Lipoprotein blood quant 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

$464.02

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.

$464.02

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.

$27.84 with Superior Health Plan vs $421.44 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 $27.84 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $27.84 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $27.84 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $27.84 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $27.84 ↓ -94%
Texas Health Network MCD $28.15 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $28.72 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $28.72 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup MGMCD $28.72 ↓ -94%
UTMB MGMCD $28.72 ↓ -94%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $28.72 ↓ -94%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $28.72 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $28.72 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $28.72 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $28.72 ↓ -94%
United MGMCD $29.29 ↓ -94%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $31.02 ↓ -93%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $31.59 ↓ -93%
Molina Healthcare STAR $31.59 ↓ -93%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $31.59 ↓ -93%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $31.59 ↓ -93%
Oscar MGMCR $33.51 ↓ -93%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $34.19 ↓ -93%
Devoted Health MGMCR $34.19 ↓ -93%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $34.19 ↓ -93%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $34.19 ↓ -93%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $34.19 ↓ -93%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $34.19 ↓ -93%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $34.19 ↓ -93%
United AllPayerAppendix $34.19 ↓ -93%
United SmallGroup $34.19 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup DualEligible $34.19 ↓ -93%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $34.19 ↓ -93%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $34.19 ↓ -93%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $34.19 ↓ -93%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $34.19 ↓ -93%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $34.19 ↓ -93%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $34.19 ↓ -93%
BCBS MCRPPO $34.19 ↓ -93%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $34.19 ↓ -93%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $34.19 ↓ -93%
WellMed MGMCR $34.36 ↓ -93%
Aetna MCR $34.48 ↓ -93%
Van Lang IPA MCR $34.53 ↓ -93%
United MCR $34.87 ↓ -92%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $35.22 ↓ -92%
WellCare POS $35.22 ↓ -92%
WellCare SNP $35.22 ↓ -92%
WellCare PPO $35.22 ↓ -92%
WellCare MCRHMO $35.22 ↓ -92%
WellCare PFFS $35.22 ↓ -92%
American Health Plan MGMCR $35.90 ↓ -92%
Humana MCD $35.90 ↓ -92%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $35.90 ↓ -92%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $35.90 ↓ -92%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $35.90 ↓ -92%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $35.90 ↓ -92%
Shared Health MGMCR $35.90 ↓ -92%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $35.90 ↓ -92%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $35.90 ↓ -92%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $35.90 ↓ -92%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $36.24 ↓ -92%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $36.24 ↓ -92%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $36.24 ↓ -92%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $36.24 ↓ -92%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $36.24 ↓ -92%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $37.00 ↓ -92%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $37.00 ↓ -92%
Molina MGMCR $37.27 ↓ -92%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $39.32 ↓ -92%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $41.03 ↓ -91%
Verda Health Plan MCR $44.45 ↓ -90%
Community Health Choice HIX $49.58 ↓ -89%
Superior ValueHMO $49.58 ↓ -89%
Superior HMO $52.99 ↓ -89%
Superior EPO $52.99 ↓ -89%
UTMB MGMCR $55.73 ↓ -88%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $67.70 ↓ -85%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $69.06 ↓ -85%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $71.80 ↓ -85%
Molina Healthcare HIX $73.51 ↓ -84%
BCBS BAV $76.24 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $77.03 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $81.67 ↓ -82%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $94.65 ↓ -80%
BCBS HMO $95.39 ↓ -79%
Oscar HIX $98.81 ↓ -79%
BCBS EPOSOA $102.23 ↓ -78%
BCBS PPO $109.07 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $111.36 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $116.00 ↓ -75%
Aetna QHPExchange $125.22 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $126.68 ↓ -73%
Cigna CSN $140.77 ↓ -70%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $152.47 ↓ -67%
Imagine Health PPO $162.41 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $162.41 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $162.41 ↓ -65%
Aetna NBPPO $166.53 ↓ -64%
Aetna NBPOS $166.53 ↓ -64%
Aetna NBHMO $166.53 ↓ -64%
Aetna COMMHMO $176.92 ↓ -62%
Aetna COMMPPO $176.92 ↓ -62%
Aetna COMMPOS $176.92 ↓ -62%
Cigna PPO $181.41 ↓ -61%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $199.53 ↓ -57%
Aetna OONPOS $207.84 ↓ -55%
Aetna OONHMO $207.84 ↓ -55%
Aetna OONPPO $207.84 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $208.81 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $208.81 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $208.81 ↓ -55%
Aetna ASAPOS $224.73 ↓ -52%
Aetna ASAHMO $224.73 ↓ -52%
Aetna ASAPPO $224.73 ↓ -52%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $232.01 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $247.32 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $255.21 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $255.21 ↓ -45%
Beech Street WCOMP $278.41 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $278.41 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $278.41 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $278.41 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $301.61 ↓ -35%
Beech Street COMMPPO $371.22 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $371.22 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $380.50 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $394.42 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $394.42 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $417.62 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $417.62 ↓ -10%
Humana HMO $421.44 ↓ -9%
Humana PPO $421.44 ↓ -9%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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