Leg Artery Ultrasound (complete, both legs) at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
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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.
$99.78 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,504.00 with Cigna Behavioral Health — 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 | $99.78 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $99.78 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $99.78 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $99.78 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $99.78 | — |
| Texas Health Network | MCD | $228.85 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $230.13 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $230.13 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $230.13 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $230.13 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $233.52 | — |
| UTMB | MGMCD | $233.52 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $233.52 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $234.73 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $246.12 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $248.54 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $256.87 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $256.87 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $256.87 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $256.87 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $266.07 | — |
| Humana | MCD | $291.90 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $292.68 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $315.96 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $324.28 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $399.11 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $424.05 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $453.99 | — |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $470.00 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $516.95 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $517.18 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $517.18 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $517.18 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $550.44 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $550.44 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $550.44 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $550.94 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $550.94 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $569.97 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $582.04 | — |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $582.04 | — |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $582.04 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $645.23 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $645.23 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $645.23 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $665.18 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $665.18 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $696.78 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $696.78 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $696.78 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $713.57 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $713.57 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $713.57 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $715.07 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $748.33 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $748.33 | — |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $748.33 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $817.32 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $817.32 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $817.32 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $861.41 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $914.63 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $914.63 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $997.78 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $997.78 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $997.78 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $1,080.92 | — |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $1,247.22 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,363.63 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $1,413.52 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $1,413.52 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $1,413.52 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $1,496.66 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $1,504.00 | — |
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Leg Artery Ultrasound (complete, both legs) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $2,124.64 | $850.54 – $850.54 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,177.09 | $227.71 – $1,471.36 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $971.41 | $199.95 – $1,457.12 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $970.20 | $227.71 – $1,212.75 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,177.09 | $227.71 – $1,471.36 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $971.41 | $227.71 – $1,457.12 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $971.41 | $236.56 – $1,457.12 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $970.20 | $227.71 – $1,455.30 |