Ivp w/wo kub w/wo tomography 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

$5,808.03

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.

$5,808.03

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.

$132.62 with Texas Health Network vs $5,227.23 with Affiliated PPO — 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
Texas Health Network MCD $132.62 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $135.33 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $135.33 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $135.33 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $135.33 ↓ -98%
UTMB MGMCD $135.33 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $137.00 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $137.00 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $137.00 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $137.00 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $139.74 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $147.96 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $148.86 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STAR $148.86 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $148.86 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $148.86 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $168.71 ↓ -97%
Humana MCD $169.16 ↓ -97%
BCBS BAV $182.13 ↓ -97%
BCBS HMO $325.92 ↓ -94%
BCBS EPOSOA $338.39 ↓ -94%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $339.25 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $348.48 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $348.48 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $348.48 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $348.48 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $348.48 ↓ -94%
BCBS PPO $349.89 ↓ -94%
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74 ↓ -93%
United SmallGroup $401.74 ↓ -93%
Cigna CSN $412.17 ↓ -93%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $446.07 ↓ -92%
Cigna PPO $530.25 ↓ -91%
Aetna QHPExchange $686.90 ↓ -88%
Aetna NBHMO $912.96 ↓ -84%
Aetna NBPPO $912.96 ↓ -84%
Aetna NBPOS $912.96 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $964.13 ↓ -83%
Aetna COMMPOS $971.17 ↓ -83%
Aetna COMMHMO $971.17 ↓ -83%
Aetna COMMPPO $971.17 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $1,022.21 ↓ -82%
Aetna OONPOS $1,141.93 ↓ -80%
Aetna OONHMO $1,141.93 ↓ -80%
Aetna OONPPO $1,141.93 ↓ -80%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,234.09 ↓ -79%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,234.09 ↓ -79%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,234.09 ↓ -79%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $1,393.93 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $1,452.01 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,481.05 ↓ -74%
Humana HMO $1,490.22 ↓ -74%
Humana PPO $1,490.22 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,585.59 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $2,032.81 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $2,032.81 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $2,032.81 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2,323.21 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $2,323.21 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $2,497.45 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $2,613.61 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $2,613.61 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $2,613.61 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $2,904.01 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $3,095.68 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $3,194.42 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $3,194.42 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $3,484.82 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $3,484.82 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $3,484.82 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $3,484.82 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $3,775.22 ↓ -35%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $4,646.42 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $4,646.42 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $4,762.58 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $4,936.83 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $4,936.83 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $5,227.23 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $5,227.23 ↓ -10%

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