46% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $425.10 | ↓ -46% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $425.10 | ↓ -46% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $434.94 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $434.94 | ↓ -45% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $474.48 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $474.48 | ↓ -40% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $474.48 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $474.48 | ↓ -40% |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | ↓ -37% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $514.02 | ↓ -35% |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | ↓ -24% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $632.64 | ↓ -20% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $632.64 | ↓ -20% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $647.91 | ↓ -18% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $648.46 | ↓ -18% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $672.18 | ↓ -15% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $672.18 | ↓ -15% |
| BCBS | BAV | $699.45 | ↓ -12% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $711.72 | ↓ -10% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $711.72 | ↓ -10% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $716.53 | ↓ -9% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $848.52 | ↑ +7% |
| United | SmallGroup | $848.52 | ↑ +7% |
| BCBS | HMO | $1,251.64 | ↑ +58% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,299.50 | ↑ +64% |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,343.67 | ↑ +70% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $454.74 | $128.84 – $1,021.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $748.44 | $154.05 – $1,122.66 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $748.44 | $149.69 – $1,021.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $454.74 | $121.26 – $1,021.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $748.44 | $240.25 – $1,122.66 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $748.44 | $386.69 – $1,122.66 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $748.44 | $249.48 – $1,122.66 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $454.74 | $121.26 – $1,021.72 |